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Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s vs Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte

11specifications compared
8differ
3identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s has 11,988 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte (12000 Gbit/s vs 12 Gbit/s). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA on the Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte. Host interface: PCI Express on the Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte. RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 10 on the Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte. Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 40 °C on the Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, 0 - 55 °C on the Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:SAS, Serial ATA III
Host interface
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:PCI Express
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:PCI Express x8
RAID levels
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:0, 1, 5, 10
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD
Data transfer rate
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:12000 Gbit/s
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:12 Gbit/s
Operating temperature (T-T)
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:5 - 40 °C
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:0 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:-40 - 60 °C
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:-20 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:8 - 93%
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:10 - 90%
PCI Card form factor
- 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:Half-height (low-profile)
- RAID 720i PCIe Adapte:Full-height (low-profile)

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Comparison of 00AE938, RAID 720i PCIe Adapte
31 specifications	A Lenovo 00AE938 RAID controller PCI Express 3.0 12000 Gbit/s Model 00AE938 View product	B Lenovo RAID 720i PCIe Adapte View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA	SAS, Serial ATA III
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express	PCI Express x8
External mini-SAS HD portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 10	0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD
Data transfer rateDiffers	12000 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
Internal memoryKnown for one	2048 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
ChipsetKnown for one	SAS3108	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	32	Unknown — not stated by the source
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	UL cUL IEC60950 EMC FCC TUV CE VCCI BSMI C-tick KC	Unknown — not stated by the source
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),
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition SUSE Enterprise Linux Server (SLES) 12 SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T	Unknown — not stated by the source
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 conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 40 °C	0 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs	-40 - 60 °C	-20 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	8 - 93%	10 - 90%
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	68 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	170 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	17 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	116 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
PCI Card form factorDiffers	Half-height (low-profile)	Full-height (low-profile)
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	VMware vSphere ESXi
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84733080

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