Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s

4specifications compared
4differ
0identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 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, Serial ATA on the Lenovo 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 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 Lenovo 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Chipset: Broadcom SAS3908 on the Lenovo 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s, 88SE9230 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interface
- 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express
Data transfer rate
- 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:6 Gbit/s
Chipset
- 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:Broadcom SAS3908
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:88SE9230

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Comparison of 4Y37A09728, MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G
20 specifications	A Lenovo 4Y37A09728 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s Model 4Y37A09728 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, Serial ATA	PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI Express
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	4.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SAS portsKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SATA ports quantityKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	12 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
ChipsetDiffers	Broadcom SAS3908	88SE9230
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, JBOD	Unknown — not stated by the source
JBOD functionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Yes	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
Weight & dimensionsidentical
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
Other featuresidentical
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84733080	Unknown — not stated by the source

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