Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s

4specifications compared
4differ
0identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

The GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 6 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express, SAS-3 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Host interface: PCI Express x8 on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Chipset: Broadcom SAS3008 on the GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s, 88SE9230 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interface
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express
Data transfer rate
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:6 Gbit/s
Chipset
- CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s:Broadcom SAS3008
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:88SE9230

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Comparison of CRAO338, MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G
22 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO338 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO338 View product	B Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s Model MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS	PCI Express, SAS-3
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
Performance2 differ
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 1E, 10	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
Form factorKnown for one	Mezzanine Module	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetDiffers	Broadcom SAS3008	88SE9230
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	50 g
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	175 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	133 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	34 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	136 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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