Intel RAID Performance 12Gb/s SAS RAID Controllers

Intel®RAIDPerformance12Gb/sSASRAIDControllersWhitePaper
3 12Gb/s SAS Intel RAID: Best-in-Class Storage Portfolio
 TheIntel12Gb/sSAScontrollerportfolioprovideschannelpartnerswithbest-in-classstoragesolution
 options.Intelenableschannelpartnerstostayaheadoftoday’stechnologybyoeringcontrollersperfectly
 suitedfordatabase,email,andWebserverenvironmentswhereperformanceandsecuritydirectlyaect
success.
 TheIntel12Gb/sSASmainstreamproductfamilyusesanLSISAS3108ROCprocessor(1.2GHz)toprovide
the following features:
• Four-(RS3DC040)or8-(RS3DC080)internalports
• SFF-8643internalconnectors
• RAID0,1,5,6,10,50,60support
• x8PCIExpress3.0(8GT/sperlane)support
• 1-GBDDR3at1866MHzsupport
• SAS and SATA drive type support
• Lowproleboard
4 Summary
 WhenarchitectingaRAIDsolution,givecarefulconsiderationtounderstandingthecharacteristics,data
 availability,storagearchitecture,andanyapplicationsforwhichthestoragecontrollerwillbedeployed.
 TheIntel12Gb/sSASRAIDcontrollersprovideoptimumperformanceinmanydierentenvironments. 
 FeaturessuchasintelligentwritebackRAIDcache,adaptivereadahead,variousstripesizesupport,
 multi-levelRAIDarchitectures,dedicatedandglobalhotsparesupport,andSSDcachingallowIT
 professionalstocustomizetheirstorageenvironmenttoensurethehighestperformanceanddata 
availability.
 InteloersawiderangeofRAIDproductstoarchitectahighlyoptimizedandscalablesolutionspecically
 foryourenvironment.Byusingadvancedtechnology,world-classfeatures,andaSASdesignthatallowsfor
 SAS,SATAandSSDdrives,IntelRAIDallowsyoutobalanceperformance,reliability,andcostrequirements.
5 HardwareCongurationsTested
 IntelServerBoardS2600WTT
• 2xIntelXeon®E5-2695v2CPUsat2.3GHz
• 64-GBDDR3-1600Memory
• x8Generation3.1PCIeslot
Intel RAID Controller RMS3CC080
• Firmware version 4.230.20-3423
• Driverversion6.600.21.08
• 1-GBRAIDcache
Drive Enclosures
• 2xSerialCablesSA-ENC12G-01A+1xSerialCablesSA-ENC12G-024AwiththeLSISAS3x48C1 
 expander(rmwareversion0.05.00.00)