Advanced Data Protection: The LSI00438 Lsi Logic MegaRAID SAS 9380-8e supports advanced data protection features such as RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60, as well as support for global and dedicated hot spare drives.
Advanced Performance: The 1GB cache and 8-port SAS 12GBPS SATA 6GBPS PCI-E 3.0 x8 interface provide high-performance data transfer and support for large storage capacities.
A RAID controller is a device that manages a set of hard drives and presents them to the operating system as a single logical unit. RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. There are several different levels of RAID, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The Megaraid 9280-8E supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60. Each of these levels provides a different balance of performance and data protection.