The Top Three Reasons to Consider LSI® 12Gb/s SAS Storage Adapters

(PRWEB) March 14, 2014

To help address the challenges modern datacenters face with regard to the surge of applications, data, mobile devices and more, LSI provides enterprise-class performance and data protection with its family of 12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID controllers and HBAs. These solutions are designed to deliver the application-accelerating performance, enhanced data protection and reduced total cost of ownership (TCO) required by the most demanding datacenters.

LSI has outlined the top three reasons organizations should consider 12Gb/s SAS technology when building or expanding their datacenters:

1: Backward compatibility with 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s systems
12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID controllers and HBAs are backward compatible with 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SAS, offering twice the point-to-point bandwidth with SAS 3.0 frame buffering, even with 6Gb/s devices. Plus, when 12Gb/s SAS performance is used in a 6Gb/s drive infrastructure, it can lower the TCO with existing DAS.

2: Doubles available bandwidth of 6Gb/s SAS solutions
As datacenters face rapidly growing traffic and data consumption demands, the hardware infrastructure within these centers must provide new levels of performance and bandwidth. Databolt™ technology, supported by both 12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID controllers and HBAs, when combined with compatible expander-based enclosures, can deliver optimized throughput by helping users to gain 12Gb/s host speeds with current-generation 6Gb/s drives. The 12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID controllers and HBAs help meet the demands of datacenters who work with Big Data/Hadoop® environments like Web 2.0, HyperScale, cloud, OLTP, virtualization, data warehousing and data analytics.

3: Broad 12Gb/s SAS portfolio to meet your needs
The LSI family of enterprise-class 12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID controllers and HBAs support a wide variety of environments with industry segment leading interoperability and product robustness. With a range of options to address the needs of today’s datacenters, customers have a large selection to choose from, including:

MegaRAID SAS Controllers:

9380-8e
•Tried and tested performance and RAID data protection for external storage enclosures

9361-8i
•Tried and tested performance and RAID data protection supports server storage applications in mid-range server storage environments

9361-4i
•Support high performance and data protection for performance-hungry applications in mid-range server storage environments

9341-8i
•Add robust data protection to small and medium business (SMB) applications like email and file servers

9341-4i
•Improve data performance and protection cost effectively for small business and server storage applications

LSI SAS HBAs:

9300-16e
•Support high performance storage configurations across multiple JBOD and RBOD enclosures

9300-8e
•Support high-performance external storage with 12Gb/s SAS connectivity

9300-8i
•Add internal 12Gb/s SAS and 6Gb/s SATA connectivity to rack-mount servers and workstations

9300-4i
•Get every ounce of SAS storage performance for compact servers

9300-4i4e
•Outfit your storage server for all occasions with internal and external 12Gb/s SAS storage

9311-8i
•Turbocharge OEM servers with eight ports of internal 12Gb/s SAS storage

9311-4i4e
•Build flexible OEM server storage solutions with internal and external 12Gb/s SAS storage connectivity

To find the best 12Gb/s SAS MegaRAID controller and HBA to meet your needs, visit: http://www.lsi.com/products/raid-controllers

or

http://www.lsi.com/products/host-bus-adapters

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