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Introduction

The growing requirement to store huge amounts of data with uninterrupted availability and reliability calls for a high-density point-to-point RAID storage solution. The MegaRAID SAS 84016E, the latest SAS/SATA offering from LSI, addresses any data availability concerns associated with deploying large number of drives in mission-critical environments. It allows system builders to direct-connect up to 16 SATA II and/or SAS drives. Also, by leveraging SAS expander technology, this adapter can support up to 122 physical devices for the most data-intensive environments.

Features

• Sixteen internal SAS / SATA ports
  o Four x4 SAS SFF8087 internal connectors
  
• 64-bit LBA (>2TB support)
  
• 3Gb/s throughput per port
  
• RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60
  
• PCI Express 1.0a compliant
  o 2.5 Gb/s per lane
  o x8 lane width
  
• 256MB DDRII 400MHz SDRAM
  
• Optional battery backup module
  o Rated 72 hours
  
• Auto-resume on rebuild
  
• Auto-resume on reconstruction
  
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
  
• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
  
• Comprehensive management tools
  
• LED fault indicator headers
  

Benefits

• 16 internal SAS/SATA ports for high-density RAID storage solutions
  
• Maximum drive flexibility for using both SAS and SATA II drives
  
• PCI Express host interface for increased bandwidth
  
• Proven, industry-leading MegaRAID stack
  
• Universal RAID management suite