The eight-port ThinkServer 8708ELP SAS/SATA RAID Controller (256MB) (67Y1494) eliminates the need to choose between cost and performance by supporting both high-capacity SATA drives and high-performance SAS drives. This adapter is ideal for internal SAS/SATA storage systems using up to 32 SAS or SATA hard drives. Featuring the LSISAS1078 ROC, a PCI Express host interface and 667MHz DDRII, the MegaRAID SAS 8708ELP is a high-performance RAID adapter with advanced data protection capabilities for low-cost server and nearline applications

Performance specifications:

• Eight internal SAS/SATA ports
• Two Mini-SAS SFF-8087 x4 connectors
• 3Gb/s throughput per port
• LSISAS1078 RAID on Chip (ROC)
• 500MHz power-PC
• Hardware RAID 5 and 6 parity engines
• Low-profile form factor (7.71" x 2.536")
• Fits x4 or x8 PCI Express slots
• 256MB DDRII Cache (667MHz)
• Optional battery backup unit
• Connect up to 32 SAS and/or SATA devices
• RAID levels 0, 1, 5 and 6 and RAID spans 10, 50 and 60
• Auto-resume on rebuild and Auto-resume on reconstruction
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
• Automatic rebuild
• Enclosure affinity
• Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
• Single controller multipathing (failover) and I/O load balancing
• Support for extended RAID 1 volumes of up to 32 devices

Physical specifications:

• Approximate height: 64.41 mm (2.536 in)
• Approximate width: 18.71 mm (0.74 in)
• Approximate length: 195.834 mm (7.71 in)
• Approximate weight: 105g (0.23 lb)

Operating environment:

• Temperature: 10 deg to 35 deg (C) (50 deg to 95 deg (F))
• Relative humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)

1 year – Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU)

• Announce date: 27 Jul 2010 (see country listing)
• Availability date: 27 Jul 2010 (see country listing)
• Effective withdrawal date: July 2011

• Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2
• Windows Server Small Business Server 2008 Standard (SP2)
• Windows Server Small Business Server 2008 Premium (SP2)
• Novell SUSE 11
• RedHat REHL 5
• VMWare vSphere 4.0

• ThinkServer 8708E RAID Controller (256MB)
• Publications
• Low profile bracket
• 200mm MiniSAS-MiniSAS Cable
• 440mm MiniSAS-MiniSAS Cable x2

• UL
• CE EMC
• C-tick
• GS
• cUL
• CB
• FCC