LSI Logic Integrated RAID is a highly integrated, low-cost RAID solution made possible by Fusion-MPT architecture. Integrated RAID is a processor-based, hardware RAID solution designed for system environments requiring redundancy and high availability where a full-featured RAID implementation is not desired or might be cost prohibitive. By providing RAID at the processor level, the host CPU is off-loaded allowing for more efficient operation.
LSI Fusion-MPT based Integrated RAID options include: Integrated Mirroring (IM) or RAID 1; Integrated Mirroring Enhanced (IME) or RAID 1E; and Integrated Striping (IS) or RAID 0.
LSI Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) allows for fault tolerant, high availability data by simultaneously mirroring up to two drives. LSI Integrated Striping (RAID 0) is ideal for systems that require high system performance and storage efficiency with reduced latency of the drives. IME extends the mirroring capability to eight drives and provides greater storage capacity. IME is only available with the SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) product line.
