LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e SGL - 24-Port Internal 4 Port External SAS/SATA Controller

Product Overview LSI™ 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. The MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e, with twenty-four internal and four external ports, supports both internal drive storage and external JBOD expansion for up to 240 SATA or SAS drives. With a large number of internal ports, the 9280-24i4e connects up to 24 drives inside the server via direct connection or passive backplane. Using the external SAS ports, multiple JBODs can be connected to a server, providing a scalable and affordable solution for growing storage requirements.

• Twenty-four internal + four external 6 GB/s SATA+SAS ports.
• Six internal mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors.
• One mini-SAS SFF-8088 external connector.
• 6 GB/s throughput per port.
• PCI Express 2.0 x 8 host interface.
• 512MB DDRII cache (800MHz).
• Connect up to 240 SATA and/or SAS devices. Features http://www.lsi.com/channel/products/storagecomponents/Pages/MegaRAIDSAS9280-24i4e.aspx