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Dell PERC H740P vs GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s

5specifications compared
3differ
2identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Dell PERC H740P has 0.1 more PCI Express slots version than the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s (3.1 vs 3.0). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS-3, Serial ATA III on the Dell PERC H740P, SAS on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s. Host interface: PCI Express x8 on the Dell PERC H740P, PCI on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- PERC H740P:SAS-3, Serial ATA III
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS
Host interface
- PERC H740P:PCI Express x8
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI
PCI Express slots version
- PERC H740P:3.1
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:3.0

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Comparison of PERC H740P, CRAO438
21 specifications	A Dell PERC H740P View product	B GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO438 View product
Ports & interfaces3 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS-3, Serial ATA III	SAS
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI
PCI Express slots versionDiffers	3.1	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
Performanceidentical
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
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 MB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR3
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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	32	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
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Microsoft Windows Server 2012, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 or later	Unknown — not stated by the source

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