Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 710

3specifications compared
3differ
0identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Host interface: PCI on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s, PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 710. RAID levels: JBOD on the Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 710.

Host interface
- 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:PCI
- ThinkServer RAID 710:PCI Express x8
RAID levels
- 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s:JBOD
- ThinkServer RAID 710:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

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Comparison of 4Y37A72486, ThinkServer RAID 710
25 specifications	A Lenovo 4Y37A72486 RAID controller PCI 12 Gbit/s Model 4Y37A72486 View product	B Lenovo ThinkServer RAID 710 View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA	SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II, Serial ATA III
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.0
Performance1 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsDiffers	JBOD	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Form factorKnown for one	Custom (CFF)	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	Microchip Luxor ROC PM8236	Unknown — not stated by the source
JBOD functionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	16	Unknown — not stated by the source
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hot-swapKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	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)	Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1024 MB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR3
Memory clock speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1333 MHz
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 55 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 80%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processoridentical
Processor frequencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800 MHz
Processor familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PowerPC
Other featuresidentical
PCI Card form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-height (low-profile)
QuantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1

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