MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP 3Gb/s PCI Express SAS RAID Adapter The low-profile MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP addresses the growing demand for RAID in high-density rack-mount chassis environments. With support for both SAS and SATA II drives, the eight-port MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP provides greater deployment flexibility with support for up to 16 devices using SAS expanders. Offering data transfer rates of up to 3Gb/s per port, a PCI Express host interface, 128MB DDR SDRAM, a high-performance I/O processor, and remote battery backup support, the MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP delivers the performance and availability required by enterprise class applications. Additional high-availability features include support for all key RAID levels, Online Capacity Expansion (OCE), RAID Level Migration (RLM) and Patrol Read. Features Eight internal SAS/SATA ports Two x4 SFF 8087 connectors 3 Gb/s throughput per port RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 Greater than 2TB array support Intel® IOP333 I/O Processor PCI Express 1.1 compliant 2.5 Gb/s per lane x4 lane width 128MB DDR 333MHz SDRAM on board Optional remote intelligent BBU (iBBU) Advanced data integrity and recovery Enhanced error handling and reporting FlexRAID®: Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) Online RAID Level Migration (RLM) Comprehensive management and configuration utilities SAS expander support (16 disk support) Benefits Low-profile form factor for rackmount servers Flexibility to use SAS or SATA II drives PCI Express host interface for increased bandwidth 128MB cache with optional remote battery backup