Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s

4specifications compared
4differ
0identical
30known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s has 11,994 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s (12000 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, PCI Express, SAS-3 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Host interface: PCI Express x8 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, PCI Express on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Chipset: LSI SAS3516 on the Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s, 88SE9230 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:SAS, Serial ATA III
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interface
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:PCI Express x8
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express
Data transfer rate
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:12000 Gbit/s
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:6 Gbit/s
Chipset
- 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s:LSI SAS3516
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:88SE9230

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Comparison of 7Y37A01085, MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G
34 specifications	A Lenovo 7Y37A01085 RAID controller PCI Express x8 3.0 12000 Gbit/s Model 7Y37A01085 View product	B Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s Model MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G View product
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SAS, Serial ATA III	PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI Express
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	3.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal mini-SAS HD portsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance2 differ
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateDiffers	12000 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	4000 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetDiffers	LSI SAS3516	88SE9230
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	16	Unknown — not stated by the source
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Yes	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 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	Windows 7
Server operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Windows Server 2003
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	10 - 55 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	20 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84733080	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
PCI Card form factorKnown for one	Full-height (low-profile)	Unknown — not stated by the source
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50 g
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	175 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	133 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	34 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	136 g

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