Specifications |
PERC 4/SC |
PERC 4/DC |
PERC 4e/DC |
RAID levels |
0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 |
0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 |
0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 |
SCSI channels |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Array interface to host |
PCI Rev 2.2 |
PCI Rev 2.2 |
PCI Express Rev. 1.0a |
Storage interface |
SCSI U320 |
SCSI U320 |
SCSI U320 |
Cache memory size |
64 MB SDRAM |
128 MB SDRAM |
128 MB DDR SDRAM |
Cache function |
Write-back, write-through, adaptive read-ahead, non read-ahead, read-ahead |
Write-back, write-through, adaptive read-ahead, non read-ahead, read-ahead |
Write-back, write-through, adaptive read-ahead, non read-ahead, read-ahead |
Cache battery backup |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Number of logical drives and arrays supported |
Up to 40 logical drives and 32 arrays per controller |
Up to 40 logical drives and 32 arrays per controller |
Up to 40 logical drives and 32 arrays per controller |
Maximum logical drive size supported |
2 TB for all RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 10, and 50) |
2 TB for all RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 10, and 50) |
2 TB for all RAID levels (0, 1, 5, 10, and 50) |
Online capacity expansion |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hot spares |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Flashable firmware |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Hot swap devices supported1 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Non-disk devices supported
NOTE: PERC 4 does not support any non-disk devices except backplanes. |
Only SAF-TE2
and SES3 |
Only SAF-TE
and SES |
Only SAF-TE
and SES |
Mixed capacity hard drives |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Number of 16-bit internal connectors |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Number of 16-bit external connectors |
1 |
2 |
2 |
Cluster support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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