LSI MegaRAID 9280-8e SAS 2.0 RAID Controller
Today’s newest external enclosure designs are based on architectures that support both SATA and SAS drives. The MegaRAID® SAS 9280-8e, with eight external SATA+SAS ports, is ideal for configuring these external enclosures with your choice of high-performance SAS hard drives, high-capacity SATA hard drives or energy-efficient solid state drives (SSDs). With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e bring users new features and improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS generation. This feature line controller employs the latest in RAID-on-Chip technology, complies with the PCI Express® 2.0 specification and provides additional data security using LSI™ SafeStore™ encryption services.
Highlights
- Superior performance
o Maximum reads: 2,875MB/s
o 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
- Ideal for external subsystems using large numbers of SATA or SAS drives
- SafeStore Encryption Services for more secure data protection
- Low-profile MD2 form factor for space-limited 1U and 2U environments
Specifications
- Eight external SATA+SAS ports
- Two mini-SAS SFF-8088 x4 connectors
- 6Gb/s throughput per port
- LSISAS2108 RAID-on-Chip (ROC)
o 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 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
Reference
LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e / SAS 9280DE-8e (product brief)Related Items
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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.
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