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INTEL® RAID

Intel® RAID

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.

Controller Cards and Modules

• Excellent: 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

Summary of content (14 pages)

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Intel® RAID 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. Controller Cards and Modules Expander Boards • Excellent: 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.
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Intel® Integrated RAID SAS 3.0 Generation Products CONTROLLER INTEL® INTEGRATED RAID MODULE RMS3CC080 / 040 DESCRIPTION 12 Gb/s SAS 3.0 intelligent hardware RAID module with storage I/O connector MARKET SEGMENT Mainstream ORDER CODE RMS3CC080 / RMS3CC040 PROCESSOR LSI* 3108 ROC MEMORY Embedded 1 GB ECC DDR3 SDRAM PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.
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Intel® Integrated RAID SAS 2.1 Generation Products CONTROLLER INTEL® INTEGRATED RAID MODULE RMS25CB080 / 040 DESCRIPTION 6 Gb/s SAS 2.1 intelligent hardware RAID module with storage I/O connector MARKET SEGMENT Mainstream ORDER CODE RMS25CB080 / RMS25CB040 PROCESSOR LSI* 2208 ROC MEMORY Embedded 1 GB ECC DDR3 SDRAM PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.
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CONTROLLER INTEL® INTEGRATED RAID MODULE RMS25PB080 / 040 DESCRIPTION 6 Gb/s SAS 2.1 intelligent hardware RAID module with standard PCI Express* x8 connector MARKET SEGMENT Mainstream ORDER CODE RMS25PB080 / RMS25PB040 PROCESSOR LSI* 2208 ROC MEMORY Embedded 1 GB ECC DDR2 SDRAM PCI BUS PCI Express 3.
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SAS 3.0 Intel® RAID Controller Add-In Cards CONTROLLER INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS3DC080 DESCRIPTION 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA intelligent hardware RAID controller with 8 internal ports for SAS / SATA drives MARKET SEGMENT Mainstream ORDER CODE RS3DC080 PROCESSOR LSI* SAS3108 ROC MEMORY 1 GB DDR3 PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.
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CONTROLLER INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS3WC080 DESCRIPTION 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA entry-level hardware RAID controller with advanced management and 8 internal ports for SAS / SATA drives INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS3FC044 INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS3GC008 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA entry-level hardware RAID controller with 8 internal ports for SAS / SATA drives 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA entry-level hardware RAID controller with 4 internal and 4 external ports for SAS / SATA drives 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA entr
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SAS 2.0 Intel® RAID Controller Add-In Cards CONTROLLER INTEL® RAID SSD CACHE CONTROLLER RCS25ZB040 DESCRIPTION 4-port intelligent hardware RAID card with a large capacity integrated NAND cache to significantly boost performance. MARKET SEGMENT Scalable performance ORDER CODE RCS25ZB040 (256 GB cache) RCS25ZB040LX (1024 GB cache) PROCESSOR LSI* SAS2208 ROC INTEL® RAID MEMORY 1 GB embedded DDR3 ECC memory plus either 256 or 1024 GB NAND PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.
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CONTROLLER INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS25SB008 DESCRIPTION Scalable performance dual-core 6 Gb/s SAS RAID controller with 8 external ports for SAS / SATA drives and Maintenance Free Backup Unit (Flash-based) included MARKET SEGMENT Scalable performance ORDER CODE RS25SB008 PROCESSOR LSI* SAS2208 ROC MEMORY 1 GB embedded DDR2 ECC memory PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.0 x8 INTEL® RAID CHANNELS 8 external SAS / SATA ports supporting point-to-point 6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s data-transfer rates FORM FACTOR Low-profile, 6.
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CONTROLLER INTEL® RAID CONTROLLER RS25DB080 DESCRIPTION Mainstream dual-core 6 Gb/s SAS RAID controller with 8 internal ports for SAS / SATA drives MARKET SEGMENT Mainstream ORDER CODE RS25DB080 PROCESSOR LSI* SAS2208 ROC MEMORY 1 GB embedded DDR3 ECC memory PCI BUS PCI Express* 3.0 x8 INTEL® RAID CHANNELS 8 internal SAS / SATA ports supporting point-to-point 6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s data-transfer rates FORM FACTOR Low-profile, 6.
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Intel® Software RAID Activation Keys Most Intel® Xeon® 5500 and 5600 Series server boards include Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2, which provides RAID 0, 1, and 10. Software RAID 5 can be enabled on these server boards by adding the AXXRAKSW5 activation key. INTEL® RAID Most Intel Xeon E5 Series server boards include 4 SCU storage ports and Intel Embedded Server RAID Technology 2, which provides RAID 0, 1, and 10 for SATA devices.
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Intel® RAID Expander Boards (SAS Expanders) EXPANDER BOARD INTEL® RAID EXPANDER RES3FV288 INTEL® RAID EXPANDER RES2SV240 INTEL® RAID EXPANDER RES2CV360 / 240 36-port, 12 Gb/s-capable expander card for use with Intel® RAID products 24-port, 6 Gb/s-capable expander card for use with Intel® RAID products 36 / 24-port, 6 Gb/s-capable expander card for use with Intel® RAID products ORDER CODE RES3FV288 (includes 2 short cables to connect to RAID card or module) RES3TV360 (includes short cables to connec
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Intel® RAID Premium Features These features are available as an upgrade for all LSI* SAS2108 processor-based Intel® RAID products. To identify products with this processor, please refer to the Processor row of the preceding feature tables. The Premium Feature Keys are described below. PREMIUM FEATURE SSD CACHE WITH FAST-PATH I/O DRIVE ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT RAPID RECOVERY SNAPSHOT Key Benefits • SSD Cache allows Solid-State Drives (SSD) to be utilized as additional cache for the RAID controller.
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Intel® RAID High Availability Storage Kit • The High Availability Storage solution provides fault tolerance capabilities as a key part of a high-availability data storage system by combining redundant RAID controllers, computer nodes, cable connections, SAS expanders, and dual-port SAS drives. • Shared storage across two servers can improve performance and at the same time support either failover clustering or cluster-in-a-box configurations.
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INTEL® RAID For more information, visit www.intel.com/go/RAID Cable is reversable so that either connector can be on the target or initiator side. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary.