LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-4i4e interface cards/adapter

4-Port Internal/4-Port External 6Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller The MegaRAID® SAS 9280-4i4e, with four internal and four external ports, supports both internal drive storage and external JBOD expansion. Using the external SAS ports, multiple JBODs can be connected to a server, providing a scalable and affordable solution for growing storage requirements. With data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, the MegaRAID 9280-4i4e brings users new features and improved performance while continuing to support all the features of the previous 3Gb/s SATA+SAS generation.

Features
- Four internal + four external 6Gb/s SATA+SAS ports
- One mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 internal connector
- One mini-SAS SFF-8088 external connector
- 6Gb/s throughput per port
- LSISAS2108 ROC
- 800MHz PowerPC
- Low-profile MD2 form factor (6.6” X 2.536”)
- x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface
- 512MB DDRII cache (800MHz)
- Optional battery backup unit (direct attach)
- Connect up to 240 SATA and/or SAS devices
- RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 6
- RAID spans 10, 50 and 60
- Auto-resume on rebuild
- Auto-resume on reconstruction
- Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
- Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
- SafeStore™ Encryption Services
- Instant secure erase
- SSD support with SSD Guard™
- Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
- Automatic rebuild
- Enclosure affinity
- Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
- Single controller multipathing (failover)
- I/O load balancing
- Comprehensive RAID management suite

Benefits
- Superior performance
- Maximum reads: 2,875MB/s
- Maximum writes: 1,850MB/s
- PCI Express 2.0 provides faster signaling for high-bandwidth applications
- Support for 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS hard drives for maximum inside-the-box flexibility
- Scalable and affordable solution using external connector for connection to JBODs
- SafeStore Encryption Services for more secure data protection