IBM x3650 M3 Product Manual page 18

The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
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Supports RAID levels 0, 1, and 10
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Supports RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional ServeRAID M1000 Series Advanced Feature Key
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6 Gbps throughput per port
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Based on the LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
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PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
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Configurable stripe size up to 64 KB
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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 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
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raid
IBM System x3650 M3
Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
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