Product comparison · 2 raid controllers

Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i vs Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s

3specifications compared
3differ
0identical
25known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces: SAS, Serial ATA on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i, 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 ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i, PCI Express on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s. Windows operating systems supported: Yes on the Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i, Windows 7 on the Microconnect MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s.

Supported storage drive interfaces
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:SAS, Serial ATA
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express, SAS-3
Host interface
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:PCI Express x8
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:PCI Express
Windows operating systems supported
- ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i:Yes
- MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G RAID controller PCI Express 6 Gbit/s:Windows 7

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Comparison of ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i, MC-PCIE-SATAIII6G
28 specifications	A Lenovo ThinkSystem RAID 730-8i 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	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
External SAS portsKnown for one	8	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, 5, 10, 50	Unknown — not stated by the source
SSD supportKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal memoryKnown for one	1000 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of devices supportedKnown for one	8	Unknown — not stated by the source
Online Capacity ExpansionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Hot-swapKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
ChipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	88SE9230
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Windows 7
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
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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