Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS18E User’s Guide 8
Hardware Specifications

You can install the RAID Controller SRCSAS18E in a computer with a server board that

has a x8 PCI Express* slot.

Table 1 provides an overview of the RAID Controller SRCSAS18E.:

Table 1. Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS18E Overview

Specification Intel® RAID Controller SRCSAS18E
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10, 50
Devices per Port Up to 15 drives / devices per port
Ports Two internal connectors that support up to four ports per connector
Data Transfer Rate Up to 3 Gbits/s per port
Cache Function Write-back, Write-through, Adaptive Read Ahead, Non-Read Ahead,
Read Ahead, Cache I/O, Direct I/O
Multiple Logical
Drives/Arrays per
Controller
Up to 40 logical drives per controller or per logical array
Online Capacity
Expansion Yes
Dedicated and Global
Hot Spares Yes
Hot Swap Devices
Supported Yes
Non-Disk Devices
Supported Yes
Mixed Capacity Hard
Disk Drives Supported Yes
Number of x4 SAS
Connectors 2
Cluster Support No
Hardware Exclusive
OR (XOR) Assistance Yes
Direct I/O Yes