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Green PCIe card with two silver SFF-8644 ports and low-profile bracket

LSI

LSI SAS 9300-8E 12G SAS/SATA HBA 2x SFF-8644 PCIe 3.0 x8

SKU CH-845N-ZQ6JY

External SAS/SATA HBA controller with two SFF-8644 ports delivering 12Gb/s over PCIe 3.0 x8

  • 12Gb/s SAS bandwidth for fast storage arrays
  • PCIe 3.0 x8 interface delivers high throughput
  • Two SFF-8644 ports connect external enclosures
  • Broadcom SAS 3008 controller ensures reliable operation
  • Low-profile and full-height brackets fit diverse chassis

External 12G SAS HBA

This card is a new LSI SAS 9300-8E host bus adapter built on the Broadcom SAS 3008 controller. It connects to a host over a PCI Express 3.0 x8 slot and presents two external SFF-8644 ports for SAS or SATA drives. The board supports transfer rates up to 12Gb/s per lane.

Suits JBOD and software-RAID builds

It suits administrators who need a simple, non-RAID path to external drive enclosures or JBOD shelves running Windows, Linux Red Hat, SUSE SLES, Solaris or VMware. A low-profile bracket and a full-height bracket are included for different chassis heights. It is not for buyers who want onboard RAID processing or hardware RAID offload.

Dual SFF-8644 ports at 12Gb/s

The decisive specification is the pair of mini-SAS SFF-8644 connectors running at 12Gb/s each. If your cabling and backplane use that exact interface, the card will link at full speed; if they use a different connector or speed grade, you will need an alternative adapter.

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Price $129.99
Pricier than about 58% of the 1,505 comparable items (median $90.99).

Specifications

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Questions about this item

How do I install the LSI SAS 9300-8E and which bracket step is often missed?

Fit the low-profile or full-height bracket before seating the card in a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot, then connect the two SFF-8644 cables; the step people skip is downloading the driver from the supplied URL before first boot.

What maintenance or replacement will the SAS 3008-based HBA need over time?

The card has no battery-backed cache or fan, so the only recurring task is keeping the SAS/SATA firmware and OS drivers current; replace the unit only if a port fails or the PCIe interface changes.

What limit appears first when the 9300-8E runs sustained 12 Gb/s transfers?

The PCIe 3.0 x8 host bus caps total throughput near 8 GB/s, so that bus ceiling is reached before the dual SFF-8644 ports saturate their individual 12 Gb/s links.

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