{"product_id":"gugxiom-lsi-sas-9212-4i4e-8-port-sas-sata-hba-controller-card","title":"Gugxiom LSI SAS 9212-4i4e 8-Port SAS\/SATA HBA Controller Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Gugxiom LSI SAS 9212-4i4e is an eight-channel host bus adapter built for enthusiasts and system builders who need to attach a lot of storage to a single machine. Each of its eight channels runs at up to 6Gb\/s and automatically negotiates down to 3Gb\/s or 1.5Gb\/s, so older and newer SAS or Serial ATA drives can share the same card. According to the manufacturer, this doubles single-channel bandwidth over the previous 3Gb\/s generation, and the controller can address as many as 256 storage devices when paired with expanders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat sets this particular card apart is its mixed port layout. Four internal Serial ATA connections handle standard drives directly, with no extra adapters required, while four external SFF-8088 SAS ports open the door to expansion enclosures. That combination makes it a flexible choice for a workstation that needs internal capacity today and room to grow externally later. The card seats in a PCI Express 2.0 x8 slot and runs at a 5GT\/s bus rate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnderneath, the design leans on an LSISAS2008-class controller with a 533MHz PowerPC 440 processor. It supports two operating personalities: IT mode strips away the RAID stack for pure pass-through performance, and IR mode adds RAID 0, 1, 1E, 10, and JBOD for redundancy or acceleration. Broad operating-system support, including Linux and VMware, rounds out a card aimed at reliability-minded direct-attached storage.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gugxiom","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53808412459315,"sku":null,"price":38.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7526\/5843\/files\/51yXtpeijBL._SL500.jpg?v=1786087024","url":"https:\/\/studio-supplies.com\/products\/gugxiom-lsi-sas-9212-4i4e-8-port-sas-sata-hba-controller-card","provider":"Studio Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}