Adaptec Intelligent Power Management

By Adaptec, Inc.

Adaptec has automated the ability to manage power based on usage patterns. Adaptec Intelligent Power Management allows you to choose a low-power mode that spins active disks at a lower RPM and completely spins down idle disks. It is designed to reduce power costs by as much as 70% without compromising performance.

Intelligent Power Management supports this feature by offering you the option to enter this intermediate state if it is available on your disk drives – Standby mode. As a result, you can have the best of both worlds – full power savings on systems that perform little or no I/O, and intermediate power savings on those systems that perform at slightly higher I/O levels.

Adaptec Intelligent Power Management allows users to choose from 3 levels of disk drive power modes:

• Normal operation: full power, full RPM (revolutions per minute)
• Standby: low-power mode; spins disks at lower RPM when not in use
• Power-off: disks not spinning; reduces power and cooling energy consumption by as much as 70% with unmatched performance