46M0830 IBM ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller Card for IBM xSystem Servers Deals

Product Name: IBM ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller Card for IBM xSystem Servers

Product Category: Circuit Boards & Components in Electronics

Manufacturer: IBM

Product Features :

• 1. 512 MB onboard data cache (DDR2 running at 800 MHz) 6
• 2. 6 Gbps throughput per SAS port 3
• 3. 800 MHz PowerPC processor with LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller 4
• 4. Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (COD) 14
• 5. Configurable stripe size up to 1 MB 13
• 6. Connects up to 240 SAS or SATA drives and 9 daisy-chained enclosures per port 9
• 7. Eight external 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 ports implemented via two four-lane (x4) connectors 1
• 8. Intelligent lithium polymer battery backup unit standard with up to 48 hours of data retention 7
• 9. PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface 5
• 10. S.M.A.R.T. support 15
• 11. SAS and SATA drives are supported, but the mixing of SAS and SATA in the same RAID array is not supported 10
• 12. Supports LUN sizes up to 64 TB 12
• 13. Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 (RAID 6 and 60 support with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key) 8
• 14. Supports up to 64 logical volumes 11
• 15. Two mini-SAS external connectors (SFF-8088) 2

The ServeRAID M5025 SAS/SATA Controller for IBM System x is the next-generation 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 external RAID controller. This adapter has two external mini-SAS connectors to control up to 240 devices and supports global and dedicated hot-spare drives. The ServeRAID M5025 controller delivers a full 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 RAID solution with the performance advantages of an extended cache and a standard battery backup unit. With the attachment of the ServeRAID M5000 Advanced Feature Key, the ServeRAID M5025 offers the option of RAID 6, RAID 60 and SED Encryption Key Management. 6 Gbps SAS 2.0 technology has been introduced to address data off-load bottlenecks in the direct-access storage environment. This new throughput doubles the transfer rate of the previous generation. SAS 2.0 is designed for backward compatibility with 3 Gbps SAS as well as with 3 Gbps SATA hard drives.

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