LSI MegaRAID 9280-24i4e SATA/SAS 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 w/ 512MB onboard memory controller card, Single--Avago Technologies

The LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e provides a new level of system reliability, availability, and performance for businesses that are facing storage challenges driven by unprecedented data growth. Offering data transfer rates of up to 6Gb/s per port, this controller card ensures complete investment protection for existing SATA and SAS implementations. 6Gb/s SAS is designed for backward compatibility with 3Gb/s SAS as well as with 3Gb/s SATA hard drives. In addition to the internal ports, this controller comes equipped with external SAS ports which perfectly support external JBOD expansion, allowing you to connect multiple JBODs to server for a scalable and affordable solution to the growing storage requirements. Regardless of the drive speed, 6Gb/s LSI MegaRAID SAS 9280-24i4e can deliver up to twice the performance level in both read and write applications as compared to their 3Gb/s predecessors.