Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s vs GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s

7specifications compared
5differ
2identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

The GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 6 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). The Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s has 1,022 MB more internal memory than the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s (1024 MB vs 2 MB). The GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 1,066 MHz more memory clock speed than the Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s (1866 MHz vs 800 MHz). Host interface: PCI Express x8 on the Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s, PCI on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s. Internal memory type: DDR2 on the Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s, DDR3 on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s.

Host interface
- H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI
Data transfer rate
- H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s:6 Gbit/s
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
Internal memory
- H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s:1024 MB
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:2 MB
Internal memory type
- H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s:DDR2
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:DDR3
Memory clock speed
- H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s:800 MHz
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:1866 MHz

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Comparison of H700i, CRAO438
22 specifications	A Dell H700i RAID controller PCI Express x8 6 Gbit/s Model H700i View product	B GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO438 View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.0
Internal mini-SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Internal SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Performance4 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	6 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
Internal memoryDiffers	1024 MB	2 MB
Internal memory typeDiffers	DDR2	DDR3
Memory clock speedDiffers	800 MHz	1866 MHz
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Channels quantityKnown for one	8 channels	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	16	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hot-swapKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible productsKnown for one	PowerEdge 1950 PowerEdge R410 PowerEdge R510 PowerEdge R610 PowerEdge R710 PowerEdge R805 PowerEdge R810 PowerEdge R910 PowerEdge T310 PowerEdge T410 PowerEdge T610 PowerEdge T710	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	110.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	78 mm
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	251 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	305 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	220 mm
Other featuresidentical
Ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source

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