Broadcom SAS 9211-8i interface cards/adapter

The LSI SAS 9211-8i host bus adapter provides the greatest available throughput to internal server storage arrays through eight internal 6Gb/s ports, driving up to 256 SAS and SATA physical devices. This HBA offers dynamic SAS functionality including dual-port drive redundancy and SATA compatibility. Utilizing two internal x4 SFF8087 Mini-SAS connectors, the low-profile SAS 9211-8i is an excellent fit for 1U and 2U servers. The SAS 9211-8i utilizes the embedded CPU in the LSI SAS2008 controller to perform integrated RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10 operations for reliable data protection with high-availability. The result is an ultra-thin, low-overhead device driver communicating over the x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface. By reducing RAID code overhead, this HBA delivers high-speed READ/WRITE performance, making it well suited for medium to high-capacity internal storage applications. - 6Gb/s data transfer rate per port - Two x4 internal SFF8087 Mini-SAS connectors - x8 5GT/s PCI Express 2.0 host interface - MD2 low-profile form-factor design - Maximum power usage of 9W - Integrated RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10 - Connects to SAS and SATA HDDs, SSDs, and tape drives - Support for up to 256 physical devices - Fusion-MPT architecture can achieve more than 290,000 I/Os per second - Consistency Check - Hot Spare Support - SMART error detection - PowerPC 440 @533MHz - Supports all major operating systems - RoHS compliant Benefits - Flexible SATA+SAS array architecture optimizes cost - 8 internal high-speed SAS ports for maximum storage connectivity - 6Gb/s per port delivers 4800 MB/s full duplex - SATA+SAS interconnect proven through the LSI robust serial technology - Environmentally friendly due to low-power consumption - Integrated RAID avoids additional host CPU overhead