Overview

PERC 5/i is a PCI Express based Serial Attached SCSI RAID controller that provides enterprise class protection and performance for your Dell Precision^™ workstation. With support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50 PERC 5/i provides multiple protection options to suit a wide range of applications and non-critical data. It uses 3 Gbps SAS technology, which can deliver nearly four times the bandwidth of 320 MBps SCSI. PERC 5/i SAS connectors contain four SAS ports each for a total bandwidth of up to 12 Gbps, or 1200 MBps per connector. It also includes a powerful Intel^® IOP333 processor with XScale^® Microarchitecture, 256 MB of DDR2 memory for read and write cache. This product has been tested and validated on Dell^™ systems to ensure it will work with your computer and is compatible with Dell^™ Precision^™ WorkStation 690. It is supported by Dell^™ Technical Support when used with a Dell^™ system.

Highlights

• Powerful Intel^® IOP333 processor with XScale^® Microarchitecture

• Support for RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50

Tech Specs

Works in the following Dell servers:

PowerEdge 1950
PowerEdge 2900
PowerEdge 2950
PowerEdge 1900
PowerVault NX1950


* Check your Dell document to see if the Perc 5/i is listed as optional.