Intel SRCSAS18E User Manual

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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.:

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