Storage Controllers; Table 13. Supported Raid Controllers - Dell PowerEdge T320 Technical Manual

Storage controllers

Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell's RAID
controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features:
FastPath™ I/O: This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs.
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Split mirror: This function allows you to break a mirrored disk connection in order to quickly

replace a drive.
Physical disk power management (Dimmer Switch™): This feature allows for power control of
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spare or idle drives, which can save energy and operating expenses.
Supported RAID controllers
The newest line of PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) cards offer high I/O performance for
database applications and streaming digital media environments. The internal RAID controllers have
a dedicated connection to the system board. The T320 supports the new PERC 8 family of
controllers with improved functionality and faster performance.
The T320 supports the adapter-type PERC and the new software RAID solution that supports RAID 0,
1, 5 and 10 as shown in Table 13. For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see
Dell.com/PERC.
Controller Description
Eight-port, external and
PERC H810
6Gbps PCIe RAID
External
controller
PERC H710P Eight-port, internal 6Gbps
Internal PCIe RAID controller
PERC H710 Eight-port, internal 6Gbps
Internal PCIe RAID controller
PERC H310 Eight-port, internal 6Gbps
Internal PCIe RAID
3Gbps SATA software RAID
PERC S110
controller that supports up
Software
to 4 physical disks or 8
RAID
virtual disks
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Table 13.
Supported RAID controllers
Features
Includes 1GB NV DDR3
cache, premium
performance and feature
set, security SED/EKMS,
and SSD as cache
Includes 1GB NV DDR3
cache, premium
performance and feature
set, security SED/EKMS,
and SSD as cache
Includes 512MB NV
DDR3 cache, advanced
feature set, security
SED/EKMS
Supports hot-plug drives,
expansion, pass-through
Supports hot-plug SATA
drives (four drive
maximum); no
expansion; Microsoft
Windows only
RAID
modes Form factor
supported
0, 1, 10, 5,
Adapter
50, 6, 60
0, 1, 10, 5,
Adapter
50, 6, 60
0, 1, 10, 5,
Adapter
50, 6, 60
0, 1, 10, 5,
Adapter
50
System
board-
0, 1, 5, 10
embedded
SATA
Usage
model
Premium
performance
Premium
performance
Performance
Value
Entry-level