Fault Tolerance Features; 3.10 Array Performance Features; 3.11 Drive Support Limits; Table 3. Fault-Tolerant Features - Intel RS3P4TF160F Hardware User's Manual

Intel® RAID Adapters RS3P4TF160F and RS3P4MF088F Hardware User Guide
3.9

Fault Tolerance Features

The next table describes the fault-tolerant features of the tri-mode Intel RAID adapters.
Note: 1 The self-monitoring analysis and reporting technology (SMART) detects up to 70% of all predictable drive failures. In addition,
SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics.

3.10 Array Performance Features

The next table describes the array performance features of the tri-mode Intel RAID adapters.
Specification
PCIe* host data transfer rate
Drive data transfer rate
Maximum scatter / gather I/O
Maximum size of I/O requests
Maximum queue tags per drive
Strip sizes

3.11 Drive Support Limits

The next table describes the SAS / SATA drive support limits of the tri-mode Intel RAID adapters.
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Table 3. Fault-Tolerant Features

Specification
Support for SMART 1
Drive failure detection
Drive rebuilt using hot spares
Parity generation and checking

Table 4. Array Performance Features

Intel® RAID Adapter RS3P4TF160F
16 Gb/s per lane (NVMe)
6.4 MB in 64-KB strips
As many as the drive can accept
64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, or 1 MB
Table 5. SAS / SATA Drive Support Limits
Specification
Maximum virtual drives per adapter
Maximum drive groups per adapter
Maximum virtual drives per drive group
Maximum drives per drive group
Maximum physical devices per adapter
Maximum hot spares per adapter
Maximum spans per virtual drive
Maximum enclosures
Intel® RAID
Adapter
RS3P4TF160F
Yes
Automatic
Automatic
Yes
16 GT/s per lane
12, 6, 3 Gb/s (SAS)
6,3,1.5 Gb/s (SATA)
80 elements
Intel® RAID
Adapter
RS3P4TF160F
240
240
16
32
240
64
8
16
Intel® RAID
Adapter
RS3P4MF088F
Yes
Automatic
Automatic
Yes
Intel® RAID Adapter RS3P4MF088F
16 GT/s per lane
12, 6, 3 Gb/s (SAS)
6,3,1.5 Gb/s (SATA)
16 Gb/s per lane (NVMe)
80 elements
6.4 MB in 64-KB strips
As many as the drive can accept
64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, or 1 MB
Intel® RAID
Adapter
RS3P4MF088F
240
240
16
32
240
64
8
16