New LSI 9200 series controllers: 6Gb/s, 2.88 GB/s seq. reads, 1.87 GB/s seq. writes

[XS Janus]

http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/new.../20090728.html
http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/abo...html?cid=20231

The MegaRAID 9200 series controllers, featuring the LSISAS2108 6Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip (ROC), double the data transfer rates of their 3Gb/s predecessors to deliver industry-leading performance with up to 2.88 GB/s in sequential reads and 1.87 GB/s in sequential writes. The superior read/write performance makes them ideally suited for a broad range of application workloads, from data center applications such as email and database servers to more compute-intensive applications such as streaming video, OLTP and data archival.

New LSI

Pricing and availability(1)

Internal ports:

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MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i (4-port): $389
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MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i (8-port): $599
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MegaRAID SAS 9260DE-8i (8-port)(2): $729

External ports:

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MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e (8-port): $859
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MegaRAID SAS 9280DE-8e (8-port)(2): $945

But it looks you will need a sata 6Gb/ drive to use it fully, no?

6Gb/s Signaling - Doubles the data transfer rate to and from HDDs. When 6Gb/s RAID controllers are coupled with 6Gb/s HDDs, unprecedented levels of performance can be achieved

http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/abo...html?cid=20231

[Spoiler]

http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/new.../20090728.html
http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/abo...html?cid=20231



New LSI


But it looks you will need a sata 6Gb/ drive to use it fully, no?

http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/abo...html?cid=20231

In one of the video's, LSI talks about how the new controllers will work with existing 3 Gb/s systems and drives.

It looks like the cards are available right now. Someone want to give them a try please?

[lowfat]

In one of the video's, LSI talks about how the new controllers will work with existing 3 Gb/s systems and drives.

It looks like the cards are available right now. Someone want to give them a try please?

I can't find them anywhere

[alfaunits]

This would need PCI-e x16 then.. or PCI-e 2.0 x8.

[Spoiler]

I can't find them anywhere

If you look at their site, they have at least 4 U.S. resellers...but they require you to register/log in.

http://www.lsichannelgateway.com/whe...orth%20America

[cmay119]

That 4-Port card looks pretty tasty for the price. I see it comes with 512MB onboard memory. Is that more than enough for 4x SSD's (Intel 80GB G2's) attached to the card? Or is that considered a little skimpy? I've never owned a dedicated controller, so I will probably be jumping into a product like this head-first.

[HiJon89]

But it looks you will need a sata 6Gb/ drive to use it fully, no?

With innovative new 6Gb/s SAS product features and support for SATA, SAS and solid-state drives (SSDs)

You need 6Gb/s SAS drives, SATA is still 3Gb/s.

[XS Janus]

So if one would to hook up 8xSSDs in R0 each capable of doing 270MB/s but are still SATA 3.0Gb/s they would not reach the limit of this controller, but cap out at less?

[cmay119]

You need 6Gb/s SAS drives, SATA is still 3Gb/s.

Is the SAS 6Gb/s port really any different than SATA3? Both an SAS Drive & SATA can be connected to it. Is the card intuitive enough to be able to tell a difference what device is connected to it?

[Jor3lBR]

Any Reviews comparisons yet? I'm amazed no one tried those here in XS till this date!

[Spoiler]

You need 6Gb/s SAS drives, SATA is still 3Gb/s.

The card WILL work with 3 Gb/s SATA and SAS drives. Go to LSI's website and watch their video on the new controllers.

[Jor3lBR]

So if one would to hook up 8xSSDs in R0 each capable of doing 270MB/s but are still SATA 3.0Gb/s they would not reach the limit of this controller, but cap out at less?

According to LSI you should be able to hock old 3.0Gb/s drives and have better performance:
“The idea here is the investment the reseller has made in the existing technology doesn’t go away,” says Suresh Panikar, senior manager, worldwide channel marketing at LSI. “If they have a need for higher performance they can add one of the 6Gb/s-based controllers. It is backward compatible.”

[justin.kerr]

Just ordered a 9260-8i, so will try out. I have 8 intel x25ms around here I can use to test.

[HiJon89]

The card WILL work with 3 Gb/s SATA and SAS drives. Go to LSI's website and watch their video on the new controllers.

Yes, the card will work with 3Gb/s SATA and SAS drives, I meant that 6Gb/s functionality is available only on certain SAS drives but not on any SATA drives.

[Jor3lBR]

Just ordered a 9260-8i, so will try out. I have 8 intel x25ms around here I can use to test.

That's great, please report back. What you're gonna be comparing it to? ICH10?

[justin.kerr]

yes ich10, with 4

[One_Hertz]

Just ordered a 9260-8i, so will try out. I have 8 intel x25ms around here I can use to test.

Good luck! Hopefully you'll get 2GB/s reads.

[Nizzen]

Good luck! Hopefully you'll get 2GB/s reads.

Is it in stock, or is it preorder?

[One_Hertz]

Is it in stock, or is it preorder?

I've seen people on other forums getting it shipped so it should be in stock and available right now.

[justin.kerr]

Mwave had it in stock.
Nizzen, don't get this for a while, I want to hold the PCMARK vantage top score for more than 3 days this time.

[Jor3lBR]

Is it in stock, or is it preorder?

mwave shows them 'in stock':

Search MegaRAID SAS 9260 mWave

[Jor3lBR]

Mwave had it in stock.
Nizzen, don't get this for a while, I want to hold the PCMARK vantage top score for more than 3 days this time.

So you really think this will outperform an Areca 1231ML for example?

[justin.kerr]

no idea, just have to try to see.

[One_Hertz]

So you really think this will outperform an Areca 1231ML for example?

Why not? If it is really capable of those sequential rates then it has a good deal more power, so it should also be capable of quite high IOPS. It is a next gen RAID card after all. We will probably see better stuff from Areca soon as well.

[Jor3lBR]

Why not? If it is really capable of those sequential rates then it has a good deal more power, so it should also be capable of quite high IOPS. It is a next gen RAID card after all. We will probably see better stuff from Areca soon as well.

Just think that $300 for the MegaRAID SAS 920-i4 and outperform $800 cards is to good to be true.

But I'm all for that as I'm yet to update my setup.