Product Reviews
| February 2007 | |
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| Feb 22, 2007 |  ElectronicstalkSAS RAID systems at SATA prices - The 8200 series of MegaRAID SAS (serial attached SCSI) adapters, supports SAS and SATA II drives without the cost premiums typically associated with SAS RAID controllers. Read More ... |
| Feb 21, 2007 | CRN LSI Prices Combo SAS/SATA Cards to Spur Adoption - LSI this week repriced its current line of combination SAS/SATA adapter cards so that there is no price premium over competitors' SATA-only cards, said Tom Kodet, acting worldwide channel manager for the Milpitas, Calif.-based vendor. Read more ... |
| Feb 15, 2007 | InfoStor LSI brings SAS to the Channel - LSI this week announced a new pricing and product strategy to help the company penetrate the Serial ATA (SATA)-oriented channel market with its Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) products. LSI has reduced prices on its internal-connect MegaRAID SAS adapters by 20% to 25% and has also debuted a line of SAS adapters designed for low-end server and workstation environments. The new strategy is designed to deliver SAS technology along with sales, support, and marketing resources to the channel. Read more ... |
| Feb 13, 2007 | RAM VAR Showcase - LSI SAS3442E-R SAS HBA Controller: $385. Read more ... |
| December 2006 | |
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| Dec 7, 2006 | CRN LSI SAS Card Geared For High Performance - System builders looking to craft high-performance PCs should take a look at LSI Logic's new SAS3041X-R serial-attached SCSI (SAS) card, which helps bring systems to a new level of I/O performance. Read more ... |
| August 2006 | |
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| Aug 22, 2006 | Network Computing, UK MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP Review - LSI Logic has traditionally been ahead of the game with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) technology and beat both Adaptec and AMCC to the punch when it released the first SAS PCI-X controller last year. Read more... |
| Aug 1, 2006 | Tomsnetworking.com Build a Cheap and Fast RAID 5 NAS - The LSI MegaRAID adapters are ROM-based. So the usage model is to boot the computer and then start the controller's software with a control-key sequence. The controller's software is a BIOS-style menu-driven interface that allows you to set up, upgrade, or repair your RAID 5 array. Read more... |
| July 2006 | |
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| Jul 31, 2006 | STORAGE, UK MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP Review - LSI Logic has been a pioneer in the SAS arena delivering the first SAS RAID card to market, and its latest family of SAS RAID cards brings a wealth of features to the table. Storage magazine UK takes a closer look at the MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP. Read more... |
| Jul 13, 2006 | eChannelLine LSI and Seagate extend SAS initiative in channel market - LSI has bolstered its initiative with the expansion of the SAS Leadership Initiative in cooperation with Seagate. Through the program, qualified system integrators will receive SAS starter kits to enable rapid self-certification. Read more... |
| Jul 6, 2006 | Infostor.com LSI extends 4Gbps FC arrays - LSI Logic has added four new products to its Engenio division’s 4Gbps Fibre Channel line of modular storage systems. The 3992, 3992 Turbo, 3994, and 6994 join the 6998, a high-end 4Gbps controller that was introduced in early 2005. The new products move LSI’s 4Gbps offerings down into the midrange, leaving room for future development in the entry-level space. Read more... |
| Jul 5, 2006 | CIOUpdate.com Understanding RAID - RAID is a necessary building block for any company’s data protection efforts, writes CIO Update columnist Jim McKinstry of LSI Logic. Read more... |
| Jul 1, 2006 | ResellerSadvocate.com Hands On with RAID - LSI sent us its newer MegaRAID SAS 8308ELP adapter. Most striking is the board's super-low profile, which is perfect for 1U boxes like the one I use. It offers massive power-RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 support, and accommodates arrays larger than 2TB. Read more... |
| June 2006 | |
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| Jun 15, 2006 | ExtremeTech.com Workstation RAID Card Shoot-Out - If you’re looking for an intelligent RAID controller, the MegaRAID SATA 150-4 is a good, low-cost alternative. Read more... |
| Jun 5, 2006 | Byteandswitch.com SCSI Celebrates Anniversary - The market transformation to Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is now in full swing and virtually guarantees that SCSI will remain at the fore-front of enterprise storage for the foreseeable future. Read more... |
| May 2006 | |
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| May 23, 2006 | Search Storage LSI supports Windows x64 - LSI announced SAS storage components enabled for the Microsoft Windows X64 platform. LSI, its OEM customers and Microsoft collaborated to ensure that the LSI storage adapter and component products support the growth for 64-bit computing, the company said. Read more... |
| May 23, 2006 | Byteandswitch.com LSI Launches SAS - LSI announced SAS (storage solutions enabled for the Microsoft Windows X64 platform. Read more... |
| April 2006 | |
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| Apr 21, 2006 | RAM Online Serious SATA RAID for LP Servers - We expect there to be a sizable market opening up soon for resellers in the "personal server" market. The 300-8XLP is one of the best cards we've seen yet for enabling semi-mobile storage servers with enterprise-class RAID performance. Read more... |
| Apr 7, 2006 | TomsHardware.com Going the SAS Storage Way - The LSI SAS3442X HBA, featuring eight SAS ports that are distributed to two quad link ports and uses the LSI SAS1068 controller, was reviewed. Read more... |
| January 2006 | |
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| Jan 18, 2006 | eWEEK Systemax, DataCore Partnership Creates New Storage Server Appliance - Systemax is rolling out a new range of specialized Storage Server appliances featuring DataCore SAN technology bundled with a LSI Logic eight-port MegaRAID SATA 300-8X adapter. Read more... |
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| December 2005 | |
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| Dec 15, 2005 | PC Professionale, Italy Per lo SCSI e il momento dell’interfacia seriale - Sotto esame il controller LSI SAS3442X con tecnologia Serial Attached SCSI, il nuovo standard per is sistemi di storage aziendali. Read more... |
| November 2005 | |
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| Nov 25, 2005 | CRN Is The Market Ready For SAS? - The LSI SAS3442X is an eight-port SAS PCI-X HBA Controller Kit that addresses the architectural limitations of its parallel counterparts. Read more... |
| Nov 5, 2005 | Network Computing, UK The SAS3442X Controller Card from LSI - The race to be first to market is clearly over, with LSI first past the post with its SAS PCI-X controller card. Read more... |
| Nov 5, 2005 | STORAGE Magazine, UK LSI SAS3442X - Once again LSI is first to market - and the SAS3442X shows clearly the potential of SAS. Read more... |
| Nov 5, 2005 | PC Pro, UK LSI SAS3442X - LSI takes the accolade yet again as it delivers the first SAS controller to market, and our performance tests show clearly that this technology is going to be a winner. Read more... |
| Nov 1, 2005 | Computer Technology Review SAS I/O Performance - The data throughput capability of three of the most popular enterprise-class and near enterprise-class disk connection protocols, Ultra 320 SCSI, SAS, and SATA, are compared. Read more... |
| October 2005 | |
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| Oct 20, 2005 | Computer Power User Online LSI SAS3442X SAS Host Bus Adapter - Anyone looking to integrate SAS must first buy an add-in HBA card such as LSI’s SAS3442X. Read more... |
| September 2005 | |
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| Sep 29, 2005 | eChannelLine LSI ships Serial Attached SCSI solutions to the channel - Channel VARs, system builders and system integrators can now offer customers SAS product solutions using LSI HBAs, proven interoperable with all leading hard disk drive manufacturers. Read more... |
| Sep 21, 2005 | InfoStor Do you need RAID 6? - "RAID 6 is not about protecting against simultaneous drive failures, which is highly unlikely; it's about protecting against errors during a rebuild of a failed drive," explains Luca Bert, director of product management and system tests in LSI’s RAID storage adapters division. LSI demonstrated RAID-6 functionality at last month’s IDF conference and will include RAID 6 in its upcoming SAS controllers that will be rolled out over the next few months. (In addition to SAS disk drives, SAS controllers also support SATA drives.) Read more... |
| Sep 2, 2005 | VARBusiness Drives with SAS - A new category of disk drives will start appearing in volume in the channel this fall, promising to reshape the market of storage subsystems. Based on a new standard called Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS), these long-awaited drives will provide a new tier of storage in the midrange, while offering alternatives to more costly high-end systems. For its part, LSI has conducted numerous interoperability tests and demonstrations with Fujitsu and Maxtor, running both SAS and SATA drives on a common backplane. Read more... |
| Sep 1, 2005 | PC Pro, UK MegaRAID SATA 300-8X Review - Despite much posturing between big storage adapter vendors, the accolades go to LSI as the first to deliver a SATA II RAID controller to market Read more... |
| August 2005 | |
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| Aug 8, 2005 | eWEEK LSI Adds SAS Support to MyStorage - To accommodate the growth of mixed media storage environments, LSI introduced a new version of its MyStorage SAN management software that supports both 4GB/sec Fibre Channel and 3GB/sec SAS HBAs. Read more... |
| July 2005 | |
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| Jul 21, 2005 | Insanetek.com LSI Adds SAS Support to MyStorage - To accommodate the growth of mixed media storage environments, LSI introduced a new version of its MyStorage SAN management software that supports both 4GB/sec Fibre Channel and 3GB/sec SAS HBAs. Read more... |
| Jul 15, 2005 | CRN.com Bundles Intended To Ease Integration Of SAS Drives - LSI has sold a few thousand SAS host bus adapters over the past few months, said Charlie Kraus, director of LSI's HBA unit. Six new bundles are expected to ship either this month or next. They will include PCI Express and PCI-X versions of an eight-port canister for internal mounting in a server, versions for use in external storage, and versions with four internal and four external ports. Read more... |
| Jul 12, 2005 | eChannelLine.com The other SAS - Multivendor Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) is now a reality for system builders, and it is shipping. LSI has developed the silicon, Supermicro Computer the enclosures, Molex the cabling, Fujitsu Computer Products of America the drives and the entire bundle will be distributed by Bell Microproducts. Read more... |
| June 2005 | |
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| Jun 20, 2005 | STORAGE, UK MegaRAID SATA 300-8X Review - Being first to market, LSI has set a high standard with its new MegaRAID controller. The 300-8X delivers a good range of features, including local and remote management capabilities, and shows clearly that the new SATA II specification delivers on its performance promises. |
| Jun 20, 2005 | eChannelLine SAS storage readies for prime time - SAS is really being presented as a superset of SATA, SATA without the compromises," said Harry Mason, president of STA and director of industry marketing for LSI. "This is the first time in history that we've had that kind of flexibility to mix different types of storage all under one common infrastructure. Read more... |
| Jun 15, 2005 | Business Solutions Digital Video: A New Opportunity For RAID - Storing digital video data on RAID systems is the next wave of opportunity for storage VARs. Jim Evans, product manager for RAID adapters at LSI, explains, "Content creation covers a wide range of applications, from video on demand in the cable market to studio video editing." The advantage of storing data on RAID for this market is improved productivity. Read more... |
| May 2005 | |
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| May 31, 2005 | ServerWatch.com Hardware Today: Restoring the Romance of RAID - LSI has a range of Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) products; allowing IT users to recover data in the event of two drive failures and mix higher-performance disks with lower-cost Serial ATA (SATA) disks. Read more... |
| May 6, 2005 | Processor.com Storage Sound Off - "By investing in SAS, small and medium businesses have the opportunity to preserve existing SCSI middleware applications, scale their storage far beyond traditional parallel SCSI, add dual porting for additional failover protection, accommodate low-cost SATA drives for any bulk storage needs, and allow their storage investments to be reprovisioned over time," says Harry Mason, president of the SCSI Trade Association and director of Industry Marketing for LSI. Read more... |
| April 2005 | |
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| Apr 11, 2005 | CRN LSI Brings SATA Up A Notch - SATA has made tremendous strides in the NAS and SAN arenas due in part to products from LSI. LSI's latest component, the MegaRAID SATA 300-8x, promises to move the technology even further into the SAN mainstream. Read more... |
| Apr 4, 2005 | Electronic Products Storage adapter card features SATA II - The MegaRAID SATA 300-8X is a SATA II storage adapter card optimized for use in Linux environments. Read more... |
| March 2005 | |
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| Mar 17, 2005 | Network Computing SATA takes on SCSI - The MegaRAID SATA 150-6 is reviewed, "With its impressive performance and low price, SATA presents a valuable alternative for midrange enterprise storage systems." Read more... |
| February 2005 | |
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| Feb 21, 2005 | eChannelline LSI's MegaRAID SATA 300-8X offers backwards and forwards compatibility - The MegaRAID SATA 300-8X will dramatically change the game in the channel because it's the only RAID controller that can offer backwards-compatibility with SATA I, existing compatibility with SATA II and forwards-compatibility with MegaRAID SAS technology due to come out later this year. Read more... |
| Feb 12, 2005 | InfoStor Make way for SATA II - The next advance in SATA, SATA II, is coming later this year, and it will address some limitations of SATA, most notably relatively low performance and, to a degree, reliability. Read more... Read more... |
| Feb 12, 2005 | InfoStor Serial ATA product roundup - the MegaRAID SATA 300-8X is an 8-port, 3Gbps SATA II RAID adapter that can connect up to 32 SATA drives using eight 1-to-4-port multipliers. Read more... |
| Feb 11, 2005 | CRN LSI To Introduce Enterprise SATA-II Controller At LinuxWorld - The MegaRAID SATA 300-8X will be unveiled next week as the industry's first enterprise-class SATA-II RAID controller. The SATA II adapter will be introduced at LinuxWorld. Read more... |
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