Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA

8specifications compared
8differ
0identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

The GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 1 more PCI Express slots version than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (3.0 vs 2.0). The GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s has 6 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (12 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). The Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA has 510 MB more internal memory than the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s (512 MB vs 2 MB). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS on the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA. Host interface: PCI on the GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA.

Host interface
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots version
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:3.0
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:2.0
RAID levels
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rate
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:6 Gbit/s
Internal memory
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:2 MB
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:512 MB
Internal memory type
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:DDR3
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:DDR2
Memory clock speed
- CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s:1866 MHz
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:800 MHz

Side by side

Differences highlightedShow differences only

Comparison of CRAO558, LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA
25 specifications	A GIGABYTE CRAO558 RAID controller PCI 3.0 12 Gbit/s Model CRAO558 View product	B Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA View product
Ports & interfaces3 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS	SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots versionDiffers	3.0	2.0
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
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
Performance5 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Internal memoryDiffers	2 MB	512 MB
Internal memory typeDiffers	DDR3	DDR2
Memory clock speedDiffers	1866 MHz	800 MHz
Logical block addressing (LBA) supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64 bit
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	240
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
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1324292 h
Poweridentical
VoltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	+3.3 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 60 °C
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

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.

More raid controller comparisons

All raid controller comparisons