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LSI MegaRAID 9271-8i PCIe Raid Controller Review

Features

  • Eight internal SATA+SAS ports
  • Two mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors – side mount
  • 6Gb/s throughput per port
  • LSISAS2208 Dual core ROC 800MHz PowerPC®
  • MD2 Low profile (6.6″ x 2.536″)
  • 8x PCI Express 3.0 Host interface
  • 1GB DDR3 Cache (1333Mhz)
  • Optional CacheVault™ Module (LSICVM01)
  • Optional battery backup unit (LSIiBBU09 remote mount)
  • Connect up to 128 SATA and or/SAS devices
  • RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6
  • RAID spans 10, 50, and 60

 

Benefits

  • Second generation 6Gb/s SATA+SAS with unprecedented levels of performance
  • Designed for internal storage environments using up to 128 SAS, SATA and solid state drives (SSDs)
  • Designed for IOPs performance and advanced software options help users realize full benefits of SSD deployments
  • CacheVault™ technology option for greener, lower total cost cache protection
  • Support for CacheCade® Pro read/write caching software to help accelerate I/O performance of existing HDD arrays using SSDs as high performance cache.
  • Proven interoperability with the latest server platforms based ont he PCI Express 3.0 specification

 

Specifications

Solution Provided Eight-port internal SAS solution for performance-hungry applications using up to 128 SAS, SATA and solid state drives (SSDs)
Physical Dimensions MD2 Low Profile (6.6″ x 2.536″)
Internal Connectors Two Mini-SAS SFF8087 internal connector (side mount)
Device Support Up to 128 SAS and/or SATA hard drives and SSDs
Host Bust Type x8 lane PCI Express 3.0 compliant
Data Tramsfer Rates Up to 6Gb/s per port
I/O Processor/SAS Controller LSISAS2208 Dual-core RAID on Chip(ROC)
Cache Memory 1GB  DDR3 1333MHz SDRAM
Cache Protection MegaRaid CacheVault® flash cache protection (optional – LSICVM01 /LSI00297) MegaRAID LSIiBBU09 (optional – LSIiBBU09 / LSI00279)
Key RAID data Protection Features MegaRaid Management Suite

  • 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 suystem power during arrays array rebuild or reconstruction (RLM)
  • Single controller multiphathing (failover)
  • 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™ 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)
Operating Temperature Maximum ambient: Controller card:60c, with optional LSIiBBU09: 55c
Operating Voltage +3.3V +12V
MTBF(Calculated) 1,031,514hours
Hardware Warranty 3 years, free advanced technical support, advanced replacement option
Regulatory EN55022, EN55024, EN60950, EN 61000-3-2; FCC Class A. Class B; UL1950; UL ; CSA C22.2; VCCI; RRL for MIC; BSMI;C-tick
Raid Management MegaRaid Management Suite

  • MegaRaid Storage Manager
  • MegaCLI(command-line interface)
  • WebBIOS
Optional SSD Optimization MegaRaid CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software leverages SSDs in front of HDD Volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance controller cache pools.

MegaRAID Fast Path Software provides high-performance I/O acceleration for SSD arrays connected to 6Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers

OS Support Extensive Support includes Microsoft® Windows® Vista/2008/Server 2003/2000/XP, Linux®, Solaris™, FreeBSD®, VMware® and more.*Visit the LSI download center for the most complete list of supported operating system: here

 

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