Gen 1 – LSI SAS1068E
- PCIe 1.0 x8 – 2GB/s
- SFF8087 or SFF8484 (4 SAS lanes each)
- SATA2/SAS1 3Gb/s ~375MB/s
- SAS bandwidth 3GB/s
- Has a 2TB SATA drive limit
LSI SAS2008 (9211-8i, 9201-16e/16i, 9200-8e, 9240-8i, 9220-8i, Dell H310, Dell H200) (also SAS2004 4 SAS lane, SAS2116 16 SAS lane)
- PCIe 2.0 x8 – 4GB/s
- SFF8087 x2 (4 SAS lanes each) also SFF8088 and SFF8644
- SATA3/SAS2 6Gb/s ~750MB/s
- SAS bandwidth 6GB/s
LSI SAS2308 (HP h220, 9205-8i, 9207-8i/8e/4i4e, 9206-16e, Dell H710)
- PCIe 3.0 x8 – 7.8GB/s
- SFF8087 x2 (4 SAS lanes each)
- SATA3/SAS2 6Gb/s ~750MB/s
- SAS bandwidth 6GB/s
- runs a bit hot.
LSI 3008 (Dell H330, IBM M1215, HP h240*, 9340-8i)
- PCIe 3.0 x8 – 7.8GB/s
- SFF8643 x2 (4 SAS lanes each)
- SAS3 12Gb/s ~1.5GB/s
- SAS bandwidth 12GB/s
- *has SFF8087 *only HP driver (HPsa)
LSI 3408 (Lenovo 530-8i)
- PCIe 3.0 x8 – 7.8GB/s
- SFF8643 x2 (4 SAS lanes each)
- SAS3 12Gb/s ~1.5GB/s
- SAS bandwidth 12GB/s
- Tri-Mode for NVMe storage