Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s

5specifications compared
4differ
1identical
29known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s has 11,988 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s (12000 Gbit/s vs 12 Gbit/s). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS on the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s. Host interface: PCI on the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s. RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS
- 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
Host interface
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI
- 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
RAID levels
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
Data transfer rate
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:12000 Gbit/s

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Comparison of CRAO558, 7Y37A01084
34 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO558 View product	B Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s Model 7Y37A01084 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 HD portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
External SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Internal mini-SAS portsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SAS portsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	12000 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	LSI SAS3508
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
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
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
System requirementsidentical
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016
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) 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)
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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