LSI MegaRAID SATA / SAS 9260-4i 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 w/ 512MB Onboard Memory RAID Controller Card, Single--Avago Technologies

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4.0
TOP FAVORABLE REVIEW
Good Card, Need different cable for SAS drives.

Good card with 512MB of cache memory.

The included SAS cable with this kit is 1 x SFF SAS to 4 x SATA cable. If you need to connect to SAS drives, then you will have to purchase a different cable. You need (SFF-8087) SAS/SATA breakout cable, forward, 4x (SFF8482) with power cable to connect to SAS drives.

I wish the cable description said more the SAS.

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TOP CRITICAL REVIEW
Usable "Budget" RAID Solution

For the money, it's fast, well supported, and does what I need it to do.

Worst user interfaces I've ever encountered, both WebBIOS and MegaCLI. If you're not running Windows or Red Hat, you're pretty well stuck administering it from those two tools, and they are awful.

But my biggest gripe is that you cannot migrate "hybrid" RAID types like RAID 10. This means if you have a RAID 1 running, and want to add a couple more disks to expand it as a RAID 1+0, you'd have to back up all your data, delete your virtual drives, and start over.

Also, drive rebuilds are appallingly slow - migrating a two drive RAID 0 to a 3 drive RAID 5 can take, literally, days. When you're stuck doing this from WebBIOS, this means your server is offline for days. Luckily we only use this for a development environment (ESXi 5), so we can stomach the downtime and hassle. But I would not accept this in a production environment, unless I was on a super budget or had a lot of redundant systems and could afford to take some down for long periods.

If you're on a tight budget and don't mind some quirks or limitations, this will get the job done. If you've been spoiled working with equipment like HP SmartArrays or enterprise class SANs, you will be frustrated by it.

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Features & Details

  • RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
  • 1 x SFF-8087 mini-SAS Internal Connectors
  • Up to 6Gb/s

Specifications

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Model
BrandLSI
ModelLSI00197
Form FactorLow Profile Ready
Details
TypeSATA / SAS
Internal Connectors1 x SFF-8087 mini-SAS
InterfacePCI-Express 2.0 x8
Transfer RateUp to 6Gb/s
Cache Memory512MB 800 MHz DDR II SDRAM
RAIDRAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Operating Systems SupportedExtensive support includes Microsoft Windows Vista / Server 2003 / 2000 / XP, Linux and more.
Dimensions6.60" x 2.54"
Features
FeaturesI/O Processor / SAS Controller: LSISAS2108 RAID-on-Chip (ROC) S.M.A.R.T support 64 logical drive support Up to 64TB LUN support Single controller Multipathing SSD Support with SSD Guard Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) Online RAID Level Migration (RLM) Configurable stripe size up to 1MB Fast initialization for quick array setup DDF compliant Configuration on Disk (COD) Patrol read for media scanning and repairing Check Consistency for background data integrity Enclosure management: SES (inband), SGPIO (sideband) Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot Spare support Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or reconstruction (RLM)
Additional Information
First Listed on NeweggJuly 10, 2024
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