Description: The explosive growth of data in cloud and enterprise datacenters is driving the need for a higher performance storage interface to speed the ability of critical applications to access data. LSI first-to-market 12Gb/s SAS solutions are designed to deliver the performance and data protection capabilities required for the most demanding next-generation server and storage platforms. Features: High performance with 12Gb/s data transfer rates Eight internal 12Gb/s SATA+SAS ports Two miniSAS SFF8643 internal connectors (horizontal mount LSISA3108: 1.2GHz PowerPC 476 dual core 12Gb/s ROC PCI Express 3.0 host interface 1GB DDRIII cache memory RAID levels 0,1,5,6,10,50 and 60 Support for CacheVault flash cache protection 12Gb/s solutions accelerate performance for next-generation datacenters, web and cloud Delivers enterprise-class data protection and security Preserves investment in 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s drives Support for LSI Advanced Software options Connect up to 128 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s, or 12Gb/s SATA and SAS devices