Dell PERC HBA330 vs Dell PERC6/i RAID controller

Comparison of PERC HBA330, PERC6/i

20 specifications	A Dell PERC HBA330View product	B Dell PERC6/i RAID controller Model PERC6/i View product
Ports & interfacesidentical
Supported storage drive interfaces	SAS	SAS
Host interfaceKnown for one	PCI Express x8	—Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	3.0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
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
LED indicatorsKnown for one	Yes	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible productsDiffers	- PowerEdge R440 - PowerEdge T440 - PowerEdge R940 - PowerEdge R740XD - PowerEdge R7425 - PowerEdge T640 - PowerEdge R840 - PowerEdge R540 - PowerEdge R940xa - PowerEdge R740	Dell PowerEdge T310
RAID levelsKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Internal memoryKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR2
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	32
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
Processor familyKnown for one	LSI	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor modelKnown for one	LSISAS3008	—Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP2 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 - Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 - VMware ESXi 5.5 - VMware ESXi 6.0	—Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	—Unknown — not stated by the source	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
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84733080	—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

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.