The Stirling X22 features the new Adaptec 8Q SAS/SATA RAID adapter with maxCache 3.0 to deliver evolved application acceleration benefits with the industry-first read caching solution and support for fully redundant SSD write caching. Adaptec's 81605ZQ adapters can deliver up to 25x improvement in IOPS and 25x reduction in latency compared to HDD-only storage arrays. Perfect for customers who need high I/O transaction and high bandwidth processing as well as solutions that reduce energy consumption and maintenance costs. The Stirling X22 is a 2U storage server that features 16 hot-swap hard drive bays for data storage and the OS drives. The X22 is part of the first generation of Aberdeen Stirling X Storage servers to feature SAS 12G and Intel E5 2600 v4 Series Xeon processors featuring exciting new Broadwell architecture. With support for up to 1TB of DDR4 memory, dual 10GbE LAN ports and six free PCI Express 3.0 expansion slots, the X22 has the ability to support the maximum amount of low profile expansion cards while still offering a very small 2U form factor.