IBM ServeRAID 8i SAS

IBM ServeRAID 8i SAS ... manage your internal data storage in select xSeries servers. This RAID controller achieves higher reliability and performance than its Ultra320 SCSI predecessors for a nominal increase in price. This half-length adapter runs on a dedicated system's PCI-X, 64-bit ZCR slot at speeds up to 133MHz. With the onboard 256MB memory and 600MHz Intel processor, ServeRAID 8i takes the RAID processing workload from the CPU and offloads it directly to the controller. This allows your CPU ample bandwidth to perform the application processing required.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

Offers RAID levels -0, -1, -10, -5, -6 -50, -60 and IBM exclusive -1E and -5EE;

Supports independent and adjustable stripe sizes of 256k and 512k;

Provides additional ServeRAID features such as Logical Drive Migration, Global Hot Spare, Copyback, and Flashcopy that are available to manage your storage drives;

Delivers added protection for your valuable data with battery-backed memory;

Supports PCI-X hotswap with rebuild and rapid restore features to preserve RAID configurations;

ServeRAID Manager software application is available for managing the SAS RAID array configurations.