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News Release from: LSI Europe | Subject: 8200 series MegaRAID SAS adapters
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 22 February 2007
SAS RAID systems at SATA prices
The 8200 series of MegaRAID SAS (serial attached SCSI) adapters, supports SAS and SATA II drives without the cost premiums typically associated with SAS RAID controllers.
LSI Logic's 8200 series of MegaRAID SAS (serial attached SCSI) adapters, supports SAS and SATA (serial ATA) II drives without the cost premiums typically associated with SAS RAID controllers The new adapters are based on LSI SAS IC (integrated circuit) technology and the proven MegaRAID RAID stack, providing low-cost RAID 5 solutions for mid- to low-end server and workstation environments where high-performance and reliable data protection are required
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The new MegaRAID line delivers SAS storage adapters featuring SATA and SAS RAID capability at cost parity with SATA-only adapters.
With this offering, channel customers can now configure custom systems employing a SAS/SATA adapter with low-cost SATA drives and/or high-performance SAS drives.
"With our new 8200 series of MegaRAID adapters, channel customers now have access to robust, low-cost RAID 5 solutions that eliminate the need to choose between SAS and SATA", says Mike Gurin, Sales Director, Storage Solutions, LSI Logic.
"By offering SAS/SATA adapters at SATA pricing, LSI is creating a new paradigm in storage connectivity".
The first products of the new family are the 4-port MegaRAID SAS 8204 and 8-port MegaRAID SAS 8208 adapters, suitable for cost-sensitive applications not requiring battery-backed cache.
The low-profile adapters provide internal SAS capability for storage systems requiring the flexibility to deploy four or eight SAS and/or SATA drives respectively to address performance and capacity requirements.
Both adapters are available in PCI-X and PCI-Express models.
The 8200 MegaRAID cards are supported by the MegaRAID Management Suite of software, a complete spectrum of applications and tools including next-generation pre-boot and advanced online RAID management utilities.
These applications feature a variety of configuration options and SAS topology views from the system host, controller and disk enclosure down to the logical and physical drive level.
For administrators, this means the ability to efficiently configure, monitor and manage RAID volumes locally or over the network.
MSRP pricing for the MegaRAID SAS 8204 will be US $229 and MSRP pricing for the MegaRAID SAS 8208 will be $315.
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