Intel RAID Product Matrix

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Intel offers multiple categories of RAID products to protect data, increase performance, scale storage, and enhance server availability. A brief description of each category is listed below with
details in the pages that follow.
CONTROLLER CARDS AND MODULES
• Best:Intel®IntegratedServerRAIDsignifiesuniquesystemboardsthataredesignedtoaddvalueabovethatofastandardRAIDadd-incardtoIntel®ServerBoardsandSystems.
• Better:Intel®RAIDControllersareadd-incardsdesignedtoenableawidevarietyofRAIDsolutions.
• Good:Intel®EmbeddedServerRAIDTechnologySoftwareRAIDActivationKeysaredesignedforentry-levelRAIDsolutions.
RAID CACHE BACKUP
• BatteryBackupUnits(BBU)andMaintenance-FreeBackupUnits(MFBU)areavailableforhardwareRAIDproductswithembeddedcache.Thebackupoptionsarelistedinthe
 “BackupOption”rowoftheproducttables.
EXPANDER BOARDS
• Intel®RAIDExpanderCardsareintendedforanysystemwithmorethan8drives.Asanexampleofuse,8RAIDportscanbeexpandedto24ports.
PREMIUM FEATURE KEYS
• SeveralupgradefeaturescanbeaddedtoenhancetheperformanceanddataprotectionofIntel’sintelligentRAIDcardsandmodules.
CABLE KITS AND CONVERTER BOARDS
• NewergenerationRAIDproductsdonotshipwithcables,asmultipleoptionsexistdependingonthesysteminwhichtheRAIDproductsareinstalled.Therefore,Inteloffersavariety
 ofcables.Aconverterboardthatallowsfortwointernal8087connectorstobeconvertedtotwoexternal8088connectorsisalsoavailable.
Formoreinformation,visitwww.intel.com/go/RAID