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GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo RAID 930-16i

7specifications compared
4differ
3identical
19known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo RAID 930-16i 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). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i. RAID levels: 0, 1, 1E, 10 on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i. Chipset: Broadcom SAS3008 on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, LSI SAS3516 on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS
- RAID 930-16i:SAS, Serial ATA III
RAID levels
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 1E, 10
- RAID 930-16i:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rate
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- RAID 930-16i:12000 Gbit/s
Chipset
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:Broadcom SAS3008
- RAID 930-16i:LSI SAS3516

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Comparison of CRAO338, RAID 930-16i
26 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO338 View product	B Lenovo RAID 930-16i View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS	SAS, Serial ATA III
Internal mini-SAS HD portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
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, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	12000 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4000 MB
ChipsetDiffers	Broadcom SAS3008	LSI SAS3516
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16
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
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	FCC Part 15 Class A Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22) Canada (ICES-003 Class B) Europe (EN55022/EN55024) Japan (VCCI V-3) Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25) RoHS compliant EN/IEC/UL 60950 Taiwan (CNS 13438) USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B) WEEE
Compatible productsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ST550, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650, SR850, SR860, SR950
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
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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