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Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA vs Lenovo RAID 930-16i

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  • 11specifications compared
  • 6differ
  • 5identical
  • 16known for one product only

Key differences

The Lenovo RAID 930-16i has 1 more PCI Express slots version than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (3.0 vs 2.0). The Lenovo RAID 930-16i has 11,994 Gbit/s more data transfer rate than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (12000 Gbit/s vs 6 Gbit/s). The Lenovo RAID 930-16i has 3,488 MB more internal memory than the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA (4000 MB vs 512 MB). Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA, SAS, Serial ATA III on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i. RAID levels: 0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA, 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 on the Lenovo RAID 930-16i.

  • PCI Express slots version
    • LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:2.0
    • RAID 930-16i:3.0
  • RAID levels
    • LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60
    • RAID 930-16i:0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • Data transfer rate
    • LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:6 Gbit/s
    • RAID 930-16i:12000 Gbit/s
  • Internal memory
    • LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:512 MB
    • RAID 930-16i:4000 MB
  • Number of devices supported
    • LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:240
    • RAID 930-16i:16

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Comparison of LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA, RAID 930-16i
27 specifications
Ports & interfaces2 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersSAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA IISAS, Serial ATA III
Host interfacePCI Express x8PCI Express x8
PCI Express slots versionDiffers2.03.0
Internal mini-SAS HD portsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source4
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one2Unknown — not stated by the source
Performance4 differ
RAID Level MigrationYesYes
RAID levelsDiffers0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 600, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Data transfer rateDiffers6 Gbit/s12000 Gbit/s
SSD supportYesYes
Internal memoryDiffers512 MB4000 MB
ChipsetKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLSI SAS3516
Number of devices supportedDiffers24016
Online Capacity ExpansionYesYes
S.M.A.R.T. supportYesYes
Hot-swapKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
CertificationKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceFCC 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
Compatible productsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceST550, SR550, SR570, SR590, SR630, SR650, SR850, SR860, SR950
Internal memory typeKnown for oneDDR2Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory clock speedKnown for one800 MHzUnknown — not stated by the source
Logical block addressing (LBA) supportKnown for one64 bitUnknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one1324292 hUnknown — not stated by the source
Processoridentical
Built-in processorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Processor familyKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceLSI
System requirementsidentical
Compatible operating systemsKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceMicrosoft 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
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source84733080
Poweridentical
VoltageKnown for one+3.3 VUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one5 - 60 °CUnknown — not stated by the source

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