The LSI SAS 9206-16e, quad port, host bus adapter provides high performance achieving over 1 million IOPs for high-end servers and storage applications. The LSI SAS 9206-16e provides 16 lanes of 6 Gb/s SAS data transfer rates. The adapter complies with the PCI Express 3.0 specification with 8 Gb/s per lane. The adapter is backward compatible with previous PCIe generations and provides SAS and SATA data transfer rates of 6 and 3Gb/s per lane through automatic speed negotiation. LSI provides a complete suite of industry standard operating system drivers. The LSI SAS 9206-16e has four external mini SAS HD connectors enabling a low profile solution. LSI Logic 9206-16e SAS Controller is one of many Hard Drive & Flash Drive Accessories available through Office Depot. Made by LSI Logic.