Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Dell H730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Fujitsu PRAID EP400i

9specifications compared
2differ
7identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

Only the Dell H730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s has SSD support. Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA III on the Dell H730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, SAS on the Fujitsu PRAID EP400i.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- H730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
- PRAID EP400i:SAS
SSD support
- H730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:Yes
- PRAID EP400i:No

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Comparison of H730, PRAID EP400i
24 specifications	A Dell H730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model H730 View product	B Fujitsu PRAID EP400i View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA III	SAS
Host interface	PCI Express x8	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	3.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal mini-SAS portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
RAID Level Migration	Yes	Yes
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rate	12 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
SSD supportDiffers	Yes	No
Internal memory	1024 MB	1024 MB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	DDR3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory clock speedKnown for one	1333 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	255	Unknown — not stated by the source
Online Capacity Expansion	Yes	Yes
S.M.A.R.T. support	Yes	Yes
Compatible productsKnown for one	PowerEdge VRTX	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LSI SAS3108
Processoridentical
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
VoltageKnown for one	3.3 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R1 & R2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 VMware ESXi 5.1 VMware 6.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	64.4 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	167.6 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
PCI Card form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-height (low-profile)

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