Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 User’s Guide H330, H730, and H830

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PERC card specifications

The table below lists and describes the different PERC cards that comprise the PERC 9 series and their specifications:

Table 1. PERC cardsThe table below lists and describes the different PERC cards that comprise the PERC 9 series and their specifications.
Feature	PERC H330	PERC H730	PERC H730P	PERC H730P MX	PERC H830	PERC FD33xD/FD33xS
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 10, 50	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Enclosures per port	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	Not applicable	8 (4 per port)	Not applicable
Processor	Dell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3008 chipset	Dell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipset	Dell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipset	Dell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipset	Dell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8- port with LSI 3108 chipset	Dell Adapter SAS RAID-on-Chip, 8-port with LSI 3108 chipset
Battery Backup Unit	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Non-Volatile cache	None	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cache policy	No	1 GB DDR3 1333 Mhz cache	2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache	2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache	2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache	2 GB DDR3 1866 Mhz cache
NOTE:H330 does not support caching, which affects performance in RAID 5 and RAID 50 arrays. For performance sensitive solutions, caching is recommended.
Cache function	Write Through and No Read Ahead	Write Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read Ahead	Write Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read Ahead	Write Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read Ahead	Write Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read Ahead	Write Back, Write Through, No Read Ahead, and Read Ahead
Maximum number of virtual disks	16	64	64	64	240	64
Maximum number of virtual disks per disk group	16	16	16	16	16	16
Hot swap devices supported	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hardware XOR Engine	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Online capacity expansion	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dedicated and global hot spare	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Drives Types	3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS	3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS	3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS	3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS	6 Gbps SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS	3 Gbps SATA, 6 Gbps SATA/SAS, and 12 Gbps SAS
PCIe Support	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3	Gen 3
Non-RAID or pass through mode	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Queue Depth	895	928	928	928	928	928