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The Adaptec SCSI Card 29320LPE delivers the industrys first Ultra320 SCSI tape connectivity for PCIe servers with the reliability and stability of a single-channel I/O interface. This low-profile card protects existing investments through backward compatibility with existing drivers, disks, and tape drives. And Adaptec Speedflex capability gives you the unique ability to mix SCSI devices without impacting performance. The Adaptec 29320LPE is the ideal choice for attaching the most powerful SCSI peripherals to PCIe workstations and servers. Like all Adaptec controllers, it is built with the expertise of years of SCSI leadership.
From the Manufacturer
The first-to-market Adaptec 29320LPE, PCI Express (PCIe), single-channel Ultra320 SCSI HBA is a host bus adapter (HBA) card ideal for attaching tape drives, tape libraries, disk drives, JBODs, RAID arrays, and other SCSI peripherals to workstations and servers supporting the PCIe bus architecture. This low-profile card protects existing investments through backward compatibility with existing drivers, disks, and tape drives. And, Adaptec SpeedFlex capability gives you the unique ability to mix SCSI devices without impacting performance.
With support for PCIe x1, x4, x8, and x16 slots, the Adaptec 29320LPE provides incredible compatibility with PCIe workstations and servers. And through its seamless backward compatibility with all previous SCSI generations, the Adaptec 29320LPE protects your investment in existing hardware, while delivering support for the industry's latest host connection.
The Adaptec 29320LPE is a low-profile card ideal for rack-mount servers. It also has a 68-pin internal connector and a 68-pin VHDCI external connector enabling complete flexibility in configuration options. The Adaptec 29320LPE is an ideal choice for attaching the most powerful SCSI peripherals to PCIe workstations and servers. Like all Adaptec controllers, it's built with the expertise of more than 25 years of SCSI leadership.
This low-profile card protects existing investments through backward compatibilityAdaptec SpeedFlex
Exclusive Adaptec SpeedFlex (AIC-3860) technology ensures that all devices connected to an Ultra320 SCSI card will deliver top performance, regardless of SCSI generation. Your legacy technology investments are protected, and the risks of migrating to Ultra320 are eliminated. With Ultra320, your devices can keep pace with the ever-changing requirements of today's and tomorrow's technologies.
Wide Range of OS and System Support
The Adaptec 29320LPE supports 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, Linux, NetWare, Solaris, SCO as well as the x86, AMD64 and EM64T system architectures with PCIe host connections. With this broad base of OS and system support, the Adaptec 29320LPE is the ideal choice for attaching the most powerful SCSI peripherals to your workstation or server.
Compatibility, Reliability, and Support
Adaptec has been delivering storage and I/O solutions to the industry for more than 24 years. In fact, Adaptec is the undisputed HBA leader, and no other vendor's technology is more proven. The Adaptec 29320LPE has been extensively tested with third-party components to deliver the utmost in compatibility. The cards are backed by a 3-year warranty and legendary Adaptec technical support.
What's in the Box
Adaptec 29320LPE controller with standard bracket, replacement low-profile bracket, Quick Install Guide, CD with driver and documentation.
Technical Specifications
- Device support: Up to 15 SCSI devices
- Form factor: MD2 low-profile
- External connectors: 1 x 68-pin VHDCI
- Internal connectors: 1 x 68-pin Ultra320
- Bus type: PCI Express x1
- MTBF: 1,575,743 hours
- Operating temperature: 0 to 55 degrees C
- Power requirements: 12V +/-9%, 3.3V +/-9%
- Dimensions: 2.54" H x 6.60" L (65mm x 168mm)
M Embee
Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2016
Adaptec has been eaten by microsemi, but their legacy drivers are still available. The proper one for 64 bit Windows 7 (and Windows 10, so far as I can tell) is currently available here: [...]
DHL
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2016
Who still uses SCSI?I, for one. I have a large investment in legacy U320 drives that just will not die. When many are on their second, third, or fourth SATA/IDE drives, I still have U320 SCSI drives ten years old that are still running without errors and as fast as they were new. These enterprise drives were built like tanks. Yes, they are not as fast as a solid state drive. But they don't get corrupted easily either. Or get toasted the first time your 1500 Watt gaming PS takes a ****. As far as speed goes, I have benchmarked my Fujitsu and Hitachi 15K drives at a max of 120 MHz, which is not bad for a mechanical HDD sustained transfer rate.Which gets us to this controller card. Pretty much the only controller available for a modern PCIe equipped mb. I have two of these installed on a Supermicro C7Z170 (z170 chipset) mb to run two separate channels. Still works in a Super 743 chassis with the QLogic Gem 318 hot swap bays. BTW, you can get the GEM318 drivers right from the Win 7 list of System devices (no more "unknown device" entries in Device Mgr).Long live SCSI!
KD
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2015
Works great with Server 2008 R2, Backup Exec, and an HP Autoloader.I wish SCSI would just go away, but this helps me to continue to at least modernize the servers that are attached to tape libraries.
Justin Scott
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2015
Perfect for what was needed. How can one review a computer component?
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2014
The Amazon forum was a BIG help and the vendor was very very helpful. The device is an improvement over the one I had. If you are of the SCSI mindset and have PCIe slots, this card is something you should consider.
Raymond Lee
Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2014
Need decript more
Joseph Corbett
Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2013
I had to want for this this card to come out for a long time since Adaptec first came came out with a SCSI 360 card only for PCI-X at first! Only with the the support of others out there did Adaptec make a card that we could use too, Thank you all very much for that help! This is a great card, because after putting it into my computer Windows 7 ultra was able to identify it and load the drivers to make it work very soon afterwards.Until I got that card inside my computer my drives were going half speed at U160 since the only card I had in it at the time was the 29160N. It is not a bad card, but the new card was able to to speed up my drives to the U360 speed that they were made for!I urge anyone that has the same issue with U320 drives but only U180 speed to get this card as well. Adaptec may not make this card very much longer so getting this card very soon would be a very wise choice to make.
Daniel E. Sadaka
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2010
We installed the adapter in a Dell Poweredge T610. The driver was built into the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 O/S. We connected a Tandberg LTO-3 tape drive and it's very fast.It's a Xen host and we are in the process of trying to use it from a guest O/S but are having problems. These problems are not related to the card but to xen pci-passthrough itself.
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