The eight-port MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i, supports data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, brings new features and improved performance to entry-level server applications using up to 64 SATA or SAS devices.

- 6Gb/s data transfer rate

- Eight internal 6GB/s SATA+SAS ports

- Two x4 Mini-SAS Internal connectors (SFF8087)

- LSISAS2008 controller

- PowerPC 440 @ 533MHz

- RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD mode

- Hardware RAID solution

- x8 PCI Express 2.0 host interface

- Low-profile form factor

- Supports up to 64 physical devices

- Up to 16 physical devices in a RAID configuration

- Patrol read

- Consistency Check

- S.M.A.R.T error detection

- Power management support

- MegaRAID Storage Manager

Solution Provided: Low-cost, green SATA+SAS RAID solution for high-density servers and workstations with the flexibility to use both SATA and SAS hard drives and solid state drives

Physical Dimensions: 6.6" X 2.536" (Low-Profile)

Connectors: Internal 

Two X4 Mini-SAS SFF8087 (vertical orientation)

Max Number of Physical Devices:  Non-Raid: 64, 

RAID 0: 16 per volume,

RAID 1: 2 per volume plus hotspare, 

RAID 5: 16 per volume, 

RAID 10: 16 per volume, 

RAID 50: 16 per volume

Host Bus Type: 8-lane, 5 GT/s PCI Express 2.0 Compliant

Data Transfer Rates: Up to 6Gb/s per port

SAS Controller:  LSISAS2008

Key RAID Data Protection Features:

- RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD mode

- Selectable logical drive as boot drive

- Consistency Check

- Fast initialization for quick array setup

- Native Command Queuing

- Staggered spin up for SATA drives

- Hot plug support

- Global hot spare support

- Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)

- Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)

- Single controller Multipathing (failover)

- Load balancing

-SafeStore Encryption Services

 - Instant Secure Erase

- SSD support with SSD Guard

- Automatic rebuild of hot spare drives

- Auto resume during array rebuild

- Fault LED support through SGPIO

- >2TB logical drive support

- Soft bad block management

- Error recovery support

- DDF compliant Configuration on Disk

- S.M.A.R.T. support

- Patrol read for media scanning and repairing

- Enclosure management

 - SES (inband)

 - SGPIO (sideband)

- RAID Managment MegaRAID Management Suite: 

  - MegaRAID Storage Manager

  - MegaCLI (command-line interface)

- WebBIOS

Environments Operating: 

0°C to 70°C, 

5 to 90% Non-condesing Storage, 

-45°C to 105°C, 

5 to 90% Non-condesing

PCI Card Type: 3.3V Add-in Card

PCI Voltage: +12V±10%

PCI Power: 13.5W

PCI Modes: Bus Master DMA

LED Indicators: Internal 

Activity/Fault per x4 port - Hearbeat

MTFB: >2,000,000 Hours

Compliances: EMC: Class B-US (CFR 47, P15B); Canada (ICES-003); Japan (V-3/02.04); Europe (EN55022/EN55024); Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS 3548); Safety: EN60950

OS Support: Microsoft Windows, Linux (SuSE, Red Hat), Solaris, Vmware.

Brackets:  Full Height and Low-Profile