Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s

10specifications compared
4differ
6identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface: PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s, PCI on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s. RAID levels: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the Lenovo 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s, JBOD on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s. Form factor: Low Profile PCIe on the Lenovo 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s, Custom (CFF) on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s. Chipset: Broadcom SAS3916 on the Lenovo 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s, Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236 on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s.

Host interface
- 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:PCI
RAID levels
- 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:JBOD
Form factor
- 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:Low Profile PCIe
- 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:Custom (CFF)
Chipset
- 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s:Broadcom SAS3916
- 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236

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Comparison of 4Y37A09730, 4Y37A72486
21 specifications	A Lenovo 4Y37A09730 RAID controller PCI Express x8 4.0 12 Gbit/s Model 4Y37A09730 View product	B Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s Model 4Y37A72486 View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfaces	SAS, Serial ATA	SAS, Serial ATA
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	4.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal SAS portsKnown for one	16	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance3 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	JBOD
Data transfer rate	12 Gbit/s	12 Gbit/s
Form factorDiffers	Low Profile PCIe	Custom (CFF)
ChipsetDiffers	Broadcom SAS3916	Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236
JBOD function	Yes	Yes
Number of devices supported	16	16
S.M.A.R.T. support	Yes	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 3548) Canada (ICES-003 Class B) Europe (EN55032/EN55024) Japan VCCI Korea KCC RoHS compliant EN/IEC/UL 60950 USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B class B)
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	8000 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 55 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	20 - 80%
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84733080	Unknown — not stated by the source

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