MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e

MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e

Today’s newest external enclosure designs are based on architectures that support both SATA and SAS drives. The MegaRAID® SAS 9280DE-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 9280DE-8e bring users new features and improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS generation. Using LSI™ SafeStore™ encryption services, including instant secure erase and local key management, this controller provides additional security against any unauthorized access or modification of a drive’s data, resulting from theft, loss, or repurposing of drives.

Features

  • 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
    o Local key management
  • 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

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Benefits

  • 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

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MoreNews Releases

  • Mar.09.10 - LSI MegaRAID 6Gb/s SATA+SAS Controllers Receive Product of Year Awards from China's Top IT Portals
  • Jul.28.09 - LSI Launches New Generation of High-Performance RAID Controller Cards Based on 6Gb/s SAS Technology