Fault Tolerance

Table 4 shows the RAID Controller SRCSAS144E fault tolerance features.

Table 4. Fault Tolerance Features

Specification

Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS144E

Self Monitoring

Detects up to 70% of all predictable disk drive failures and monitors the

Analysis and Reporting

internal performance of all motors, heads, and drive electronics.

Technology (SMART)

 

support

 

 

 

Optional Battery

Intel® RAID Smart Battery cache backup. Up to 64 hours of data

Backup

retention. Trickle / fast charging. Charge indicator.

 

 

Drive Replacement

Auto detection of hard drive failure; hot-plug, hot-swap. User set rebuild

 

rate.

 

 

Drive Rebuild Using

Automatic at drive failure; dedicated per array; global per array; auto-

Hot Spares

resume of initialization or rebuild on reboot

 

 

Error Checking and

Parity generation and checking, automatic consistency checking; patrol

Indication

reads; activity and fault LEDs

 

 

Power Conservation

Staggered spin-up, lower power requirements.

 

 

Electrical Characteristics

This section provides the power requirements for the RAID Controller SRCSAS144Es. Table 5 lists the maximum power requirements.

Table 5. Electrical Characteristics

 

 

PCI / PCI

 

Operating

PCI / PCI Express*

 

Express /

PCI PRSNT1# / 2#

PCI / +5.0 V

Range

/ Express +12 V

Express

Power

 

Temperature

 

 

+3.3 V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

115 mA; used only if

1.5 A

N/A

15.6 W

0° C to 45° C

battery is present

(PCI only)

 

18.3 W with battery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

charging

 

 

 

 

 

 

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