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LSI Logic MegaRAID SATA 300-8X
when purchased with
Hitachi SATA II 300 MB/s (3Gb/s) 7K80 drives

LSI Logic - MegaRAID SATA 300-8X storage adapter

The first-to-market eight-port MegaRAID SATA 300-8X delivers the speed and bandwidth required by todays data intensive storage applications. With a high-bandwidth PCI-X interface, 128MB DDR SDRAM, and extensive fault tolerance capabilities, the MegaRAID SATA 300-8X delivers enterprise-class RAID performance and data availability.

Fully compliant with SATA I and SATA II enhancements, the MegaRAID SATA 300-8X supports native command queuing, enclosure management, and up to 3Gb/sec transfer rate per port.
 

Key product specs:
8-Port 3Gb/s SATA RAID Controller
Intel 80331 Processor
128MB embedded DDR Memory
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
 
  • First to Market SATA 3 Gb/s Enterprise-Level RAID Controller
  • More than Just Double the Speed:
    The MegaRAID 300-8X provides twice the SATA speed and enhanced performance by fully exploiting 300 MB/s (3 Gb/s) speed, native and command queuing (NCQ / TCQ) for faster disk access.
  • Full Compatibility: Compatible with all SATA 150 MB/s (1.5 Gb/s) and SATA 300 MB/s (3 Gb/s) drives and all major operating systems.
  • True Data Protection: Intelligent battery backup protects every byte of data for up to 72-hours in the event of complete power failure
  • Enterprise Level Features: With both, the MegaRAID SATA 300-8X provides enterprise level SATA features. This includes full enclosure management support.
  • MegaRAID SAS Future Upgrade Path: Forward compatibility to upgrade SATA II drives to future MegaRAID SAS storage enclosures and also support for future SATA port multipliers to scale to more that eight drives.

    • Hitach SATAII & LSI Logic MegaRAID

    Hitachi Deskstar 7K80 HDD with SATA II features

    The Deskstar 7K80, which will ship in 40 and 80 GB capacities, has been designed for high-volume manufacturing. It includes the key SATA II features - 3 Gb/s data transfer rate, NCQ and Staggered Spin-up. As with all the other models, the drive also includes Hitachis unique load/unload technology, which is a safety ramp for the read-write heads that protects user data in non-power mode.

    Hitachi Serial ATA 2
    • 300MB/sec Interface Transfer Rate
      • Not currently featured by other HDD vendors
      • Supported by controllers such as:
        Intel ICH7, NVidia Nforce4, Promise Technology TX300 / 2300, LSI MeagRAID SATA II 300-8X
      • Drives ship with default set to 150MB/sec (so they work with legacy controllers)
      • Download the Hitachi Feature Tool from our web site to switch up to 300MB/sec
    • Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
      • Dynamically re-orders queued commands
      • IOMeter benchmark shows up to 70% performance increase with a queue depth of 32
    • Staggered (delayed) Spin-Up
      • Useful for power management in multi-drive arrays
    • Backward Compatible
      • Compatible with SATA 1 devices (running at 150MB/sec)
    TWO PRODUCTS, THAT SHOWS UNBEATEN PERFORMANCE WHEN WORK TOGETHER!
    June 25, 2002
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