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Lenovo 4Y37A78834 RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s vs Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i

9specifications compared
2differ
7identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces: PCI Express 4.0 on the Lenovo 4Y37A78834 RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i. RAID levels: 0, 1, 10 on the Lenovo 4Y37A78834 RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- 4Y37A78834 RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s:PCI Express 4.0
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:SAS, Serial ATA
RAID levels
- 4Y37A78834 RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s:0, 1, 10
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:0, 1, 5, 10, 50

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Comparison of 4Y37A78834, ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i
23 specifications	A Lenovo 4Y37A78834 RAID controller PCI Express x8 12 Gbit/s Model 4Y37A78834 View product	B Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	PCI Express 4.0	SAS, Serial ATA
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.0
External SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Performance1 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 10	0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 MB
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Hot-swapKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	SAS3808	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
CertificationKnown for one	USA (FCC 47 CFR part 15 Subpart B, class B) Canada (ICES -003, Class B) Taiwan (CNS 13438) Japan (VCCI V-3) Australia/New Zealand (AS/NZS CISPR 22) Korea (RRA no 2013-24 & 25) Europe (EN55022/EN55024) Safety: EN/IEC/ UL 60950; RoHS; WEEE	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84733080

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