SAS9260-4I Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Four-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA and SAS RAID Controller

MegaRAID^® SAS 9260-4i
Four-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA and SAS RAID Controller
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ Four internal 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
■■ One Mini-SAS internal connector
(SFF-8087)
■■ LSI SAS 2108 6Gb/s RAID-on-Chip
––800MHz PowerPC®
■■ 512MB 800MHz DDRII cache memory
■■ Optional battery backup module
■■ RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, and 6
■■ RAID Spans 10, 50, and 60
Key Advantages
■■ Superior Performance
––Maximum Reads: 2,875MB/s
––Maximum Writes: 1,800MB/s
■■ PCI Express^® 2.0 provides faster
signaling for highbandwidth
applications
■■ Support for 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and
SAS hard drives
■■ SafeStore^™ Encryption Services for
more secure data protection
Typical Applications
■■ Video-On-Demand
■■ Video-Surveillance
■■ Video Creation + Editing
■■ Medical Imaging
■■ High-Performance Computing
■■ Digital Content Archive and VTL
■■ Storage Appliance
■■ File, Web, Database, and Email Servers
Protect Business Critical Data with the Industry’s Most Trusted SATA+SAS
RAID Controllers
Next-Generation SATA+SAS RAID
MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers provide a new level of reliability, availability, and performance
to businesses that are facing storage challenges driven by unprecedented data growth. With data
transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i brings users new features and
improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS
generation. This value line controller, ideal for cost-sensitive 1U and 2U server applications, employs
the latest in RAID-on-Chip technology, complies with the PCI Express 2.0 specification, and provides
additional data security using SafeStore encryption services.
6Gb/s SAS Performance Advantage
66Gb/s SAS is designed for backward compatibility with 3Gb/s SAS as well as with 6Gb/s and
3Gb/s SATA hard drives. Regardless of the drive speed, 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers will deliver
significant performance improvements in both read and write applications as compared to their
3Gb/s predecessors. Other new features of the 6Gb/s MegaRAID SATA+SAS controllers include
greater signal integrity using Decision Feedback Equalization, support for more sophisticated SAS
topologies using Expander Self-discovery/Self-configuration, and additional safeguards to enhance
data protection.
SafeStore Encryption Services
Avago is pleased to introduce SafeStore encryption services, which include instant secure erase for
self-encrypting drives (SEDs). This technology represents a significant step forward in securing a
drive’s data from any unauthorized access or modification resulting from theft, loss, or repurposing
of drives. Instant secure erase cryptographically erases an SED, whether it is 73GB or 1TB, in less than
a second. This allows for secure drive returns or reuse.
Intuitive RAID Management Utility
The MegaRAID Management Suite^™ provides the essential software tools to efficiently 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 allow administrators to adjust SAS 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 easily configure, monitor and manage
RAID volumes locally or over the LAN network.