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Green circuit board with silver heatsink, two SFF-8643 ports, PCIe x8 edge connector

Vertical Cable

Vertical Cable 12G SAS/SATA RAID Controller SAS 3008 2x SFF-8643

SKU CH-PEQ9-9M3PR

PCIe 3.0 RAID controller with dual SFF-8643 ports delivers 12 Gb/s SAS and SATA connectivity and supports RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10

  • 12 Gb/s SAS 3.0 throughput from Broadcom SAS 3008 controller
  • PCIe 3.0 x8 lane interface for high-bandwidth host connection
  • Two SFF-8643 Mini SAS ports supporting up to eight drives
  • Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10 via IR firmware mode
  • Direct replacement for SAS 9311-8I in compatible systems

Controller and Compatibility

This Vertical Cable RAID controller uses Broadcom's SAS 3008 chip to provide eight internal lanes through two SFF-8643 ports. It connects via a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot and supports SAS and SATA drives at up to 12Gb/s. The card operates in IR mode with RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10 and is compatible with the SAS 9311-8I. Driver installation is required using the supplied optical disc.

Thermals and Power

The board draws power solely from the PCIe slot and has no onboard fan. Under normal operation the controller runs at typical HBA temperatures for a server chassis with directed airflow. No external power connectors are present and acoustic output is limited to the system fans moving air across the heatsink.

Sustained Load Behaviour

During continuous rebuild or parity operations the SAS 3008 maintains 12Gb/s throughput per lane without throttling. The IR firmware manages queue depth across all eight channels to keep latency consistent. Write-heavy RAID 10 workloads saturate the PCIe 3.0 x8 link before the controller becomes a bottleneck.

Highlights

  • 12 Gb/s SAS 3.0 throughput from Broadcom SAS 3008 controller
  • PCIe 3.0 x8 lane interface for high-bandwidth host connection
  • Two SFF-8643 Mini SAS ports supporting up to eight drives
  • Hardware RAID 0, 1, 1E and 10 via IR firmware mode
  • Direct replacement for SAS 9311-8I in compatible systems

Specifications

No published specifications for this item yet.

Questions about this item

How do I install the Vertical Cable SAS 3008 controller and what step is often missed?

Insert the card into a PCIe 3.0 x8 slot, connect drives to the two SFF-8643 ports, then install the driver from the supplied optical disc; the driver step is the one most often skipped.

What maintenance or replacement will the controller need later?

The controller has no battery-backed cache or moving parts, so no scheduled maintenance is required; only the optical-disc driver may need updating if the operating system changes.

What limit appears first under sustained use on this RAID card?

Each SFF-8643 port carries four lanes at 12 Gb/s, so the combined throughput ceiling of the two ports is the first bottleneck during heavy sustained I/O.

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