Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA

6specifications compared
6differ
0identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 1 more PCI Express slots version than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (3.0 vs 2.0). The ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 6 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). The ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 1,488 MB more internal memory than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (2000 MB vs 512 MB). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III on the ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA. Host interface: PCI Express on the ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA.

Host interface
- CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots version
- CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s:3.0
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:2.0
RAID levels
- CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 60
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rate
- CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:6 Gbit/s
Internal memory
- CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s:2000 MB
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:512 MB

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Comparison of CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU, LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA
22 specifications	A ASUS CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CACHEVAULT-3108-2G-AU View product	B Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA View product
Ports & interfaces3 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III	SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots versionDiffers	3.0	2.0
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Internal mini-SAS portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance3 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Internal memoryDiffers	2000 MB	512 MB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR2
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800 MHz
Logical block addressing (LBA) supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64 bit
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	240
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1324292 h
ChipsetKnown for one	LSI SAS 3108	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
VoltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	+3.3 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 60 °C
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	167.6 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	68.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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