LSI Logic Launches 8-Port MegaRAID SATA II Storage Adapter

  • MegaRAID® SATA 300-8X offers Linux-optimized server environments high-performance, availability, reliability and a range of OS support for Linux including RedHat and SuSE
  • The MegaRAID SATA 300-8X will be demonstrated at LinuxWorld Boston, LSI Logic booth #1609. The LSI Logic booth will also demonstrate storage solutions for Linux including Fibre Channel, Ultra320 SCSI and 3Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
  • Orders now accepted for MegaRAID SATA 300-8X, offering enterprise-level SATA II features at a SATA I price (MSRP $549).

 

MILPITAS, Calif. - February 10, 2005 - With its SATA II RAID launch at LinuxWorld, LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) today announced orders are being accepted worldwide for the MegaRAID® SATA 300-8X, a point-to-point scalable eight-port adapter.

Optimized for use in Linux RedHat® and SuSE® environments, the MegaRAID SATA 300-8X will be demonstrated at LinuxWorld February 15-17 in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center along with Ultra320 SCSI, Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) offering Linux OS support.

From booth #1609, LSI Logic will demonstrate:

  • MegaRAID SATA 300-8X point-to-point scalability and support for Linux RedHat and SuSE
  • Storage solutions for Linux including the LSI7102XP-LC Fibre Channel HBA, LSI20320-R Ultra320 SCSI HBA and the LSI3442X SAS HBA with speeds at 3Gb/sec.  All three technologies will be running RedHat Advance Server on the same system.

    • LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) focuses on the design and production of high-performance semiconductors for Consumer, Communications and Storage applications that access, interconnect and store data, voice and video. LSI Logic engineers incorporate reusable, industry-standard intellectual property building blocks that serve as the heart of leading-edge systems. LSI Logic serves its global OEM, channel and distribution customers with Platform ASICs, standard-cell ASICs, standard products, host bus adapters, RAID controllers and software. In addition, the company supplies storage network solutions for the enterprise. LSI Logic is headquartered at 1621 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035. http://www.lsilogic.com.