Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS18E User’s Guide
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Hardware Specifications
You can install the RAID Controller SRCSAS18E in a computer with a server board that
has a x8 PCI Express* slot.
Table 1 provides an overview of the RAID Controller SRCSAS18E.:
Table 1. Intel
®
RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Overview
Specification
Intel
®
RAID Controller SRCSAS18E
RAID Levels
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Devices per Port
Up to 15 drives / devices per port
Ports
Two internal connectors that support up to four ports per connector
Data Transfer Rate
Up to 3 Gbits/s per port
Cache Function
Write-back, Write-through, Adaptive Read Ahead, Non-Read Ahead,
Read Ahead, Cache I/O, Direct I/O
Multiple Logical
Drives/Arrays per
Controller
Up to 40 logical drives per controller or per logical array
Online Capacity
Expansion
Yes
Dedicated and Global
Hot Spares
Yes
Hot Swap Devices
Supported
Yes
Non-Disk Devices
Supported
Yes
Mixed Capacity Hard
Disk Drives Supported
Yes
Number of x4 SAS
Connectors
2
Cluster Support
No
Hardware Exclusive
OR (XOR) Assistance
Yes
Direct I/O
Yes
