PCIe3 SAS RAID card comparison
This table compares the main features of PCI Express 3.0 (PCIe3) SAS RAID cards.
CCIN (custom card identification number) | 57B1 | 57B4 | 57CE | 57D7 | 57D8 |
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Description | PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID+ SAS adapter Quad-port 6 Gb | PCIe3 RAID SAS adapter Quad-port 6 Gb x8 | PCIe3 12 GB Cache RAID SAS adapter Quad-port 6 Gb x8 | PCIe3 x8 SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb | PCIe3 x8 Cache SAS RAID internal adapter 6 Gb |
Form factor | PCIe3 x8 | PCIe3 x8 | PCIe3 x8 | Planar-unique PCIe3 x8 | Planar-unique PCIe3 x8 |
Physical links | 16 (four mini SAS HD 4x connectors) | 16 (four mini SAS HD 4x connectors) | 16 (four mini SAS HD 4x connectors) | 16 (internal connection to directly attached SAS drives) | 16 (internal connections to directly attached SAS drives and remote adapter link) and 4 (one mini SAS HD 4x connector for external SAS attach) |
Supported RAID levels | RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 103, and System mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 103, and System mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 103, and System mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and System mirroring | RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and System mirroring |
Write cache size | Up to 12 GB (compressed) | Up to 12 GB (compressed) | Up to 7.2 GB (compressed) | ||
Cache battery pack technology | None (uses supercapacitor technology) | None (uses supercapacitor technology) | None (uses supercapacitor technology) | ||
Auxiliary write cache (AWC) support | No | No | No | No | No |
Dual-storage IOA configuration | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Requires dual-storage IOA configuration | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes |
SAS tape support | No | Yes1 | No | No | No |
SAS DVD support | No | Yes1, 2 | No | Yes | Yes |
Native 4K block device support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
520-byte virtual disk support4 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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