Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Dell PERC6/i RAID controller vs Fujitsu D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s

5specifications compared
4differ
1identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Fujitsu D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s has 768 MB more internal memory than the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller (1024 MB vs 256 MB). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS on the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller, SAS, Serial ATA on the Fujitsu D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s. Internal memory type: DDR2 on the Dell PERC6/i RAID controller, DDR3 on the Fujitsu D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- PERC6/i RAID controller:SAS
- D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA
Internal memory
- PERC6/i RAID controller:256 MB
- D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s:1024 MB
Internal memory type
- PERC6/i RAID controller:DDR2
- D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s:DDR3

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Comparison of PERC6/i, D3116C
21 specifications	A Dell PERC6/i RAID controller Model PERC6/i View product	B Fujitsu D3116C RAID controller PCI Express x2 2.0 6 Gbit/s Model D3116C View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS	SAS, Serial ATA
Host interfaceKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PCI Express x2
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0
Performance2 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Connector orientationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Side
Internal memoryDiffers	256 MB	1024 MB
Internal memory typeDiffers	DDR2	DDR3
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1333 MHz
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LSI SAS2208
Management protocolsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ServerView RAID, MegaCLI, WebBIOS
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	32	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustained data transfer rate (native)Known for one	300 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Compatible productsKnown for one	Dell PowerEdge T310	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	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	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Other featuresidentical
Ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source

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