Product Brief

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

oer 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 specication.

The MegaRAID SAS 9271-4i, with four internal ports, delivers two 800MHz PowerPC® processor cores

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 9271-4i 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 memory to ash 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 ash storage and the system goes on

without loss of data. Customers have the exibility to choose a traditional LiON battery solution or a

greener, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) cache protection solution with MegaRAID CacheVault

technology.

while MegaRAID Recovery software and MegaRAID SafeStore™ software enable enhanced data

protection and security.

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 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.

 PCI Express 3.0 Host Interface

 1GB DDRIII cache memory

 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

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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”)

Cache Protection MegaRAID CacheVault ash cache protection (optional – LSICVM01 / LSI00297)

MegaRAID LSIiBBU09 (optional – LSIiBBU09 / LSI00279)

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)

MTBF (Calculated) 1,031,514hours

Regulatory Certications EN55022, EN55024, EN60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3; FCC Class A, Class B; UL1950; UL; CSA C22.2; VCCI; RRL for MIC; BSMI;

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RAID Management MegaRAID Management Suite

• MegaRAID Storage Manager

• MegaCLI (command-line interface)

Optional SSD Optimization • MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 Software leverages SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance