Are SAS controllers AHCI devices? I just installed FreeBSD 8.2 on an older IBM server. I have 3 SATA disks (Hitachi 5k3000) connected to an LSI SAS3801E ...

We're looking at two storage controllers with 16-port (4xSFF8088) external connectors, and two JBODs, each with dual SAS expanders, so they also have 4xSFF8088 on them, 2xSFF8088 for each expander.

Today we are looking at the Areca ARC-1680X, a SATA/SAS controller that has two SFF-8088 external miniSAS connectors. The 1680X is a first generation SAS controller that still uses PCIe 1.0 8x to ...

PMC’s 12Gb/s SAS protocol controllers support all of the enterprise-class features that make the 6Gb/s devices the most adopted controllers in external storage systems, including line-rate ...

Starting off small with the JBOD 15K.7 drives at the bottom; here we see how SAS 2.0 helps the LSI controller run the ultra fast 15K.7 at full speed. The Adaptec 5805Z is holding the drive back ...

The devices, PM8076 16-port 12Gb/s SAS I/O controller, PM8074 8-port 12Gb/s SAS I/O controller and PM8006 16-port 6Gb/s SATA I/O controller will be available in volume production in October 2014.

PMC hopes system makers will adopt its 6-Gbit controllers early on as a way of simplifying the storage electronics inside hard-disk arrays and server blades. Many arrays and servers use 3-Gbit/s SAS ...

RAID controllers designed to support SAS/SATA hard-disk drives have semiconductor expander chips built into them. The Cables and Connectors Addendum to the SATA standard provides for 16 hard-disk ...

“The Series 6E outperforms software-based HBAs and SATA controllers and is the first true hardware 6Gbit/sec SATA/SAS RAID controller with on-board DRAM cache for the entry-level market segment ...

Made possible because of a PCIe link he hijacked from the WiFi card, he managed to get a SAS controller, a USB 3.0 expansion card, the aforementioned GPU and a dual-port server network adapter ...

The link with MiniSAS 4x SATA cable costs $89, while the link with multilane MiniSAS to MiniSAS cable costs $89.75. Bundled with a 4-port SAS controller that works with the Mac Pro, the cost is $229.

Apple, probably because they don’t offer SAS hard drives as standard or add-on for their MacPro machines, neglected to mention that the SATA RAID card they are selling for their MacPros is also ...