Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Fujitsu EP420i RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s vs GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s

5specifications compared
2differ
3identical
15known for one product only

Key differences

The Fujitsu EP420i RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s has 2,046 MB more internal memory than the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s (2048 MB vs 2 MB). Host interface: PCI Express x8 on the Fujitsu EP420i RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s, PCI on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s.

Host interface
- EP420i RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI
Internal memory
- EP420i RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s:2048 MB
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:2 MB

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Comparison of EP420i, CRAO438
20 specifications	A Fujitsu EP420i RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s Model EP420i View product	B GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO438 View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfaces	SAS	SAS
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	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
Performance1 differ
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 memoryDiffers	2048 MB	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
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	LSI SAS3108	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
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

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