Maximum Performance and Flexibility
Data center, IT and general consumer server and workstation environments havea broad range of requirements—from basic connectivity to extreme data storagecapabilities. The SmartRAID 3100E 12 Gbps PCIe Gen 3 SAS/SATA RAID adaptersdeliver an entry-level solution with the robustness and performance of hardwareRAID and the industry leading power of the SmartRAID 3100 series. This solutionprovides significant performance acceleration over other entry-level adapter cardsolutions through a built-in 1 or 2 GB DRAM cache , thus delivering a performanthardware RAID solution for cost-sensitive platforms that don’t require the full capabilities of our full-featured SmartRAID adapters. The SmartRAID 3100E supportsthe following RAID levels: RAID 0, 1, 1 ADM, 10, and 10 ADM. Both models meetthe requirements of industrial PC workstations or entry-level servers. The 3101E-4iand the 3102E-8i, with four or eight, internal SAS/SATA ports respectively, support amaximum of four and eight directly connected devices respectively1.
