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GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s

7specifications compared
3differ
4identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s has 11,988 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s (12000 Gbit/s vs 12 Gbit/s). RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 10 on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 10, 5, 50 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s. Chipset: Broadcom SAS3008 on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, LSI SAS3408 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s.

RAID levels
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 1E, 10
- 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:0, 1, 10, 5, 50
Data transfer rate
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:12000 Gbit/s
Chipset
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:Broadcom SAS3008
- 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:LSI SAS3408

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Comparison of CRAO338, 7Y37A01082
28 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO338 View product	B Lenovo 7Y37A01082 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s Model 7Y37A01082 View product
Ports & interfacesidentical
Supported storage drive interfaces	SAS	SAS
Host interface	PCI Express x8	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots version	3.0	3.0
Internal mini-SAS HD portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SAS portsKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SATA ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance3 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 1E, 10	0, 1, 10, 5, 50
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	12000 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ChipsetDiffers	Broadcom SAS3008	LSI SAS3408
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
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
Hot-swapKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Form factorKnown for one	Mezzanine Module	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processoridentical
Built-in processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Processor familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LSI
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Serve
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) code	84733080	84733080
Other featuresidentical
PCI Card form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-height (low-profile)
Weight & dimensionsidentical
DepthKnown for one	110.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	78 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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