LSI Ships New MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID Controller Cards
Need to add some serious speed and flexibility to your desktop or
workstation? If you have a spare PCIe slot, LSI has the tool for you.
It's the second-generation MegaRAID SATA+SAS RAID controller card, based
on 6Gbps SAS technology. The new line of controllers include the
MegaRAID SAS 9265-8i, featuring eight internal ports, and the MegaRAID
SAS 9285-8e, with eight external ports. The controllers deliver
performance levels greater than 200,000 RAID 5 random I/Os per second
(IOPS), a 3x improvement compared to the previous-generation products.
Users can boost IOPS performance to 465,000 RAID 5 random IOPS utilizing
a single controller, enabled with LSI MegaRAID FastPath software,
connected to 8 SSDs. This advanced software option is designed to unlock
the full performance benefits of SSD configurations by providing
high-performance I/O acceleration for SSDs connected to a MegaRAID
controller.
To achieve equivalent IOPS performance levels using competing high-performance 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers could require as many as 3 additional RAID cards, 24 additional SSDs and 3 external 12-drive JBOD enclosures. This translates to a 3x increase in rackspace and power consumption and significantly higher hardware acquisition costs. The new controllers also deliver industry-leading RAID bandwidth, with 2.7 GB/s sequential read and 3.2 GB/s sequential write throughput, which is 60 percent higher than competitor claims. Delivering both the highest RAID IOPS and bandwidth performance in the industry is critical to meeting the high I/O transaction demands of database and cloud applications as well as providing the high-bandwidth horsepower needed to meet the processing requirements of financial, digital media, Web 2.0 and medical imaging applications.
As for pricing? The new line is shipping now, with a $780 - $995 price tag applied to each.
To achieve equivalent IOPS performance levels using competing high-performance 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers could require as many as 3 additional RAID cards, 24 additional SSDs and 3 external 12-drive JBOD enclosures. This translates to a 3x increase in rackspace and power consumption and significantly higher hardware acquisition costs. The new controllers also deliver industry-leading RAID bandwidth, with 2.7 GB/s sequential read and 3.2 GB/s sequential write throughput, which is 60 percent higher than competitor claims. Delivering both the highest RAID IOPS and bandwidth performance in the industry is critical to meeting the high I/O transaction demands of database and cloud applications as well as providing the high-bandwidth horsepower needed to meet the processing requirements of financial, digital media, Web 2.0 and medical imaging applications.
As for pricing? The new line is shipping now, with a $780 - $995 price tag applied to each.
