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Broadcom MegaRAID vs LSI HBA: Controller Selection Guide

March 28, 2026 October 31, 2026

Broadcom (formerly LSI/Avago) makes both MegaRAID controllers (hardware RAID) and SAS HBAs (JBOD pass-through).

MegaRAID vs HBA

Series	Mode	Use Case
MegaRAID 9460/9560	RAID	Hardware RAID 0/1/5/6/10
SAS 9400/9500	HBA (IT mode)	JBOD for ZFS/Ceph/TrueNAS

Dell PERC controllers use Broadcom chipsets internally.

HBA cross-reference | RAID controller cross-reference

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