LSI MegaRAID 9280-24i4e SAS Controller
The 6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e, with twenty-four internal and four external ports, supports both internal drive storage and external JBOD expansion for up to 240 SATA or SAS drives. With a large number of internal ports, the 9280-24i4e connects up to 24 drives inside the server via direct connection or passive backplane. Using the external SAS ports, multiple JBODs can be connected to a server, providing a scalable and affordable solution for growing storage requirements.
Features
- Twenty-four internal + four external 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
- Six internal mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors
- One mini-SAS SFF-8088 external connector
- 6Gb/s throughput per port
- LSISAS2108 ROC
o 800MHz PowerPC® - Half-Length, Full Height (6.6” x 4.376”)
- x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface
- 512MB DDRII cache (800MHz)
- Optional battery backup unit (LSIiBBU07 remote mount)
- Connect up to 240 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
o Instant secure erase - SSD support with SSD Guard™
- Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
o Automatic rebuild
o Enclosure affinity
o Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays - Single controller multipathing (failover)
- I/O load balancing
- Comprehensive RAID management suite
Benefits
- Internal drive storage and external JBOD expansion
- PCI Express® 2.0 provides faster signaling for high-bandwidth applications
- Connect up to 240 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS hard drives
- Support for LSI Advanced Software Options
Reference
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High Quality Multilane SAS cable, SFF-8088 to SFF-8088, 1 meter length. "6G" rated.
Great for connecting from internal ports on SAS/SATA controllers to our L bracket adapters, Internal cable.
Use to connect your multilane controller to your backplanes or SATA hard disks. Half meter.
Connect the internal SFF-8087 connectors from your multilane cards directly to your SAS or SATA drives. SFF-8482 connectors with power passthrough to power the drives from standard 4-pin Molex power connectors. High quality 6G cabling.
Users can capture source volume data at designated Points-in-Time (PiT) and "restore" or "rollback" should accidental or malicious data deletion or infection occur. For all MegaRAID 6gbps cards (9260, 9280 and 9285)
LSI MegaRAID FastPath software provides a high performance I/O accelerator, designed to substantially boost transactional application throughput of multiple SSDs connected to a 6Gb/s SATA+SAS MegaRAID controller for a 2X improvement in random-access heavy applications. For all MegaRAID 6gbps cards (9260, 9280 and 9285)
By utilizing SSDs in front of hard disk drives (HDDs) to create a high-performance controller cache of up to 512GB, CacheCade allows for very large data sets to be present in cache and deliver up to a 50X performance improvement in random-access, read-intensive applications, such as file, Web, OLTP and database server. For all MegaRAID 6gbps cards (9260, 9280 and 9285)
Now 15 drives in one box using only a single cable connection without extra adapters or wires, for maximum compatibility and flexibility. Use SAS drives for excellent speed or SATA drives for heaps of storage space. Multiple enclosures can be daisy-chained for even more space. 2400MB/sec bandwidth over a single cable when used with 6gbps drives. Requires expander-compatible SAS controller - see the description page for options.
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 12 hot-swappable bays in 2U form factor. Connects to a SAS controller through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 2400MB/sec bandwidth when used with 6gbps drives. Daisy-chaining several units for a total of up to 128 drives! Excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 420W redundant power supply and sliding rails built-in.
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 16 hot-swappable bays in 3U form factor. Connects to a SAS controller is through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 2400MB/sec bandwidth when used with 6gbps drives. Daisy-chaining up to four levels (15 units). Dual fans and horizontal backplane design provide excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 650W redundant power supply and sliding rails built-in. 3 year warranty!
Now with built in SAS-Expander! For maximum storage in minimum space, our sturdy and robust SAS/SATA JBOD provides 24 hot-swappable bays in 4U form factor. Connection to your SAS/SATA controller is through a single SFF-8088 multilane connector with 2400MB/sec bandwidth. You can daisy-chain several units for up to 128 drives! Dual 120x38mm fans provide excellent yet quiet cooling with fan failure alarm and high-temperature alarm. 650W redundant power supply and sliding rails built-in.
Drive Bays: (24) 3.5" HotSwap SATA, (1) Slim CDROM, (1) Floppy, Dimensions: 8.25"(H) x 19"(W) x 28"(D), 950W 2+1 Redundant PSU, Rails included.
Drive Bays: (24) 3.5" HotSwap SATA, (1) Slim CDROM, (1) Floppy, Dimensions: 8.25"(H) x 19"(W) x 28"(D), 1350W 2+1 Redundant PSU, Rails included.
Perfect for Quad CPU Motherboards.
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