{"product_id":"lemon-tree-lsi-9305-16i-compatible-16-port-sas-hba-card","title":"Lemon Tree LSI 9305-16i Compatible 16-Port SAS HBA Card","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Lemon Tree SAS HBA is a 16-port internal host bus adapter built around the SAS3224 controller and designed to be compatible with the LSI 9305-16i. It ships pre-configured in IT Mode (Non-RAID) firmware, meaning it presents drives directly to the operating system rather than hiding them behind a hardware RAID layer. That makes it a natural fit for storage platforms that expect raw disk access, and the card connects to the host through a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConnectivity comes by way of four internal SFF-8643 connectors, which together can direct-attach up to 16 SAS or SATA drives. Data transfer runs at 12Gb\/s for SAS and 6Gb\/s for SATA, and the port count can be pushed further through a compatible SAS expander. For builders assembling a JBOD chassis, a software RAID array, or a bulk storage server, the connector layout keeps drive cabling straightforward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe package targets the home-lab and NAS crowd specifically, listing ZFS, FreeNAS\/TrueNAS, unRAID, Proxmox, and ESXi as intended environments. To that end, the kit bundles four SFF-8643 to 4x SFF-8482 cables, so the full 16-drive capacity can be wired up out of the box without sourcing breakout cables separately. It's a focused package aimed at passthrough storage rather than managed RAID.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lemon tree","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53765824676147,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/studio-supplies.com\/products\/lemon-tree-lsi-9305-16i-compatible-16-port-sas-hba-card","provider":"Studio Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}