LSI Logic LSI00335 1GB PCIe SAS SATA MegaRAID Controller

LSI Logic LSI00335 1GB 8 Port PCIe SAS/SATA 6Gbps MegaRAID Controller – Brand New

LSI Logic LSI00335 1GB 8 Port PCI Expess, SAS, Serial ATA 6.0 Gbps MegaRAID Controller – Brand New

Alt MPN: 9286CV-8eCC

MegaRAID® SAS 9286CV-8eCC Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express® 3.0 SATA+SAS RAID Controller with CacheVault™ Flash Cache Protection and SSD-Optimized Software

Unmatched RAID Performance for Next-Generation Servers and Storage – Today’s data center, cloud and high-performance computing environments not only require increased storage capacity to handle massive volumes of data, but are also challenged to protect and deliver data as quickly as possible to meet the needs of applications and end users. To address these performance demands as capacity scales, the newest 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers from Avago offer a powerful combination of intelligent performance, enterprise RAID data protection and proven interoperability with the latest server platforms based on the PCI Express 3.0 specification. The MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8eCC, with eight external ports, delivers two 800MHz PowerPC® processor cores and a 72-bit DDRIII interface that drives 1GB cache memory. Powered by the LSI SAS 2208 dual-core ROC, the 9286CV-8eCC controller includes the latest PCI Express 3.0 and 6Gb/s SAS technology and is ideal for configuring external storage enclosures with high-performance SAS hard drives, high-capacity SATA hard drives or application accelerating SSDs or for building more sophisticated configurations using Avago 6Gb/s SAS Switch products.

MegaRAID CacheVault Technology – MegaRAID CacheVault flash cache protection uses NAND flash memory powered by a super-capacitor to help protect data stored in the MegaRAID controller cache. This module eliminates the need for a lithium ion battery traditionally used to protect DRAM cache memory on PCI RAID controllers. The RAID controller automatically writes the data in cache memory to flash storage when a power failure occurs, while the super-capacitor keeps the current going during the process. When the power comes back, the DRAM is recovered from flash storage and the system goes on without loss of data. The benefits of this technology are elimination of hardware maintenance associated with LiON batteries, lower total cost of ownership over the life of the adapter, and more environmentally friendly cache protection.

MegaRAID® CacheCade™ Pro 2.0 and MegaRAID Fast Path Ready – The “CC” family of 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers ship standards with CacheCade Pro 2.0 and Fast Path software enabled out of the box. These software offerings help to optimize application performance in direct-attached storage environments configured with solid-state drives (SSDs). CacheCade Pro 2.0 read/ write software is designed to dramatically accelerate application I/O performance of hard disk drive (HDD)-based arrays by intelligently caching frequent accessed, or “hot spot”, data to SSDs. Using SSDs as a dedicated pool or high-performance cache in front of HDDs cost-effectively improves both read and write performance, reduces I/O latencies, accelerates application response time and lowers RAID access and rebuild times. MegaRAID Fast Path software is a high-performance I/O accelerator, designed to dramatically boost transactional application throughput of SSD arrays connected to the MegaRAID controller card.

Intuitive RAID Management Utility – The MegaRAID Management Suite™ software provides essential tools to manage MegaRAID products, whether deployed in an enterprise or small business. Avago offers a collection of applications and tools including a pre-boot setup utility and a full spectrum of online RAID management utilities. This suite of applications allows administrators to adjust SAS or SATA topology views from the system host, controller and disk enclosure down to the logical and physical drive level. Extending to enterprise deployments, these tools scale to more easily configure, monitor and manage RAID and JBOD volumes locally or over the LAN network.

Key Features

• Eight external 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
• Two Mini-SAS external connectors (SFF8088)
• LSISAS2208 Dual- core 6Gb/s ROC
  • x2 800MHz PowerPC Processors
• PCI Express 3.0 Host Interface
• 1GB DDRIII cache memory
• RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60
• MegaRAID CacheVault Flash Cache Protection included
• SSD-Optimized Software included; CacheCade Pro 2.0 and Fast Path Read

Key Advantages

• Unmatched RAID performance
• External JBOD expansion for up to 240 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS hard drives or SSDs
• Compatible with Avago 6Gb/s SAS Switch
• CacheVault technology included for greener, lower total cost cache protection