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LSI SAS3442E-R PCI Express SATA / SAS Controller Card Single Pack

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RAID 0/1/1E/10E
x4 SFF-8484 Internal Connectors
x4 SFF-8470 External Connectors
3Gb/s per port

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Model

Brand: LSI

Model: SAS3442E-R

Specifications

Type: SATA / SAS

External Connectors: x4 SFF-8470

Internal Connectors: x4 SFF-8484

Interface: PCI Express

Transfer Rate: 3Gb/s per port

RAID: RAID 0/1/1E/10E

Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows 2000, Server 2003 32-bit and 64-bit (x86 and AMD64), XP
Red Hat Linux RHEL 3
Novell NetWare 5.1 and 6.5
SuSE Linux/SLES
Sun SPARC Solaris 2.6 thru 2.10

Dimensions: 6.6" x 2.5" (MD2 Low-Profile)

Features

Features: x4 internal SFF-8484 / x4 external SFF-8470 connectors
8-lane 2.5 Gb/s PCI Express
MD-2 small form-factor design
Connects to both SAS and SATA HDDs and tape drives
Allows more than 122 total end-point devices
Fusion-MPT architecture provides more than 140,000 I/Os per second
Supports all major operating systems
Integrated RAID avoids additional host CPU overhead
Flexible SAS/SATA array architecture optimizes cost
SAS/SATA interconnect proven through robust LSI serial technology
Speed: 3Gb/s per port combines to 2.4 GB/s full duplex speed

Packaging

Package Contents: LSI SAS3442E-R HBA, driver CD, low-profile bracket, and quick installation guide

Manufacturer Warranty

Parts: 3 years limited

Quick Info

Warranty

Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Limited Warranty period (labor): 0 day

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cheesewright 12/1/2009 1:32:48 PM Tech Level: 4/5 Ownership: 3/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 5/5Excellent for ZFS Pros: This HBA works flawlessly under OpenSolaris 2009.06. The builtin driver recognizes the card and the attached Promise VTJ610sS external storage enclosure. Cons: Uses a non-standard SFF-8470 4x SAS connector (aka 4x Infiniband), rather than the standard SFF-8088 connector. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Zero 11/17/2009 3:50:06 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5 Verified Owner	Rating: 4/5Amazing buy Pros: Stable drivers for both linux and windows. Graphical interface while inside either OS to monitor drive status and build/rebuild arrays. Incredibly fast. Cons: Comes with no cables, so make sure you buy the SF-8484 cable to go with it. It gets a little warm during extended data operations, large file transfers and other things of the like. Long boot time for the card. Other Thoughts: THIS IS NOT A TRUE RAID SOLUTION. However, it also is not Fakeraid or a softraid controller, its somewhat of a grey area between fakeraid and true raid. It uses software to span the volumes, however, all the processing is done by the card itself, so to the OS and your other components, this is essentially a true raid card. Currently I am running this with 4 1tb WD Caviar Green drives, even with the fact that they are storage class high energy efficiency drives, I am getting maximum sustained transfer rates of 380MB/S read, 180MB/S write. 5 out of 7 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
pgjensen 7/16/2009 9:17:49 PM Tech Level: 5/5 Ownership: 4/5	Rating: 5/5 Pros: Great stable drivers for linux/windows (didn't test others). Great read/write speeds (400MB/sec on a 16 bay SAS HBA). Cons: not a single one. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!