Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s

3specifications compared
2differ
1identical
25known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA, Serial ATA II on the Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA, 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 LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA, PCI Express on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s.

Host interface
- LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA:PCI Express x8
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express

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Comparison of LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA, MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G
28 specifications	A Lenovo LSI9280-8e 6Gb SAS RAID HBA 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, Serial ATA II	PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interfaceDiffers	PCI Express x8	PCI Express
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one	2.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
External mini-SAS portsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Performanceidentical
RAID Level MigrationKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
RAID levelsKnown for one	0, 1, 6, 10, 50, 60	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	512 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memory typeKnown for one	DDR2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory clock speedKnown for one	800 MHz	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logical block addressing (LBA) supportKnown for one	64 bit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	240	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
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1324292 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	88SE9230
Poweridentical
VoltageKnown for one	+3.3 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirementsidentical
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
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
Other featuresidentical
ManualKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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