{"product_id":"ebtools-9212-4i4e-6gbps-sas-sata-hba-controller-card","title":"EBTOOLS 9212-4i4e 6Gbps SAS\/SATA HBA Controller Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe EBTOOLS SAS 9212-4i4e is a host bus adapter built for storage-hungry servers, NAS boxes, and workstations. It runs eight independent SAS\/SATA channels at 6Gb\/s, auto-negotiating down to 3Gb\/s or 1.5Gb\/s so older drives still connect without fuss. What sets this card apart is its split port layout: four internal Serial ATA ports handle drives inside the chassis, while four external SAS channels routed through an SFF-8088 connector reach out to JBOD enclosures for capacity that grows alongside your data.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath sits the LSISAS2008 controller paired with a 533MHz PowerPC 440 processor, a combination that supports up to 256 attached HDD or SSD devices. The card operates in two firmware personalities. IT mode strips away the software stack for clean pass-through control, ideal for direct attached storage where raw throughput matters. IR mode adds hardware 0, 1, 1E, and 10 arrays for redundancy or faster reads and writes on critical volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 9212-4i4e connects over a PCIe 2.0 x8 slot rated for 4GB\/s of bandwidth, yet draws only around 15W under full load thanks to spread spectrum clocking that also trims electromagnetic interference. Onboard flash memory and NVSRAM keep firmware execution stable, and the manufacturer cites an MTBF exceeding two million hours. Both low-profile and full-height brackets ship in the box, letting it drop into slim 1U servers or standard towers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EBTOOLS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53833154527539,"sku":null,"price":36.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7526\/5843\/files\/41JlGM0Wk7L._SL500.jpg?v=1786184282","url":"https:\/\/studio-supplies.com\/products\/ebtools-9212-4i4e-6gbps-sas-sata-hba-controller-card","provider":"Studio Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}