No Controller Card	Startech PEXSAT32 2-port 6Gb/s SATA PCIe x1 SATA RAID Controller	Adaptec SmartRAID 3101-4i 4-port 12Gb/s SAS Controller - PCIe 3.0 x8	Intel RS3DC040 4-Port SAS/SATA 12Gb/s PCIe x8 RAID Controller Card with 1GB Cache	Adaptec SmartRAID 3102E-8i SAS 12Gb/S 8-Port Controller - PCIe 3.0 x8	Adaptec SmartRAID 3102-8i 8-port 12Gb/s SAS PCIe x8 RAID Controller with 2GB Cache	Broadcom MegaRAID 9361-8i 8-port 12Gb/s SAS Controller with 1GB Cache	Adaptec SmartRAID 3204-8i 24Gb/s SAS/SATA/NVMe 8-Port Controller - PCIe 4.0 x8	Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i 8-port 12Gb/s SAS Controller - PCIe 3.0 x8	Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-8i 8-Port Tri-Mode RAID Controller - 4GB Cache - PCIe 4.0 x8	Broadcom MegaRAID 9560-16i 16-Port Tri-Mode RAID Controller - 8GB Cache - PCIe 4.0 x8
	Included	Add $99.00	Add $605.00	Add $599.00	Add $515.00	Add $859.00	Add $879.00	Add $989.00	Add $1,095.00	Add $1,075.00	Add $1,265.00
C
Manufacturer		Startech		Intel		Adaptec	LSI			Broadcom	Broadcom
Part Number		PEXSAT32		RS3DC040		3102-8i	LSI00417			05-50077-01	05-50077-00
o
Product Type		SATA RAID Controller		SAS RAID Controller		SAS RAID Controller	SAS RAID Controller			SAS RAID Controller	SAS RAID Controller
Data Transfer Rate		6Gb/s		12Gb/s SAS		12Gb/s SAS	12Gb/s SAS			12Gb/s SAS	12Gb/s SAS
Internal Ports		2 Ports		4 Ports		8 Ports	8 Ports			8 Ports	16 Ports
External Ports				0 Ports		0 Ports	0 Ports
Host Interface		PCI Express		PCI Express 3.0 x8		PCI Express 3.0 x8	PCI Express 3.0 x8			PCI Express 4.0 x8	PCI Express 4.0 x8
I/O Processor		Marvell - 88SE9128		LSI SAS3108			LSI SAS3108 (ROC)			SAS3908	SAS3916
m
Product Series							MegaRAID 9361			MegaRAID 9560-8i	MegaRAID 9560-16i
Cache Memory				1GB		2GB	1GB 1866MHz DDRIII SDRAM			4GB	8GB
Data Transfer Rate		6Gb/s		12Gb/s		12Gb/s	12Gb/s			12Gb/s SAS and 16GT/s PCIe Gen4 (NVMe)	12Gb/s SAS and 16GT/s PCIe Gen4 (NVMe)
RAID Levels		0, 1, JBOD		0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60		0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, 1 ADM, and10 ADM	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60			0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Max Devices				128			128			SAS/SATA: 240, NVMe: 24	SAS/SATA: 240, NVMe: 24
Max Drives Per Group							32
Battery Backup Support
Cache Protection							Optional CacheVault Flash Module (LSICVM02)			CacheVault CVPM05	CacheVault CVPM05
Internal Connectors						2x Mini-SAS SFF-8643	2x Mini-SAS SFF-8643			1 x8 SFF-8654 (SlimSAS)	2 x8 SFF-8654 (SlimSAS)
External Connectors							None
Included Parts
Bracket Height		Low Profile and Full Height		Low Profile and Full Height		Low Profile	Low Profile and Full Height
Dimensions		2.7" x 2.5"				6.6" x 2.535"	6.6" x 2.536"			6.127” x 2.712”	6.127” x 2.712”