Product Brief

Highest Server RAID Performance for Database and Multimedia Applications

As storage demands expand and processing loads grow, it becomes increasingly more dicult

for administrators to achieve maximum performance from their applications. The newest line

of MegaRAID® 6Gb/s SATA+SAS controller cards, built on the LSI SAS 2208 dual-core ROC, oer

unmatched I/O performance for database applications and streaming digital media environments.

The MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i controller, with four internal ports, delivers two 800MHz PowerPC

processor cores and a 72-bit DDRIII interface that drives 1GB cache memory. Users can deploy

the MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i controller in existing HDD-based server environments for signicant

is made permanent on disk. To avoid the possibility of data loss or corruption during a power or

server failure, Avago oers the CacheVault ash cache protection module or the LSIiBBU09 battery

backup unit for the MegaRAID SAS 9266-4i controller. CacheVault ash cache protection uses

NAND ash memory powered by a super-capacitor to help protect data stored in the MegaRAID

controller cache. The RAID controller automatically writes the data in cache to ash 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 ash and the system goes on without loss of data.

Customers have the exibility to choose a traditional LiON battery solution or a greener, lower TCO

cache protection solution with MegaRAID CacheVault technology.

Support for Advanced Software Options

protection and security.

Intuitive RAID Management Utility

The MegaRAID Management Suite™ of software provides essential tools to manage MegaRAID

products, whether deployed in an enterprise or small business. Avago oers 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 congure, monitor and

manage RAID and JBOD volumes locally or over the LAN network.

Key Features

 RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60

 Support for NAND ash or BBU cache

protection solution

Key Advantages

 Unmatched RAID performance

 Connect up to 128 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s

SATA and SAS hard drives or SSDs

 Helps users realize potential of solid-

state storage deployments

 CacheVault technology option for

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Solution Provided Four-port internal SAS solution for performance-hungry applications using up to 128 SAS, SATA and solid state drives (SSDs)

Physical Dimensions MD2 Low Prole (6.6” x 2.536”)

Internal Connectors One Mini-SAS SFF8087 Internal connector (side mount)

Device Support Up to 128 SAS and/or SATA hard drives and SSDs

Key RAID Data Protection

Features

• 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 system power during array rebuild or

• Single controller Multipathing (failover)

• Load Balancing

• Congurable stripe size up to 1MB

RAID Management

MegaRAID Management Suite

• MegaRAID Storage Manager

• MegaCLI (command-line interface)

Optional SSD Optimization

• MegaRAID CacheCade Software leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance control-