Dell PowerEdge T320 - Storage Controllers; Table 13. Supported RAID Controllers

24 PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide
Storage controllers
Dell provides highly capable RAID options for you to ensure that your data remains safe. Dell’s RAID
controller options offer impressive performance improvements, including the following features:
 FastPath™ I/O: This feature can help accelerate performance when operating on SSDs.
 Split mirror: This function allows you to break a mirrored disk connection in order to quickly
replace a drive.
 Physical disk power management (Dimmer Switch™): This feature allows for power control of
spare or idle drives, which can save energy and operating expenses.
Supported RAID controllers
The newest line of PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller) cards offer high I/O performance for
database applications and streaming digital media environments. The internal RAID controllers have
a dedicated connection to the system board. The T320 supports the new PERC 8 family of
controllers with improved functionality and faster performance.
The T320 supports the adapter-type PERC and the new software RAID solution that supports RAID 0,
1, 5 and 10 as shown in Table 13. For more information about the latest PERC offerings, see
Dell.com/PERC.
Table 13. Supported RAID controllers
Controller
Description
Features
RAID
modes
supported
Form factor
Usage
model
PERC H810
External
Eight-port, external and
6Gbps PCIe RAID
controller
Includes 1GB NV DDR3
cache, premium
performance and feature
set, security SED/EKMS,
and SSD as cache
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
Adapter
Premium
performance
PERC H710P
Internal
Eight-port, internal 6Gbps
PCIe RAID controller
Includes 1GB NV DDR3
cache, premium
performance and feature
set, security SED/EKMS,
and SSD as cache
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
Adapter
Premium
performance
PERC H710
Internal
Eight-port, internal 6Gbps
PCIe RAID controller
Includes 512MB NV
DDR3 cache, advanced
feature set, security
SED/EKMS
0, 1, 10, 5,
50, 6, 60
Adapter
Performance
PERC H310
Internal
Eight-port, internal 6Gbps
PCIe RAID
Supports hot-plug drives,
expansion, pass-through
0, 1, 10, 5,
50
Adapter
Value
PERC S110
Software
RAID
3Gbps SATA software RAID
controller that supports up
to 4 physical disks or 8
virtual disks
Supports hot-plug SATA
drives (four drive
maximum); no
expansion; Microsoft
Windows only
0, 1, 5, 10
System
board-
embedded
SATA
Entry-level