Data center, cloud and high-performance computing environments not only require large amounts of storage capacity, they also must provide the data protection and performance today’s applications and end users demand. The MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i 12Gb/s SAS and SATA RAID controller card addresses these needs by delivering proven performance and RAID data protection for a range of server storage applications.

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6
• RAID spans 10, 50, and 60
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
• Online RAID Level Migration (RLM)
• Auto resume after loss of system power during array rebuild or reconstruction (RLM)
• Single controller Multipathing
• Load Balancing
• Configurable stripe size up to 1 MB
• Fast initialization for quick array setup
• Check Consistency for background data integrity
• SSD Support with SSD Guard™ technology
• Patrol read for media scanning and repairing
• 64 logical drive support
• DDF compliant Configuration on Disk (COD)
• S.M.A.R.T. support
• Global and dedicated Hot Spare with Revertible Hot Spare support
– Automatic rebuild
– Enclosure affinity
– Emergency SATA hot spare for SAS arrays
• Enclosure management
– SES (inband)
– SGPIO (sideband)
• Databolt bandwidth optimizer technology support for compatible expander-based enclosures
• Shielded state drive diagnostic technology
Operating Temperature Maximum ambient: Controller Card: 55°C, with optional