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Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s vs Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i

16specifications compared
3differ
13identical
10known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, SAS, Serial ATA on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i. RAID levels: 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:SAS, Serial ATA
RAID levels
- 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:0, 1, 5, 10, 50

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Comparison of 7Y37A01084, ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i
26 specifications	A Lenovo 7Y37A01084 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s Model 7Y37A01084 View product	B Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i View product
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA III	SAS, Serial ATA
Host interface	PCI Express x8	PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots version	3.0	3.0
Internal mini-SAS HD portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
External SAS ports	8	8
Performance1 differ
RAID Level Migration	Yes	Yes
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60	0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Data transfer rateKnown for one	12000 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD support	Yes	Yes
ChipsetKnown for one	LSI SAS3508	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supported	8	8
Online Capacity Expansion	Yes	Yes
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hot-swap	Yes	Yes
CertificationKnown for one	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	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 MB
System requirements1 differ
Linux operating systems supportedDiffers	SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12	Yes
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Server x64 Edition Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 VMware vSphere ESXi 6.5	Unknown — not stated by the source
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	10 - 55 °C	10 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)	20 - 90%	20 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)	5 - 95%	5 - 95%
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) code	84733080	84733080
Other featuresidentical
PCI Card form factorKnown for one	Full-height (low-profile)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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