Gigabyte CRA350F FHHL PCIe Gen4 HBA Host Bus Adapter

The Gigabyte CRA350F FHHL is a full-height half-length PCIe Gen4 host bus adapter engineered for demanding enterprise storage environments requiring direct SAS and SATA protocol support. Built on PCIe 4.0 architecture, this HBA delivers sustained 12Gb/s per-port throughput enabling concurrent multi-drive I/O operations across distributed storage arrays, backup appliances, and SAN topologies without CPU bottlenecking. The adapter supports both SAS 3.0 and SATA interfaces, making it compatible with legacy and modern drive ecosystems while maintaining backward compatibility through intelligent protocol negotiation.

Designed specifically for enterprise NAS platforms, hyperscale backup infrastructure, and SAN acceleration scenarios, the CRA350F eliminates I/O latency inherent in onboard storage controllers by offloading protocol processing to dedicated firmware. Its full-height half-length form factor integrates into 1U/2U server chassis and specialized storage appliances, while the Gen4 PCIe interface ensures future-proof integration with next-generation server architectures. Launched in Q3 2023, this adapter represents Gigabyte's commitment to enterprise storage reliability standards, incorporating error-correcting code (ECC) protection, thermal management, and redundant firmware mechanisms.

The adapter excels in mixed-workload environments where sequential throughput and IOPS scaling are mission-critical. Professional-grade firmware enables RAID pass-through modes, hot-swap drive management, and persistent error logging, reducing operational overhead and enabling predictive maintenance strategies.

Ideal for

• Enterprise NAS systems requiring direct SAS/SATA device connectivity with sustained 12Gb/s per-port performance for multi-tenant storage pools
• Hyperscale backup appliances performing concurrent incremental/differential backups across 8+ drive arrays without CPU saturation
• SAN fabric acceleration in 10GbE/25GbE data center networks where storage controller latency impacts replication and snapshot operations
• High-availability clustering environments requiring redundant storage fabric paths with independent HBA failover capabilities
• Video surveillance and media asset management systems streaming continuous capture to SATA arrays with consistent write performance guarantees
• Research and scientific computing clusters performing parallel I/O to shared DAS (Direct Attached Storage) infrastructure across compute nodes

Technical specifications

Available from Omnixon Global. Submit an RFQ and our team will confirm configuration and availability for your order.