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MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i
High Performance 12Gb/s PCI Express SATA+SAS RAID Controller
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i 12Gbps SAS and SATA RAID controller card is designed to deliver unmatched RAID performance and RAID data protection for the most demanding next-generation server and storage platforms.
The 9361-8i controller card supports critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCI-e 3.0 connectivity, and includes eight internal 12Gbps SATA and SAS ports, which lets you easily connect up to 128 SATA or SAS drives. It strikes a perfect balance between protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. Also, it comes with support for Avago Advanced Software options for enhanced performance and data protection. Employing advanced drive diagnostic technology, it can help diagnose if the drive is indeed failed or can be restored, giving you extra convenience. Plus, with a low profile form factor, this controller card is easy to install.
Key Advantages
High Performance
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i offers two 1.2GHz PowerPC processor cores and a 72-bit DDRIII interface that drives 1GB cache memory. Powered by the LSI SAS 3108 dual-core ROC, it includes the latest PCI Express 3.0 and 12Gbps SAS technology. Offering up to double the data transfer rate of 6Gbps SAS solutions, 12Gbps SAS allows the SAS infrastructure to deliver bandwidth that can fully utilize that of PCI Express 3.0 with a single controller card.
Enterprise Data Protection
Standard support for the most popular RAID levels and accessories, including RAID 5, RAID 6, and CacheVault Flash cache protection module (not included), further strengthens the data protection capabilities of the MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i.
A new enterprise feature employed by the 12Gbps MegaRAID SAS controllers is advanced drive diagnostic technology. In the event of a physical drive failure, the drive is placed in shield state and the MegaRAID controller starts drive diagnostics to determine if the drive is indeed failed or can be restored. This saves customers time, money and lost compute time associated with transient drive failures and unnecessary drive returns.
Support for Advanced Software Options
The family of 12Gbps MegaRAID controllers are designed to support Avago advanced software options that provide system integrators and VARs with enhanced performance and data protection capabilities. These software options help enable end users to address key business challenges while helping to deliver a higher return on their IT investments. MegaRAID CacheCade Pro 2.0 software (optional) and MegaRAID Fast Path software (included) boost transactional I/O performance of solid state disk configurations, while SafeStore software enables enhanced data protection and security when used with encryption capable devices.
Easy Installation
The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i fits into rack-mounted servers with a low-profile form factor and side-mounted SAS connectors.
Pros:
- Excellent performance
- VERY fast initializing my 4 disk RAID 5 volume
- Decent linux compatibility
- Good linux commandline utilities (storcli)
Cons:
- Slow boot time initialization
- The WebBIOS is pretty old school and klunky
Other Thoughts:
I have used this controller with 2 older desktop motherboard with no issues (Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe, ASRock z77 Extreme3).
I have not yet had any luck getting the Storage Manager software on my Windows desktop to connect to the vivaldi framework daemon on my Ubuntu 16 server. I am pretty certain I will get this sorted out but the process appears to not be fully straightforward.
Pros: None
Cons: Controller did not see supported hard drives even with supported hard drives and cables.
Other Thoughts:
LSI tech support suspected defected controller. Filed rma with newegg, who then sent me email saying
Thank you for requesting a Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA) at Newegg.
Your RMA (RMA Number: 69532560) return was received and sent to our Inspections Department for closer examination.
Unfortunately, the package we received contained an incomplete return. All items must be returned with any accessories and retail packaging that it originally shipped with.
Return is missing:
1.Qty. 1 –CacheVault Flash Module (CVFM04)
2.Qty. 1 –CacheVault Power Module (CVPM02) with 3" cable, 10" and 24" remote cable extender
3.Qty. 1 –CVPM clip
***PLEASE NOTIFY US OF YOUR COMPLIANCE PRIOR TO RETURNING THE REQUIRED MISSING ITEM(S), IF NOTICE IS NOT RECEIVED WITHIN 3 BUSINESS DAYS WE WILL CLOSE THIS RMA AND RETURN THE ITEM TO YOU***
Please return the item(s) to the same address and reference the same RMA number. We also strongly recommend avoiding shipping the item(s) in a standard envelope as many times the package is empty when it arrives at our facility.
I sent them a box with the controller in its original box and cache vault in the other original box and they are claiming I didnt send the cache vault back.
I am numb and nauseated at the loss of weeks and soon to be $800. I am betting this review will be deleted and my account blocked or something like that.
Pros:
-Super fast.
-Using this with some older NL-SAS drives 8x4TB in RAID10, performance is triple of me previous RAID controller in RAID10 with 4 drives.
-SSD performance is incredible from what I have read.
Cons:
-Price.
-Price for accessories.
-BIOS boot is VERY slow.
Other Thoughts: -They make a 2GB version of this card (which is what I got) for nearly the same price. I paid $604 from Provantage for the 2GB version, so I would DEFINITELY recommend that for future proofing. This card in the 2GB variant should be relevant for 5+ years.
Pros:
Used this in a server build for my company. Production setup was 4 Samsung 850 pro 512GB x4 in RAID 10 with a 5th drive as a hot spare. Performance was NUTS. Crystaldiskmark had the RAID 10 at 2.2GB/s read, 1.02GB/s write. This was using writethrough, no read ahead, and direct i/o. I ran benchmarks with each caching option enabled and the results were squirly. I've since read that they recommend for SSD's to leave all disabled for best performance. I also (you know I had to) went ahead and configured a RAID 0 just for testing with all 5 drives: Crystaldiskmark showed 2.65 GB/s read, 2.4 GB/s write.
Considering 5 drives on the motherboard raid maxed out at 1.6/1.3, the sky's the limit. Well, ok 3 more drives is the limit until you add another controller and 8 more drives, but you get the idea. This thing hauls.
Cons: the price is about all I can think of.
Other Thoughts: With no BBU, this unit will refuse to enable caching options as a precaution to protect data. These settings can be manually "forced" through the command line tool and will persist even booting into another OS (in my case ESXi 6.0). If you have SSD's, results for me at least weren't conclusive although on write-back I saw consistent gains in writes, but a drop in read performance. Also with caching, 4k randoms took a dive. We're going to be using this card in my boss's next workstation build with 8 SSD's, and if I can talk my company into helping with a workstation upgrade I'll be getting one of these as well. AWESOME.
Pros:
Works with my desktop motherboard.
Worked right out of the box with little effort.
Fast. Using ArgusMonitor benchmark it reads 26% (414 Mb/s vs 329Mb/s) faster, but writes 8% slower (381Mb/s vs. 416Mb/s) than the on-board Intel RAID controller in a 4x2TB RAID 0 array.
I can expand to more drives later.
Cons: None.
Other Thoughts:
OS: Windows 7.0 Pro
Motherboard: ASUS Maximus VI Formula
Chipset: Intel Z87
Processor: Intel i7-4770K
Drives: 4 x 2TB WD Black
RAID: RAID0
Note that this is a desktop motherboard, not a server. I’ve read mixed reviews on using this board with a desktop computer, but it works great on mine. I suspect that the issue is limited to older or lower end motherboards that don’t have enough BIOS memory to support this board. The card is installed in a PCIe 3.0 x4 slot and works well.
The drivers, software and documentation are available at avagotech.com. There is a lot of documentation, but the quick installation guide was all I needed to get it going using these steps:
1) Install the board.
2) Boot to windows.
3) In the Device Manager (right click Computer then select Manage), select the board under "Storage controllers" and install the driver downloaded from the avagotech.com website.
4) Shut down and attach the drives.
5) During the boot process, enter the MegaRAID BIOS using <cntrl+R> and set-up your RAID array.
6) Boot to windows.
7) In Disk Management (right click Computer then select Manage), initialize and format the drive.
That’s it. You can download the MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) software and use that to update downloaded Firmware.
I had been running a 4 x 1TB RAID0 using the onboard Intel controller, but when I tried to upgrade to 4x 2TB, I found out it becomes unstable for any array over 4TB. I have an old RocketRAID 640, but I’ve never been able to get all 4 ports to work. So I decided to go with a higher-end board and am very pleased.
Pros:
Works with my RAID array (RAID5, one hot spare) under Linux.
High performance.
8 ports.
Has full configuration utility in ROM.
Monitoring and configuration utility works in Linux.
Cons:
Very expensive.
Linux utility does not come with a manual page.
Very expensive.
Requires significant airflow, heats up when I open the computer case, so I have to place an external fan against it.
Very expensive.
Does not come with cables.
Very expensive.
Disk format documentation is not provided, no software-only recovery procedure that would work in case of adapter failure.
Very expensive.
Pros: Fast. Copying from my old computer to this one across gigabit ethernet uses well over half the available bandwith. The write speed is just so much better than the on board Intel raid. For another 250, you can add another 15 or 20 drives if you have that need, search for "intel raid expander." And did I say fast. Good tech support.
Cons: Initializing an array is really slow. Can't figure out if I can expand an existing array or if I have to start over.
Other Thoughts: Don't plug it into a PCI slot running at X16. make sure to set up the BIOS so the LSI slot only runs at X8. Don't know why, but that's what tech support says.
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Pros: well performing
Cons: no