Dell PowerEdge T320 Technical Guide - Page 23

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 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. 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. Controller Description Features PERC H810 External Eight-port, external and 6Gp/s PCIe RAID controller Includes 1GB NV DDR3 cache, premium performance and feature set, security SED/EKMS, and SSD as cache PERC H710P Eight-port, internal 6Gb/s Internal PCIe RAID controller Includes 1GB NV DDR3 cache, premium performance and feature set, security SED/EKMS, and SSD as cache PERC H710 Internal Eight-port, internal 6Gb/s PCIe RAID controller Includes 512MB NV DDR3 cache, advanced feature set, security SED/EKMS RAID modes supported 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60 Form factor Adapter Adapter Adapter PERC H310 Internal Eight-port, internal 6Gb/s PCIe RAID Supports hot-plug drives, 0, 1, 10, 5, expansion, pass-through 50 Adapter PERC S110 Software RAID 3Gb/s SATA software RAID controller that supports up to 4 physical disks or 8 virtual disks Supports hot-plug SATA drives (4 drive maximum); no expansion; Microsoft Windows only 0, 1, 5, 10 System boardembedded SATA Usage model Premium performance Premium performance Performance Value Entry-level