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The ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key
Performance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
6 Gbps throughput per port
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Based on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller
256 MB of onboard cache
Optional Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with the ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Kit
The ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50
Supports RAID 6 and 60 with the optional M5000 Advanced Feature Key
Performance optimization for SSD drives with optional M5000 Series Performance Accelerator Key
6 Gbps throughput per port
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Based on the LSI SAS2108 6 Gbps ROC controller
512 MB of onboard cache
Standard Intelligent Li-Ion-based battery backup unit with up to 48 hours of data retention
The ServeRAID M5016 SAS/SATA Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors (SFF-8087)
Eight internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports
6 Gbps throughput per port
800 MHz dual-core PowerPC® processor
Based on the LSI SAS2208 6 Gbps RAID on Chip (ROC) controller
PCI Express x8 Gen 2 host interface
1 GB of onboard data cache (DDR3 running at 1333 MHz)
CacheVault technology to protect data in cache in case of critical power or server failure
Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60
Connects to up to 128 SAS or SATA drives
Intermix of SAS and SATA drives are supported, but the mixing of SAS and SATA drives in the same
RAID array is not supported
Supports up to 64 logical volumes
Supports LUN sizes up to 64 TB
Configurable stripe size up to 1 MB
The ServeRAID B5015 SSD Controller has the following specifications:
Two Mini-SAS internal connectors
Supports RAID levels 1 and 5
6 Gbps throughput per SAS port
PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface
Based on PMC-Sierra PM8013 maxSAS 6 Gb/s SAS RoC controller
Performance optimized for SSDs
Stripe size of up to 1 MB
For more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks® Product Guides in the RAID adapters category:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raid
