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title: Storage Adapters, Controllers, and ICs
url: https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage
description: Our server storage solution products (SATA/SAS/NVMe RAID controllers and host bus adapters) are used in in the majority of storage server platforms.
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# Storage Adapters, Controllers, and ICs

The broadest portfolio of highly reliable server storage products in the industry offers the connectivity, performance, and protection to support critical applications. Our SATA and SAS RAID controllers and host bus adapters are in the majority of the world’s storage server platforms. Our product portfolio also includes SAS I/O controllers, ROC ICs, and SAS expander ICs delivering high performance, scalability, and high reliability.

## Resources
- [Contact Sales](https://www.broadcom.com/company/contact/sales)
- [Data Center Server Security Whitepaper](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/Data-Center-Security-WP100)
- [Superior Data Center Performance with Broadcom SAS9400-16e Tri-Mode HBA and Seagate Dual-Actuator HDD Storage](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/12395308)
- [Storage Solutions Selection Guide](https://docs.broadcom.com/docs/Storage-Solutions-Selection-Guide)

## [Host Bus Adapters](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters)
Deliver connectivity for direct-attached storage. Host bus adapters connect up to 1024 SAS/SATA or 32 NVMe devices in servers and external storage arrays, enabling massive storage infrastructures to support databases, media serving and other applications.

### Select Products
- [24G SAS/NVMe Adapters](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/tab-24g)
- [12Gb/s SAS/NVMe Adapters](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/tab-12Gb3)
- [Cables](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/tab-cables)

## [Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/fibre-channel-host-bus-adapters)
Emulex 64Gb/32Gb/16Gb Fibre Channel HBAs deliver the ultimate performance, security, scalability, reliability, management and diagnostics for low latency flash storage arrays, HDD arrays and mission-critical applications.

### Select Products
- [64/32GFC Gen 7 HBAs](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/fibre-channel-host-bus-adapters/tab-64/32gfc)
- [32/16GFC Gen 6 HBAs](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/fibre-channel-host-bus-adapters/tab-32/16gfc)
- [Advanced Software for FC HBAs](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/fibre-channel-host-bus-adapters/tab-advance-software)

## [RAID Controller Cards](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-controllers)
MegaRAID® controller cards are the most widely deployed RAID data protection architecture. Our RAID controllers address virtually all direct-attached storage (DAS) environments – SATA or SAS, NVMe (PCIe) hard drives or solid state drives (SSDs), internal or external connectivity.

### Select Products
- [24G SAS/NVMe Adapters](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-controllers/tab-24g-sas-nvme-adapters)
- [12Gb/s SATA SAS RAID NVMe Raid](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-controllers/tab-12Gb-nvme)
- [Accessories](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-controllers/tab-Acce4)

## [NVMe Switch Adapter](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/nvme-switch-adapter)
Expand NVMe connect with PEX switch-based adapters. Fully managed NVMe switch adapters provide enterprise-class options for NVMe SSD attach requirements. Supporting x1, x2 and x4 NVMe drive attach, these adapters enable flexibility to maximize NVMe attach options and capacity. The switch-based adapters present the drives natively to the host and utilize the native NVMe drive or OS drivers.

### Select Products
- [PCIe Gen 4 Switch Adapter](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/nvme-switch-adapter/pcie-gen-4-switch-adapter)

## [RAID-on-Chip ICs (ROCs)](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-on-chip)

![Storage Roc](https://www.broadcom.com/media/blt4ac44e0e6c6d8341/bltccaf63c8520f91ad/6035483dacf28c05163fc41a/Storage_Roc)

Build reliable server storage systems with robust data protection and the performance to support demanding workloads. RAID-on-Chip ICs allow OEMs to create servers and storage systems with the most widely deployed RAID data protection architecture for demanding applications.

### Select Products
- [RAID-on-Chip ICs (ROCs)](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-on-chip)

## [SAS/SATA Storage I/O Controllers (IOCs)](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/sas-sata-controllers)

![Storage Ioc](https://www.broadcom.com/media/blt4ac44e0e6c6d8341/blt8b95d8095efcee01/6035480f800f830454a86f9e/Storage_Ioc)

Add robust storage connectivity to external storage and servers. A wide range of SAS and SATA I/O controller ICs enables systems from mid-range servers to high-end external storage enclosures. Broad interoperability, robust software and firmware architecture and speeds up to 12Gb/s offer manufacturers flexibility.

### Select Products
- [SAS/SATA Storage I/O Controllers (IOCs)](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/sas-sata-controllers)

## [Fibre Channel Storage I/O Controllers](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/fibre-channel-controllers)

![ServerStorage-Fibre-Channel-IO-Controller-Product-image](https://www.broadcom.com/media/blt4ac44e0e6c6d8341/blte73d94371648d016/6035492b80d1e8409f0fe341/ServerStorage-Fibre-Channel-IO-Controller-Product-image)

Designed for enterprise-class storage system providers that require performance, security, scalability and flexibility in their storage system designs, the Emulex Storage Controllers support a broad range of Fibre Channel storage systems with the performance to simultaneously support target and initiator modes.

### Select Products
- [Fibre Channel Storage I/O Controllers](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/fibre-channel-controllers)

## [SAS Expanders](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/sas-expanders)

![Storage Expanders](https://www.broadcom.com/media/blt4ac44e0e6c6d8341/bltc84a91c85aec4814/6035480dbb07d324816a6601/Storage_Expanders)

Enable massive storage infrastructure for data-intensive applications. SAS expanders allow servers, controller cards and external storage to connect to large numbers of drives. DataBolt technology aggregates the bandwidth of SATA storage devices to provide higher system performance.

### Select Products
- [SAS Expanders](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/sas-expanders)

## [Hard Disk Drives](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/hard-disk-drives)
Demand for storage capacity continues to grow rapidly, requiring hard disk drive (HDD) manufacturers to build higher-capacity hard drives.

### Select Products
- [Hard Disk Drive SOCs](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/hard-disk-drives/socs-read-channel)

## More

- [Connecting the Data Center - Best-in-Class Network and Storage Connectivity Solutions from Broadcom](https://www.broadcom.com/video/6328982287112)
- [First-to-Market Storage Solutions for PCIe Gen4 – Broadcom´s Host Bus Adapters and MegaRAID Host Bus Adapters 9500 Series](https://www.broadcom.com/video/6328982941112)

## Also of Interest

- [RAID Controller Cards](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-controllers)
- [HBA 9500-16i Tri-Mode Storage Adapter PCIe Gen...](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/host-bus-adapters/sas-nvme-9500-16i)
- [MegaRAID 9670-24i NVMe/SAS/SATA Storage Adapters](https://www.broadcom.com/products/storage/raid-controllers/megaraid-9670-24i)
