MILPITAS, Calif. – LSI Logic Corporation introduced the newest line of MegaRAID SAS (serial attached SCSI) adapters, the 8200 series, which supports SAS and SATA II drives without the cost premiums typically associated with SAS RAID controllers.
The adapters are based on LSI SAS integrated circuit technology and the 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. Volume shipments begin in March.
The new MegaRAID line delivers SAS storage adapters featuring SATA and SAS RAID functionality 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, the company said.
“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,” said Mike Gurin, LSI’s sales director for storage solutions.
The first products of the new family are the four-port MegaRAID SAS 8204 and eight-port MegaRAID SAS 8208 adapters, ideal for cost-sensitive applications not requiring battery-backed cache. The low-profile adapters provide internal SAS solutions 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.
MSRP pricing for the MegaRAID SAS 8204 will be US$229 $315 for the MegaRAID SAS 8208.
