Intel SRCSAS18E User Manual

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Table 5 shows the RAID Controller SRCSAS18E array performance features.

Table 6 shows the RAID Controller SRCSAS18E fault tolerance features.

PCI Express* Host 

Data Transfer Rate

2.5 Gigabit/s per lane

Drive Data Burst Rate 3 Gigabit/s per port or 300 MB/s

Maximum 

Scatter/Gathers

26 elements

Maximum Size of I/O 

Requests

6.4 Mbytes in 64 Kbyte stripes

Maximum Queue 

Tags per Drive

As many as the drive can accept

Stripe Sizes

8, 16, 32, 64, or 128 Kbyte

Maximum Number 

of Concurrent 

Commands

255

Support for Multiple 

Initiators

Yes

Support for SMART

1

1. The Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) detects up to 70 percent of 

all predictable disk drive failures. In addition, SMART monitors the internal performance of all 

motors, heads, and drive electronics.

Yes.

Optional Battery 

Backup for Cache 

Memory

Intel

®

 RAID Portable Cache Module 2 battery backup. 4.8V/880mAH 

battery pack. Up to 72 hours of data retention for 256 MB.

Drive Failure Detection

Automatic

Drive Rebuild Using 

Hot Spares

Automatic

Parity Generation and 

Checking

Yes