Dell H700, H800 manual Product Comparison, Overview

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1 Product Comparison

1.1Overview

The PERC H700 (internal) and PERC H800 (external) RAID controllers mark the next stage in the evolution of the Dell™ PowerEdge™ RAID controller portfolio with the introduction of 6Gb/s SAS (SAS 2.0). PERC H700 and H800 will be supported in PowerEdge 11th Generation servers. The PERC H700 is follow-on to the PERC 6/I, and the PERC H800 is the follow-on to the PERC 6/E.

Table 1. Comparison of PERC H700 and PERC H800 to previous PERC 6/I and PERC 6/E

Feature/Spec		NEW		PERC 6/I		NEW		PERC 6/E
		PERC H700				PERC H800
Interface		6Gb (SAS 2.0)		3Gb (SAS 1.1)		6Gb (SAS 2.0)		3Gb (SAS 1.1)
Bus support		x8 PCIe 2.0		x8 PCIe 1.0		x8 PCIe 2.0		x8 PCIe 1.0
Ports / Channels		8 (2 x4)		8 (2 x4)		8 (2 x4)		8 (2 x4)
Int/Ext		2 internal		2 internal		2 external		2 external
Connectors
		512MB BBU 512MB				512MB TBBU
Cache Memory		Non-Volatile		256MB		512MB TNVC		256MB / 512MB
		Cache		(667 MHz DDR2)		1GB TNVC		(667 MHz DDR2)
		(800 MHz DDR2)				(800 MHz DDR2)
Battery-Backed		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
Cache						Transportable		Transportable
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,		0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,		0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,		0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
	60		60		60		60
Max physical					192		144
drives in Large	16		10
RAID volume						(8x MD1220)		(6x MD1120)
(R10, R50, R60)
HDD Support		SAS and SATA		SAS and SATA		SAS only		SAS and SATA
SSD Support		SAS and SATA		SATA		SAS only		Not Supported
SED Support		Yes (Local Key		Not Supported		Yes (Local Key		Not Supported
		Management)				Management)
Controller
Firmware	7.1		6.2		7.1		6.2
(latest rev)
Redundant Path		No		No		Yes		Yes
I/O Load		No		No		Yes		Yes
Balancing
Cluster Support		No		No		No		No
Storage		OpenManage™ 6.2		OpenManage™ 5.4		OpenManage™ 6.2		OpenManage™ 5.4
Management		(minimum rev)		(minimum rev)		(minimum rev)		(minimum rev)

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