The explosive growth of data in cloud & enterprise datacenters is driving the need for a higher performance storage interface to speed the ability of critical applications to access data. LSI first-to-market 12 Gb/s SAS solutions are designed to deliver the performance & data protection capabilities required for the most demanding next-generation server & storage platforms. High performance with 12 Gb/s data transfer rates Four internal 12 Gb/s SATA & SAS ports One mini SAS SFF8643 internal connector (horizontal mount) LSISA3108: 1.2 GHz Power PC 476 dual core 12 Gb/s ROC PCI Express 3.0 host interface 1 GB DDRIII cache memory Support for Cache Vault flash cache protection 12 Gb/s solutions accelerate performance for next-generation datacenters, web & cloud Delivers enterprise-class data protection & security Preserves investment in 6 Gb/s & 3 Gb/s drives Connect up to 128 3 Gb/s, 6 Gb/s, or 12 Gb/s SATA & SAS devices