Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s vs Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i

15specifications compared
4differ
11identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:SAS, Serial ATA
RAID levels
- 7Y37A01085 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
Internal memory
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:4000 MB
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:1000 MB
Number of devices supported
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:16
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:8

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Comparison of 7Y37A01085, ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i
28 specifications	A Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s Model 7Y37A01085 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	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
External SAS portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Performance3 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
Internal memoryDiffers	4000 MB	1000 MB
ChipsetKnown for one	LSI SAS3516	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedDiffers	16	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
Compatible productsKnown for one	ST550, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650, SR850, SR860, SR950	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processoridentical
Built-in processorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor familyKnown for one	LSI	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Microsoft 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	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
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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