MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2

Eight-port 3Gb/s PCI Express SAS/SATA RAID Adapter

MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2

Today's newest external enclosure designs are based on architectures that support both SATA and SAS hard drives. The MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2, with eight external SAS/SATA ports, is the ideal solution for configuring these external enclosures with either high-performance SAS drives or high-capacity SATA drives. This adapter features an LSISAS1078 storage processor, DDRII memory, and a x8 PCI Express host interface to provide the best performance for external applications. Since system builders can use the MegaRAID SAS 8880EM2 to support one enclosure design that can be populated with either SAS or SATA hard drives, they can ultimately reduce total cost of ownership, maximize overall value of the investment, and reduce the number of supported skus.

Features

  • Eight external SAS/SATA ports
  • Two Mini-SAS SFF-8088 x4 connectors
  • 3Gb/s throughput per port
  • LSISAS1078 RAID on Chip (ROC)
    • 500MHz power-PC
    • Hardware RAID 5 & 6 parity engines
  • Low-profile MD2 form factor (6.6” X 2.536”)
  • x8 PCI Express host interface
  • 512MB DDRII Cache (667MHz)
  • Optional battery backup unit (direct attach)
  • Connect up to 240 SAS and/or SATA 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)
  • Comprehensive RAID management suite
  • Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
    • Automatic rebuild
    • Enclosure affinity
    • Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
  • Single controller multipathing (failover)
  • I/O load balancing
  • Support for extended RAID 1 volumes of up to 240 devices

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Benefits

  • Ideal for external subsystems using large numbers of SAS or SATA drives
  • LSISAS1078 ROC, x8 PCI Express host interface and 667MHz DDRII cache enhance performance of storage for low-cost server and nearline applications.
  • True MD2 form factor perfect fit for 1U and 2U servers and space-limited storage environments
  • Proven MegaRAID protection for SATA and SAS drives using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60
  • Battery backup and advanced error detection and correction capabilities deliver outstanding RAID availability
  • Common suite of management utilities for all MegaRAID SAS/SATA adapters

MoreNews Releases

  • Mar.10.09 - LSI MegaRAID Release 3.6 Advances Solid State Drive Management and Data Protection for SAS/SATA Adapters
  • Feb.27.08 - LSI Launches New Space-Saving MegaRAID Adapters in the Channel