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Broadcom MegaRAID vs LSI HBA: Controller Selection Guide

Broadcom (formerly LSI/Avago) makes both MegaRAID controllers (hardware RAID) and SAS HBAs (JBOD pass-through). The same physical card can often be cross-flashed between modes.

MegaRAID vs HBA

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

Dell PERC and HPE Smart Array use Broadcom chipsets internally.

HBA cross-reference | RAID controller cross-reference

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