LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i 8 x SAS/SATA 6Gbit/s

The eight-port MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i provides performance and data protection for internal storage systems using up to 32 SATA or SAS hard drives or solid state drives. With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i brings users new features and improved performance while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA and SAS generation.

Features

• Eight internal SATA+SAS ports
• Two mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors
• 6Gb/s throughput per port
• LSISAS2108 RAID-on-Chip (ROC) -  800MHz PowerPC®
• Low-profile MD2 form factor (6.6” X 2.536”)
• x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface
• 512MB DDRII cache (800MHz)
• Optional battery backup unit (direct attach)
• Connect up to 32 SATA and/or SAS devices
• RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 6
• RAID spans 10, 50 and 60
• Auto-resume on rebuild
• Auto-resume on reconstruction
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• SafeStore™ Encryption Services - Instant secure erase
• SSD support with SSD Guard
• Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
• Automatic rebuild:

1. Enclosure affinity
2. Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays

• Single controller multipathing (failover)
• I/O load balancing
• Comprehensive RAID management suite

Benefits

• Superior performance:

1. Maximum reads: 2,875MB/s
2. Maximum writes: 1,850MB/s

• PCI Express 2.0 provides faster signaling for high-bandwidth applications
• Support for 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS hard drives for maximum inside-the-box flexibility
• SafeStore Encryption Services for more secure data protection
• Low-profile MD2 form factor for space-limited 1U and 2U environment