LSI 9361-8i SAS/SATA RAID Controller

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The LSI 9361-8i RAID Controller is an 8-port, 12Gbps SAS / SATA adapter incorporating LSI MegaRAID technology. It supports all major RAID modes via a dual-core LSI hardware controller chip, and by utilizing a PCI-Express 3.0 x8 slot it can handle tremendous data bandwidth. This allows using even fast solid-state drives effectively, and LSI's FastPath software on the card adapts the controller to provide the best performance when SSDs are present.

For mission-critical work, there is also an optional hardware add-on to protect data in the card's cache during an unexpected loss of power. This upgrade, called CacheVault, helps to shield data that was in the process of being written during power loss from corruption. If you do not utilize CacheVault, or some other form of protection from outages, then it is highly recommended to disable the Write Caching feature on this card. Doing so reduces write speeds dramatically, but the alternative is to leave your data open to corruption in the case of an unexpected loss of power.