3-6 ServeRAID M5014/M5015 SAS/SATA Controller Characteristics
3.3.2 Array Performance Features
Tab l e 3 . 4 shows the array performance features for the ServeRAID
M5014 and ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA controllers.
Cache Configuration ServeRAID M5014 - Integrated 256 Mbyte 40-bit Double
Data Rate II ECC 800 MHz SDRAM
ServeRAID M5015 - Integrated 512 Mbyte 72-bit Double
Data Rate II ECC 800 MHz SDRAM
Size of Flash ROM
for Firmware
8 Mbytes
Nonvolatile Random
Access Memory
(NVRAM)
32 Kbytes for storing RAID configuration
Table 3.3 ServeRAID M5014 and ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA
Controllers Specifications (Cont.)
Specification ServeRAID M5014/M5015 SAS/SATA Controllers
Table 3.4 Array Performance Features
Specification ServeRAID M5014/M5015 Controller
PCI Express Host Data Transfer
Rate
5 Gb/s per lane
Drive Data Transfer Rate 6.0 Gb/s per lane
Maximum Scatter/Gathers 26 elements
Maximum Size of I/O Requests 6.4 Mbytes in 64 Kbyte stripes
Maximum Queue Tags per Drive As many as the drive can accept
Stripe Sizes 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128 Kbyte
Maximum Number of Concurrent
Commands
255