The eight-port MegaRAID SAS 8708EM2 (67Y2639) 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 8708EM2 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 & 6 parity engines
MD2 Low profile (6.6" X 2.536")
x8 PCI Express host interface
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 multi-pathing (failover) and I/O load balancing
Physical specifications:
Approximate height: 64.41 mm (2.536 in)
Approximate width: 18.71 mm (0.74 in)
Approximate length: 167.64 mm (6.6 in)
Approximate weight: 105g (0.23lb)
Operating environment:
Temperature: 10 deg to 35 deg (C) (50 deg to 95 deg (F))