Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte

5specifications compared
3differ
2identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte. Host interface: PCI on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte. RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:SAS, Serial ATA III
Host interface
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:PCI Express x8
RAID levels
- CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD

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Comparison of CRAO438, RAID 720i PCIe Adapte
27 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO438 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO438 View product	B Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS	SAS, Serial ATA III
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots version	3.0	3.0
Internal mini-SAS portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SAS portsKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD
Data transfer rate	12 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Compatible productsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	TS450 (E3 v5), TS460 (E3 v5), RS160 (E3 v5), RQ750 (E5 v3),
Internal memoryKnown for one	2 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memory typeKnown for one	DDR3	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory clock speedKnown for one	1866 MHz	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
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RedHat EL Linux 6.0, RedHat EL Linux 7.0, SuSE Linux 11.2
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows MultiPoint Server 2011, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-20 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10 - 90%
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84733080
Other featuresidentical
PCI Card form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-height (low-profile)
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	VMware vSphere ESXi
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	110.8 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	78 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package widthKnown for one	251 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	305 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	220 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source

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