Product Review

Specifications Mfr Part Number: LSI00438 (9380-8E SGL) Features: High performance 12Gb/s data transfer rates Eight external 12Gb/s SATA+SAS ports LSISAS3108 - 1.2GHz PowerPC 476 dual core 12Gb/s ROC PCI Express 3.0 host interface 1GB DDRIII cache memory RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60 Support for CacheVault flash cache protection 12Gb/s solutions accelerate performance for next-generation datacenters, web and cloud Delivers enterprise-class data protection and security Preserves investment in 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s drives Support for LSI Advanced Software options Connect up to 240 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s, or 12Gb/s SATA and SAS devices Solution Provided: Eight-port external 12Gb/s dual core ROC-based SAS solution for data center, cloud, and performance-hungry applications using up to 240 SAS or SATA devices Connectors: 2x Mini-SAS (SFF-8643) External Connectors Device Support: Up to 240 SAS and/or SATA devices Host Bus Type: PCI-Express 3.0 x8 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 Guard&tm; 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 Enclosure management - SES (inband), SGPIO (sideband) Databolt&tm; bandwidth optim