The eight-port MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP eliminates the need to choose between cost and performance by supporting both high-capacity SATA drives and high-performance SAS drives. This adapter is ideal for internal SAS/SATA storage systems using up to 32 SAS or SATA hard drives. Featuring the LSISAS1078 ROC, a PCI Express host interface and 667 MHz DDRII, the MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP is a high-performance RAID adapter with advanced data protection capabilities for low-cost server and nearline applications.

Features

• Eight internal SAS/SATA ports
• Two Mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors
• 3Gb/s throughput per port
• LSISAS1078 RAID on Chip (ROC)
  • 500MHz power-PC
  • Hardware RAID 5 & 6 parity engines
• Low-profile form factor (7.71” x 2.536”)
• Fits x4 or x8 PCI Express slots
• 128MB DDRII Cache (667MHz)
• Optional battery backup unit
• Connect up to 32 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
• 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
• Support for extended RAID 1 volumes of up to 32 devices

Benefits

• Proven MegaRAID protection for SATA and SAS drives using RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 or 60
• LSISAS1078 ROC, PCI Express host interface and 667MHz DDRII cache enhance performance of storage for low-cost server and nearline applications.
• Low-profile form factor is ideal for 2U servers
• Battery backup and advanced error detection and correction capabilities deliver outstanding RAID availability
• Common suite of management utilities for all MegaRAID SAS/SATA adapters