Datasheet

For more information and sales o ce locations, please visit the LSI web sites at: lsi.com lsi.com/contacts

LSI, the LSI logo design, Fusion-MPT and MegaRAID are trademarks or registered trademarks of LSI Corporation. All other brand and product

names may be trademarks of their respective companies.

LSI Corporation reserves the right to make changes to any products and services herein at any time without notice. LSI does not assume any

responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any product or service described herein, except as expressly agreed to in

writing by LSI; nor does the purchase, lease, or use of a product or service from LSI convey a license under any patent rights, copyrights,

trademark rights, or any other of the intellectual property rights of LSI or of third parties.

North American Headquarters

Milpitas, CA

T: +1.866.574.5741 (within U.S.)

T: +1.408.954.3108 (outside U.S.)

LSI Europe Ltd.

European Headquarters

United Kingdom

T: [+44] 1344.413200

LSI KK Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

Tel: [+81] 3.5463.7824

When to choose the LSI MegaRAID SAS Entry Line

• Consumption of main CPU bandwidth by RAID functions is not a concern

• RAID 5 is needed; or might be in the near future

• Protection needed against hard drive loss, but not for server failure

• Require low-cost solution for both SAS and SATA hard drives

• Need the ability to manage both entry-level and more feature-rich RAID adapters using a single management utility

When to choose LSI SAS Host Bus Adapters

• External-connectivity required that is scalable for JBODs, tape

• Internal-connectivity required with RAID 0, 1, and 1E

• Interoperability with SAS expanders is a key concern

• Need an embedded CPU in ASIC to perform RAID operations to o oad system CPU

• You desire a proven solution; LSI is a market leader in SAS HBAs and was  rst-to-market in 2006

• Desire lowest cost for robust solution

• Performance is a priority: Fusion-MPT Architecture provides over 140,000 I/Os per second

MegaRAID 8204ELP (left) and LSI SAS3801E (right)

Choosing the Right Low-Cost SAS/SATA Adapter For You