Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i vs Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i

5specifications compared
3differ
2identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III on the ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i, SAS, Serial ATA on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i. Host interface: PCI Express on the ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i. RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 10 on the ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i, 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i.

Host interface
- PIKE II 3008-8i:PCI Express
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:PCI Express x8
RAID levels
- PIKE II 3008-8i:0, 1, 1E, 10
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:0, 1, 5, 10, 50

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Comparison of PIKE II 3008-8i, ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i
24 specifications	A ASUS PIKE II 3008-8i View product	B Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III	SAS, Serial ATA
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express	PCI Express x8
External SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Internal mini-SAS portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 1E, 10	0, 1, 5, 10, 50
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 MB
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Hot-swapKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	LSI SAS 3008	Unknown — not stated by the source
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	127 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	50.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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