Product Review

Specifications Mfr Part Number: LSI00417 Features: High performance 12Gb/s data transfer rates Eight internal 12Gb/s SATA+SAS ports LSISAS3108 - 1.2GHz PowerPC 476 dual core 12Gb/s ROC Support for CacheVault flash cache protection Connect up to 128 SATA or SAS drives with eight internal 12Gb/s SATA and SAS ports Fit into rack-mounted servers with low-profile form factor and side-mounted SAS connectors Support critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCI-Express 3.0 connectivity Balance protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 Add more protection and peace of mind with optional CacheVaultÃ' flash cache protection Solution Provided: Eight-port internal 12Gb dual core ROC-based SAS solution for data center, cloud, and performance-hungry applications using up to 128 SAS or SATA devices Connectors: 2x Mini-SAS (SFF-8643) Internal Connectors (Horizontal Mount) Device Support: Up to 128 SATA and/or SAS HDDsÃ' and SSDs Host Bus Type: PCI-Express 3.0 x8 Compliant Data Transfer Rates: Up to 12Gb/s per port I/O Processor/SAS Controller: LSISAS3108 Dual-Core RAID on Chip (ROC) Cache Memory: 1GB 1866MHz DDRIII SDRAM Key RAID Data Protection Features: RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6 RAID spans 10, 50, and 60 Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) Online RAID Level Migration (RLM) Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or reconstruction (RLM) Single controller Multipathing Load Balancing Configurable stripe size up to 1MB Fast initialization for quick array setup Check Consistency for background data integrity SSD Support with SSD GuardÃ' technology Patrol read for media scanning and repairing 64 logical drive support Up to 64TB LUN support DDF compliant Configuration on Disk (COD) S.M.A.R.T support Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot Spare support - Automatic rebuild, Enclosure affinity, Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays Enclos