Adaptec ASR-8885 RAID Controller Card Low Profile

Adaptec ASR-8885 is a 16-port, 12Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID controller card built for PCIe 3.0 x8 and packaged in a low-profile MD2 form factor. It provides eight internal and eight external SAS/SATA ports, and uses a 12Gb/s RAID-on-Chip (ROC) architecture to offload RAID calculations from the host, enabling hardware-accelerated RAID for a mix of SAS and SATA drives. The controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60, making it suitable for both performance and data-protection configurations in servers, workstations, and storage enclosures. Being part of the Series 8 family, the ASR-8885 is widely documented as a 16-port LP MD2 option designed to fit compact systems while delivering 12Gb/s SAS throughput across all ports.