Dell Product Overview, Perc H700 and Perc H800 Overview, Perc H700 and Perc H800 Features

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4 Product Overview

4.1PERC H700 and PERC H800 Overview

Table 7. PERC H700 and PERC H800 Features

 

Feature

 

 

PERC H700

 

 

PERC H700 Modular

 

 

PERC H800 Adapter

 

 

 

 

Integrated/Adapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RAID Levels

 

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

 

0, 1, 5, 6, 10

 

0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ports

 

 

2 x4 internal

 

 

1 x4 integrated

 

 

2 x4 external

 

 

 

 

mini-SAS wide

 

 

SAS wide

 

 

mini-SAS wide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ports

 

 

port

 

 

ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

 

Dell adapter

 

 

Dell adapter

 

 

Dell adapter

 

 

 

 

SAS RAID-on-

 

 

SAS RAID-on-

 

 

SAS RAID-on-

 

 

 

 

Chip, 8-port

 

 

Chip, 4 lanes

 

 

Chip, 8-port

 

 

 

 

with LSI 2108

 

 

with LSI 2108

 

 

with LSI 2108

 

 

 

 

chipset

 

 

chipset

 

 

chipset

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

 

Yes

 

 

Yes

 

 

Yes

 

Exclusive OR (XOR)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assistance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Battery Backup

 

 

Yes

 

 

Yes

 

 

Yes, transportable

 

(BBU)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cache Memory

 

 

512MB BBU

 

 

512MB

 

 

512MB TBBU

 

 

 

 

512MB NVC

 

 

integrated

 

 

512MB TNVC

 

 

 

 

1GB NVC

 

 

DDR2

 

 

1GB TNVC

 

 

 

 

integrated

 

 

 

 

 

DDR2

 

 

 

 

DDR2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cache Function

 

 

Write-Back, Write-Through, Adaptive Read Ahead, No-Read

 

 

 

 

Ahead, Read Ahead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum number

 

 

16 drives

 

 

4 drives

 

 

192 drives

 

of drives per large

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8 – MD1220)

 

RAID volume (R10,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R50, R60)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum number

 

16

 

16

 

16

 

of virtual disks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(RAID volumes) per

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk group

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Virtual

 

 

Up to 64

 

 

Up to 64

 

 

Up to 64

 

Disks (RAID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

volumes) per

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI-Express 2.0

 

 

x8

 

 

x4

 

 

x8

 

Support

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cut-through IO

 

 

Yes

 

 

Yes

 

 

Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Contents Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller Cards March Table of Contents Appendix a TablesOverview Product ComparisonPerc H700 Integrated Additional Sled for PCIe Slot Perc H700 OverviewPerc H700 Modular Perc H800 OverviewPerc H800 Adapter 6Gb/s SAS SAS 2.0 Overview New Features1 6Gb/s SAS Performance Benefit over 3Gb/s SAS Gb/s SAS SAS 2.0 Features2 6Gb/s SAS Expectation SAS Performance DetailsPowerEdge Server Support with Perc H700 and Perc H800 Dell PowerEdge Server SupportProduct Support Management Software SupportOperating System Support with Perc H700 and Perc H800 Drive SupportDrive Support Product Overview Perc H700 and Perc H800 FeaturesPerc H700 and Perc H800 Overview Power Management RAID Level CacheCade Reconfiguring Virtual DisksCut-Through IO RAID Level Migration Fault-Tolerance FeaturesNon-Volatile Cache Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot SparesAutomatic Replace Member with Predicted Failure Physical Disk Hot Swapping Battery Back-up of Controller CacheEnclosure Affinity Disk Roaming Configuring and Managing Secured RAIDDisk Migration Perc H700 and H800 Security Key and RAID ManagementVirtual Disk Read Cache Policies Virtual Disk Write Cache PoliciesRAID Overview RAID 0 Striped Virtual Disk without Fault ToleranceAbout RAID Advantages of RAIDExample of RAID Advantages of RAID RAID 1 MirroringExample of RAID 1 Mirroring RAID 5 Striping With Distributed ParityDrive RAID 6 Striping With Dual Distributed ParityExample of RAID 6 Single Virtual Disk with 5 drives RAID 10 Striping over Mirrored SetsDisadvantages of RAID RAID 50 Striping Across RAIDExample of RAID 50 5 + Advantages of RAID RAID 60 Striping Across RAIDExample of RAID 60 6 + Advantages of RAID Resource Contact Information and Descriptions Appendix A. Additional Resources