The growing requirement to store huge amounts of data with uninterrupted availability and reliability calls for a high-density point-to-point RAID storage solution. The MegaRAID SAS 84016E addresses any data availability concerns associated with deploying large number of drives in mission-critical environments. It allows system builders to direct-connect up to 16 SATA and/or SAS drives. Also, by leveraging SAS expander technology, this adapter can support up to 122 physical devices for the most data-intensive environments.

Features

• Sixteen internal SAS/SATA ports
• Four Mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors
• 3Gb/s throughput per port
• Intel IOP333 (500MHz) and LSI SAS1068 RAID on Chip (ROC)
• Full-height, half-length form factor (6.6” X 4.2”)
• x8 PCI Express host interface
• 256MB DDRII Cache
• Optional battery backup unit
• Connect up to 122 SAS and/or SATA 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)
• Comprehensive RAID management suite

Benefits

• 16 internal SAS/SATA ports ideal for direct-connect of SAS or SATA hard drives in high-density RAID storage environments
• Proven MegaRAID protection for SATA and SAS drives using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60
• Scalable up to 122 SAS or SATA devices using SAS expanders
• Battery backup and advanced error detection and correction capabilities deliver outstanding RAID availability
• Common suite of management utilities for all MegaRAID SAS/SATA adapters