Broadcom LSI 9361‑24i PCIe3.0 MegaRAID RAID‑Mode SAS Storage Controller

Basic Parameter Table

Core Product Features

1. High‑density enterprise‑grade PCIe‑3.0 hardware‑RAID controller built‑on SAS3324 RAID‑on‑chip, factory‑loaded with MegaRAID firmware. Designed for 24‑bay high‑capacity database servers, enterprise storage arrays, large‑scale file‑servers and rack‑mount NVR systems requiring robust hardware‑based RAID data redundancy.
2. PCIe 3.0 x8 bus bandwidth, six SFF‑8643 internal ports supporting up to 24 internal SATA/SAS hard‑disk drives.
3. Supported hardware‑RAID levels: RAID0, RAID1, RAID10, RAID5, RAID50, RAID6, RAID60. The dedicated SAS3324 processor offloads RAID‑calculation tasks from the host CPU. The card can be re‑flashed to pure IT‑pass‑through firmware to function as an HBA for ZFS/TrueNAS storage deployments.
4. Passive aluminium rib‑type heat sink, fan‑less zero‑noise design, stable for 24/7 long‑term continuous operation in datacenter rack‑mounted server environments.
5. RAID‑health monitoring via MegaRAID Storage Manager (MSM) software, which generates alerts for disk faults, degraded RAID arrays and predicted drive failures.
6. Hot‑swap‑capable, enabling online hard‑disk replacement for defective drives without shutting down the host server.

Application Scenarios

• 24‑bay high‑capacity enterprise database servers
• Enterprise centralized file‑storage and long‑term backup systems
• Large‑scale rack‑mount NVR video‑surveillance storage
• Home‑lab hyper‑dense NAS (after cross‑flash to IT‑mode for ZFS)