Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP - Manual (Page 33)

Hardware Specifications 1-17
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1.7 Hardware Specifications
You can install the RAID controllers in a computer with a system board
that has a PCI Express slot.
Table 1.2 describes the hardware
configuration features for the MegaRAID SAS controllers.
Table 1.2 MegaRAID Controller Comparisons
Specification MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8208XLP,
MegaRAID SAS 8300XLP, MegaRAID SAS 8304ELP,
MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP, MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP,
MegaRAID SAS 8408E, MegaRAID SAS 8480E and
MegaRAID SAS 84016E RAID Controllers
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
Devices supported
per port 1 SAS device or SATA II device for each port. The
device can be a physical drive or an expander. If an
expander, the controller can access more than one drive
through that port-expander connection.
Ports
• MegaRAID SAS 8204ELP RAID controller – Four
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8208ELP RAID controller – Eight
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8204XLP RAID controller – Four
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8208XLP RAID controller – Eight
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8304ELP RAID controller – Four
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP RAID controller – Eight
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8344ELP RAID controller – Four
internal, four external
• MegaRAID SAS 8408E RAID controller – Eight
internal
• MegaRAID SAS 8480E RAID controller – Eight
external
• MegaRAID SAS 84016E RAID controller – 16
internal
Data transfer rate Up to 3 Gbits/s per PHY
Bus PCI Express 1.0a; PCI-X 1.0a
Cache function Write-back, write-through, adaptive read ahead,
non-read ahead, read ahead, cache I/O, direct I/O
Multiple virtual disks/
arrays per controller Up to 40 virtual disks for each controller or for each
logical array