This affordable single-channel 4Gb/s host bus adapter offers twice the performance of 2Gb/s Fibre Channel at a small premium. The 4Gb/s Fibre Channel PCI Express adapter series was created to fulfill virtually any storage connection need or environment, whether data mining, video and media streaming, or providing high availability. LSI adapters support end-to-end error detection (cycle redundancy check or CRC) for improved data integrity when reading or writing disks. Since the LSI7104EP-LC is fully compatible with 1 and 2Gb/s legacy products, you are assured of investment protection. This HBA provides unsurpassed performance for your data-intensive and high-bandwidth applications, while utilizing the Fusion-MPT architecture to accelerate time to market.