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 9270-8i, with eight internal ports, delivers two 800MHz PowerPC® processor

The intelligent LSIiBBU09 battery backup unit uses heat-tolerant cell technology to withstand

ambient temperatures up to 55 degrees Celsius while protecting the integrity of cache memory in

the event of a power or server failure. This resistance to a high temperature environment along with

remote mounting options gives system builders the exibility to place the LSIiBBU09 away from

thermal hot spots in multiple locations throughout the chassis.

Support for Advanced Software Options

The family of 6Gb/s MegaRAID controllers are designed to support advanced software options that

provide white box channel partners with enhanced performance and data protection capabilities.

These new software options help enable end users to address key business challenges while helping

to deliver a higher return on their IT investments. MegaRAID CacheCade™ Pro 2.0 software and

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

 Eight internal 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports

 Two Mini-SAS internal connectors

 LSI SAS 2208 Dual- core 6Gb/s ROC

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

 Heat-tolerant battery backup option

(LSIiBBU09)

 Support for Advanced Software

Solution Provided Eight-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 Two Mini-SAS SFF8087 internal connectors (top mount)

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

I/O Processor/SAS Controller LSI SAS 2208 Dual-Core RAID on Chip (ROC)

Cache Memory 1 GB 1333MHz DDRIII SDRAM

• Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or

• Single controller Multipathing (failover)

• Load Balancing

• Congurable stripe size up to 1MB

• Fast initialization for quick array setup

• Check Consistency for background data integrity

• 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

• MegaRAID Fast Path Software provides high-performance I/O acceleration for SSD arrays connected to 6Gb/s MegaRAID