Description
Product overview of Dell 342-36316GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller
The Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller is a powerful RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) controller manufactured by Dell, a multinational computer technology company. RAID controllers are an essential component of a computer system that manages multiple hard drives to work as a single unit. The Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 is a mini-blade version of the larger Dell H710 RAID controller, designed for use in blade servers or other small form-factor systems.
What is a RAID Controller
A RAID controller is a device that manages multiple hard drives and makes them function as a single unit. The primary function of a RAID controller is to improve data access, data storage capacity, and data redundancy. There are several RAID levels, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID 10. Each RAID level offers different levels of data protection, speed, and storage capacity.
What is the Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller
The Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller is a RAID controller that supports SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and SATA (Serial ATA) hard drives. The controller uses a PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) interface to communicate with the server’s motherboard, allowing for high-speed data transfer rates.
The Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60, making it suitable for various enterprise-level applications. It has a 512MB cache memory that enhances data transfer rates and a battery backup unit (BBU) that ensures data protection in the event of a power outage.
Features of the Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller
- SAS and SATA support: The controller supports SAS and SATA hard drives, which provides flexibility in data storage.
- PCIe interface: The controller uses a PCIe interface, which ensures high-speed data transfer rates.
- RAID levels: The Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller supports RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60, providing different levels of data protection, speed, and storage capacity.
- Cache memory: The controller has a 512MB cache memory that enhances data transfer rates.
- Battery backup unit: The controller has a battery backup unit (BBU) that ensures data protection in the event of a power outage.
Benefits of the Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller
- High-speed data transfer rates: The PCIe interface ensures high-speed data transfer rates, which improves the overall system performance.
- Data redundancy: The RAID controller provides data redundancy, which means that if one hard drive fails, the data can still be retrieved from the other hard drives.
- Data protection: The battery backup unit ensures that the data remains safe in the event of a power outage.
- Improved storage capacity: The RAID controller allows for the combination of multiple hard drives to create a single logical drive, which increases the overall storage capacity.
- Versatility: The Dell 342-3631 Perc H710 Mini-Blade 6GBPS PCI-E SAS Raid Controller supports various RAID levels, making it suitable for different enterprise-level applications.
General Information about the Dell 342-3631
- Manufacturer: Dell
- Part Number or SKU# 342-3631
- Product Type : Controller
- Product Name : Raid Controller
Technical Specifications
- Device Type: Perc H710 Mini-blade
- Pci Support : Pci-express 2.0
- Data Transfer Rate: 6GBPS Throughput Per Port
- Buffer Size: 512mb Nv
- Raid Levels : 0,1,5,6,10,50,60
- Raid Support: Hardware Raid
- Sas Connectors: 1×4 Internal
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