LSI announced the channel and OEM availability of the Syncro CS solution - a cost-effective and easy to deploy storage solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) and remote and branch offices. Operating on Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Syncro CS brings new benefits such as shared storage and storage controller failover into direct-attached storage (DAS) environments at a fraction of the cost and complexity of traditional high-availability solutions.

LSI Syncro CS is designed to reduce downtime for critical applications, making failover latency transparent to the application or user. Syncro CS brings the data protection, high performance, low cost and low complexity found in DAS solutions and adds the additional benefits of shared storage and high availability.

Built on LSI MegaRAID technology, Syncro CS solutions use two controller cards to allow system administrators to build a high-availability, shared DAS solution. Syncro CS supports two deployment models:

- Syncro CS 9286-8e: Provides shared storage clustering using two volume servers and an off-the-shelf JBOD. This affordable solution brings shared storage and controller failover to DAS environments.

-Syncro CS 9271-8i: Enables OEMs and system builders to use Syncro CS controllers to build cost-effective two-node Cluster-in-a-Box systems and deliver high availability in a single self-contained unit.

	Syncro CS 9271-8i (LSI00392)	Syncro CS 9286-8e (LSI00356)
In The Box	Two (2) Syncro CS 9271-8i HA controllers with CacheVault (each includes CV power module, CV clip and remote cable). Quick Install Guide Two (2) LP Brackets Installation and support CD	Two (2) Syncro CS 9286-8e HA controllers with CacheVault (each includes CV power module, CV clip and remote cable). Quick Install Guide Two (2) LP Brackets Resource CD
Controller Physical Dimensions	MD2 Low Profile (6.6” x 2.536”)	MD2 Low Profile (6.6” x 2.5”)
Controller External Connectors	Two Mini-SAS SFF8087 internal connectors	Two Mini-SAS SFF8088 external connectors
Device Support	Up to 96 6G SAS and/or NL-SAS dual-ported HDDs and SSDs (w/SCSI-3 PR) Up to 31 6G SAS enclosure/expander devices Maximum of 120 dual-ported SAS devices in the HA storage domain. Please see on-line compatibility matrix on lsi.com.
Host Bus Type	x8 lane PCI Express®3.0 compliant
Data Transfer Rates	Up to 6Gb/s per port
I/O Processor/SAS Controller	LSISAS2208 Dual-Core RAID on Chip (ROC)
Cache Memory	1 GB 1333MHz DDRIII SDRAM
Cache Protection	MegaRAID CacheVault flash cache protection (included)
Key RAID Data Protection Features	RAID levels 0, 1, 5, and 6 RAID spans 10, 50 and Auto resume after loss of system power during array Single controller Multipathing (failover) Single controller Load Configurable stripe size up to Fast initialization for quick array Check Consistency for background data integrity Patrol read for media scanning and repairing 64 virtual drive support per controller (64 total in HA domain) Up to 64TB LUN support DDF compliant Configuration on Disk (COD) S.M.A.R.T support Global and Dedicated Hot Spare Support Automatic rebuild Enclosure affinity Enclosure management SES (inband)
Key High Availability Features	Dual Active HA w/shared storage across 2 server nodes Server Storage Cluster HA topology support Write Back HA cache mirroring Up to 64 virtual drives with Shared host access Up to 64 virtual drives with Exclusive host access Planned/Unplanned failover modes
SSD Optimization	MegaRAID CacheCade® Software uses SSDs in front of HDD volumes to create high-capacity, high-performance controller read cache pools MegaRAID Fast Path Software designed to provide high-performance I/O acceleration for SSD arrays connected to 6Gb/s MegaRAID SAS controllers Up to 32 SSDs (6G SAS) in a CacheCade Read SSD pool Up to 64 CacheCade virtual drives (The total # of HDD VD + CacheCade VDs in the HA domain must not exceed 64) Up to 512GB CacheCade Read volume capacity in the HA domain
Controller Operating Temperature	Maximum ambient: Controller Card with included CacheVault module: 55°C
Controller Operating Voltage	+3.3V, +12V
Controller MTBF (Calculated)	1,251,284 hours
Hardware Warranty	3 years, free technical support, advanced replacement option
Regulatory Certifications	EN55022, EN55024, EN60950, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3; FCC Class A, Class B; UL1950; UL; CSA C22.2; VCCI; RRL for MIC; BSMI;C-tick; RoHS; WEEE
RAID & HA / Syncro Management	MegaRAID Management Suite™: MegaRAID Storage Manager™, MegaCLI (command-line interface), WebBIOS, SMI-S
OS Support	Microsoft® Windows® Server 2012 and Server 2008 R2