Datacenter, cloud & high-performance computing environments not only require large amounts of storage capacity, they also must provide the data protection & performance today's applications & end users dem&. The Mega RAID SAS 9361-8i 12 Gb/s SAS & SATA RAID controller card addresses these needs by delivering proven performance & RAID data protection for a range of server storage applications. Connect up to 128 SATA or SAS drives with eight internal 12 Gb/s SATA & SAS ports Fit into rack-mounted servers with low-profile form factor & side-mounted SAS connectors Support critical, high-bandwidth applications with PCIe 3.0 connectivity Balance protection & performance for critical applications with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, & 60 Add more protection & peace of mind with optional Cache Vault flash cache protection.