Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-88SE9230-4 RAID controller PCI Express

2specifications compared
2differ
0identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- MC-PCIE-88SE9230-4 RAID controller PCI Express:PCI Express
Chipset
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:Broadcom SAS3008
- MC-PCIE-88SE9230-4 RAID controller PCI Express:88SE9230

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Comparison of CRAO338, MC-PCIE-88SE9230-4
23 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO338 View product	B Microconnect MC-PCIE-88SE9230-4 RAID controller PCI Express Model MC-PCIE-88SE9230-4 View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	SAS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI Express
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	3.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Performance1 differ
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 1E, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Form factorKnown for one	Mezzanine Module	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetDiffers	Broadcom SAS3008	88SE9230
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
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
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 g
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	175 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	130 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	33 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 g
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84733080	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows 7
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Server 2003
Other featuresidentical
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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