- Connection to supported internal and external tape drives
- Connection to supported external storage controllers
- Power management support
- Support for SSP, SMP, STP and SATA protocols - flexible to optimize costs
- Environmentally friendly due to low power consumption
- LSI Fusion-MPT architecture drives more than 290,000 I/Os per second
- End-to-end CRC with advanced error reporting
- T-10 protection model for early detection of and recovery from data corruption
- Spread spectrum clocking for EMI reductions
The IBM 6 Gb SAS HBA is an economical storage enabler to attach RAID-capable external storage enclosures and provide 3 Gbps or 6 Gbps tape storage connectivity for data archiving applications to achieve a higher level of performance.
The PCI Express small form-factor IBM 6 Gb SAS HBA is based on the LSI SAS2008 controller and can handle medium to large capacity server storage applications by connecting an 8-lane PCI Express adapter with one external x4 SFF-8088 connector and four internal SATA connectors.