IBM x3690 X5 Product Manual page 17

The ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
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Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key
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Performance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Based on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller
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256 MB of onboard cache
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Optional Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with the ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Kit
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The ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
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Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key
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Performance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Based on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller
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512 MB of onboard cache
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Standard Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retention
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The ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8087)
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Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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800 MHz dual-core PowerPC® processor
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Based on the LSI SAS2208 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
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PCI Express x8 Gen 2 host interface
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1 GB of onboard data cache (DDR3 running at 1333 MHz)
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CacheVault technology to protect data in cache in case of critical power or server failure
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
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Connects to up to 128 SAS or SATA drives
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Intermix of SAS and SATA drives are supported, but the mixing of SAS and SATA drives in the same
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RAID array is not supported
Supports up to 64 logical volumes
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Supports LUN sizes up to 64 TB
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Configurable stripe size up to 1 MB
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The ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 1 and 5
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6 Gbps throughput per SAS port
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Based on PMC-Sierra PM8013 maxSAS 6 Gb/s SAS RoC controller
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Performance optimized for SSDs
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Stripe size of up to 1 MB
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For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks® Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raid
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