Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s vs Dell PERC6/i RAID controller

7specifications compared
6differ
1identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s has 1,792 MB more internal memory than the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller (2048 MB vs 256 MB). The Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s has 223 more devices supported than the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller (255 vs 32). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA III on the Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s, SAS on the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller. Internal memory type: DDR3 on the Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s, DDR2 on the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller. Compatible products: PowerEdge VRTX on the Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s, Dell PowerEdge T310 on the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
- PERC6/i RAID controller:SAS
Internal memory
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:2048 MB
- PERC6/i RAID controller:256 MB
Internal memory type
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:DDR3
- PERC6/i RAID controller:DDR2
Number of devices supported
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:255
- PERC6/i RAID controller:32
Compatible products
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:PowerEdge VRTX
- PERC6/i RAID controller:Dell PowerEdge T310

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Comparison of H730P, PERC6/i
23 specifications	A Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s Model H730P View product	B Dell PERC6/i RAID controller Model PERC6/i View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA III	SAS
Performance4 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryDiffers	2048 MB	256 MB
Internal memory typeDiffers	DDR3	DDR2
Memory clock speedKnown for one	1866 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedDiffers	255	32
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible productsDiffers	PowerEdge VRTX	Dell PowerEdge T310
Sustained data transfer rate (native)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 MB/s
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 requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Enterprise x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium x64, Windows Vista Ultimate, Windows Vista Ultimate x64
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
Ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Internal portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2

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