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Table 2. SATA specifications for PERC S150 (continued)

Specification PERC S150

Communication with the system Integrated

Software-based RAID for SATA drives

Windows RAID: Volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10

Linux RAID: RAID 1

NOTE: After the operating system is installed on a RAID 1 disk, you can create non-boot virtual disks of any RAID level

supported by the installed Linux operating system using native Linux RAID utilities.

Pass-through SSD support Yes

Table 3. NVMe specifications for PERC S150

Specification PERC S150

Maximum number of namespaces supported 1

NOTE: If the drive having more than one namespaces is connected, the drive is marked offline and is inaccessible.

NVMe connectors PCIe/slimline

NOTE: Only Dell-compliant NVMe PCIe SSD 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF), or NVMe PCIe SSD adapter cards are

supported.

Dell-compliant NVMe compatibility Yes

Communication with end devices PCIe

Software-based RAID for NVMe PCIe SSDs

Windows RAID: Volume, RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10

Linux RAID: RAID 1

NOTE: After the operating system is installed on a RAID 1 disk, you can create non-boot virtual disks of any RAID level

supported by the installed Linux operating system using native Linux RAID utilities.

Pass-through NVMe PCIe SSD support Yes

The following table provides PERC S150 virtual disk specifications:

Table 4. Virtual disk specifications for PERC S150 with SATA configuration

Specification PERC S150

Maximum number of physical disks supported 8

Maximum number of virtual disks supported 30

NOTE: The maximum number of virtual disks may exceed 30 when physical disks are migrated from any other

configuration or a disk in Ready state is converted to a non-RAID disk.

Maximum number of virtual disks supported from a single

disk group

NOTE: PERC S150 does not restrict the creation of 8 virtual disks per disk group. It allows you to create upto 30 virtual

disks.

Minimum virtual disk size 102 MB

Maximum number of physical disks per virtual disk 8

Maximum number of virtual disks per physical disk 8

Maximum number of physical disks in a volume 1

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 0 8

Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 1 2

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