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Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo RAID 930-16i

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  • 10specifications compared
  • 6differ
  • 4identical
  • 16known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo RAID 930-16i has 11,988 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s (12000 Gbit/s vs 12 Gbit/s). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i. Host interface: PCI on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i. RAID levels: JBOD on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i. Chipset: Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236 on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s, LSI SAS3516 on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i.

  • Supported storage drive interfaces
    • 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA
    • RAID 930-16i:SAS, Serial ATA III
  • Host interface
    • 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:PCI
    • RAID 930-16i:PCI Express x8
  • RAID levels
    • 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:JBOD
    • RAID 930-16i:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Data transfer rate
    • 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:12 Gbit/s
    • RAID 930-16i:12000 Gbit/s
  • Chipset
    • 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236
    • RAID 930-16i:LSI SAS3516

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Comparison of 4Y37A72486, RAID 930-16i
26 specifications
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersSAS, Serial ATASAS, Serial ATA III
Host interfaceDiffersPCIPCI Express x8
PCI Express slots versionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source3.0
Internal mini-SAS HD portsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4
Performance4 differ
RAID Level MigrationYesYes
RAID levelsDiffersJBOD0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateDiffers12 Gbit/s12000 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Internal memoryKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4000 MB
ChipsetDiffersMicrochip Luxor ROC PM8236LSI SAS3516
Number of devices supported1616
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
S.M.A.R.T. supportYesYes
Hot-swapYesYes
CertificationDiffersFCC 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)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
Compatible productsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceST550, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650, SR850, SR860, SR950
Form factorKnown for oneCustom (CFF)Unknown — not stated by the source
JBOD functionKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Processoridentical
Built-in processorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Processor familyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLSI
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceMicrosoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for AMD64/EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 with Xen for AMD64/EM64T SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Serve
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for oneYesUnknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source84733080
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one0 - 55 °CUnknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one20 - 80%Unknown — not stated by the source

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