SAS9261-8I Datasheet, PDF (1/2 Pages) AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED – Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller

MegaRAID^® SAS 9261-8i
Eight-Port 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller
Product Brief
Key Features
■■ Eight internal 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
■■ Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
(SFF-8087)
––Horizontal mount
■■ 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
■■ 6Gb/s SAS for superior levels of RAID
performance
■■ PCI Express^® 2.0 provides faster
signaling for high-bandwidth
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 9261-8i brings users new features and
improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS
generation. This MegaRAID value line controller, ideal for inside-the-box connectivity, 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
With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID SAS 9261-8i bring users new features
and improved performance, while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s
SATA+SAS generation. 6Gb/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.
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 provides instant data protection via cryptographic erase. Whether the
drive is 73GB or 1TB, this feature will delete the existing encryption key and regenerate a new data
encryption key in less than a second, enabling drives to be returned, retired, sold or reused securely.
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.