Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s

3specifications compared
3differ
0identical
27known for one product only

Key differences

The Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s has 6 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA III on the Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express, SAS-3 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Windows operating systems supported: Yes on the Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s, Windows 7 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express, SAS-3
Data transfer rate
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:6 Gbit/s
Windows operating systems supported
- H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s:Yes
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:Windows 7

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Comparison of H730P, MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G
30 specifications	A Dell H730P RAID controller 12 Gbit/s Model H730P View product	B Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s Model MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA III	PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCI Express
Performance1 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	2048 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memory typeKnown for one	DDR3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory clock speedKnown for one	1866 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	255	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 productsKnown for one	PowerEdge VRTX	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	88SE9230
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 7
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
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Server 2003
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
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 g
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	175 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	133 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	34 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	136 g
Other featuresidentical
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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