Broadcom Avago MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i SGL 8-Port Int, 12Gb/s SATA+SAS, LSI00417 (8-Port Int, 12Gb/s SATA+SAS PCIe 3.0, 1GB DDRIII)

Description

Data center, cloud and high-performance computing environments not only require large amounts of storage capacity, they also must provide the data protection and performance today’s applications and end users demand. The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i 12Gb/s SAS and SATA RAID controller card addresses these needs by delivering proven performance and RAID data protection for a range of server storage applications. Connect up to 128 SATA or SAS drives with eight internal 12Gb/s SATA and SAS portsFit into rack-mounted servers with low-profile form factor and side-mounted SAS connectorsSupport critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCIe® 3.0 connectivityBalance protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60Add more protection and peace of mind with optional CacheVault® flash cache protection. Review: Performance as expected - Short review: the card behavior is as expected. There are multiple management software, maybe due LSI > AVAGO > Broadcom acquisitions. I've install a small fan (30-40 CFM) in front of the chip heater and the temperature decreased from 70 to 47 dregress Celsius. Yes, the temperature decreased with 23 degrees. I am using the card with HGST 12TB He - the performance is excellent (12Gbps connections). These particulary drives temperatures are around 30 degrees Celsius, with no AC - only fans. The card is able to put the drives in power save mode. So, my expectations were more than fulfilled. I choose this board against 9341 due RAID 6 feature and 1GB memory.