AOC-SAT2-MV8 - Supermicro STORAGE CONTROLLER 8 CHANNEL SATA 300

Supermicro's SAT2-MV8 SATA controller (based on the Marvell Hercules-2 Rev. C0 SATA host controller) provides 8-port SATA HDD support via 64-bit PCI-X bus interface with high-performance features. Serving as a 2nd generation SATA storage card, the AOC-SAT2-MV8 offers double the data transfer rate of its 1st generation counterpart and offers functionalities for server, workstation and network storage environments in a low-profile PCI platform. The SAT2-MV8 is ideal for storage arrays for Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Nearline Backup. Built with superior quality and features, the SATA-MV2 will become an integral part of today's data storage solutions. The SAT2-MV8 Installation CD contains drivers for 32-bit and 64-bit Microsoft Windows and RedHat/SuSE/Fedora Linux operating systems.