Perc 5 Features; Perc 5 Controller Features - Dell 5 series User Manual

PERC 5 Features

This section describes the features of the The Dell™ PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller
(PERC) 5 family of controllers, such as the configuration options, disk array performance, hardware
specifications, redundant array of independent disks (RAID) management utilities, and operating
system software drivers.

PERC 5 Controller Features

This section describes the hardware configuration features for the PERC 5 controllers. Table 2-1
compares the configurations for the controllers.
Table 2-1. PERC 5 Controller Comparisons
Specification
RAID Levels
Enclosures per Port
Ports
Processor
Battery Backup Unit
Cache Memory
Cache Function
Maximum Number of
Drives per Array
Maximum Number of
Arrays per Disk Group
PERC 5/E Adapter
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Up to 3 enclosures
2 x4 external wide port
®
Intel IOP333 I/O
processor with Intel
XScale Technology
Yes, Transportable
256 MB DDR2 cache
memory size
Write-back, write-
through, adaptive
read ahead, non-read
ahead, read ahead
Up to 32 drives per array
Up to 8 arrays (in a
spanned configuration)
PERC 5/i Adapter
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
N/A
2 x4 internal wide port
Intel IOP333 I/O
processor with Intel
XScale Technology
a
Yes
256 MB DDR2 cache
memory size
Write-back, write-
through, adaptive
read ahead, non-read
ahead, read ahead
Up to 32 drives per array
Up to 8 arrays (in a
spanned configuration)
PERC 5/i Integrated
0, 1, 5, 10, 50
N/A
2 x4 internal wide port
Intel IOP333 I/O
processor with Intel
XScale Technology
Yes
256 MB DDR2 cache
memory size
Write-back, write-
through, adaptive
read ahead, non-read
ahead, read ahead
Up to 32 drives per array
Up to 8 arrays (in a
spanned configuration)
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