Key Features:
• Tri-Mode SerDes Technology enables the operation of NVMe, SAS or SATA devices in a single drive bay, allowing for endless design
flexibility
• Supports 12, 6, and 3 Gb/s SAS and 6, 3 Gb/s SATA data transfer rates
• Up to 8 PCIe links. Each link supporting x4, x2, or x1 link widths, supporting 8.0 GT/s (PCIe Gen3) per lane
• SFF-9402 Compliant, Connector Pin-out
• SFF-8485 Compliant, SGPIO
• Fits into rack-mounted servers with low-profile form factor and side-mounted SAS connectors
• Support critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCIe 3.1 connectivity
• CacheVault flash back-up at power fail. Supports bad block management
• Balance protection and performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Table 3. Features of MegaRAID 9440-8i and 9460-16i controller
9440-8i 9460-16i
Ports 8 internal 16 internal
Connectors 2 x SFF8643 4 x SFF8643 x4
Storage Interface Support
SATA: Eight x1
SAS: One x8, Two x4, Four x2, Eight x1
NVMe: Two x4, Four x2, Four x1
SATA: Sixteen x1
SAS: Two x8, Four x4, Eight x2, Sixteen x1
NVMe: Four x4, Eight x2, Eight x1
Max Devices Per Controller
SAS/SATA: 64
NVMe: 4
SAS/SATA: 240
NVMe: 24
Cache Memory N/A 4 GB 2133 MHz DDR4 SDRAM
I/O Processor / SAS Controller SAS3408 SAS3516
Host Bus Type PCIe 3.1 x8 PCIe 3.1 x8
Cache Protection N/A
CacheVault
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