A Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller, or Dell PERC, is a series of
RAID
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Attack
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,
disk array controller
A disk array controller is a device that manages the physical disk drives and presents them to the computer as logical units. It almost always implements hardware RAID, thus it is sometimes referred to as RAID controller. It also often provides ...
s made by
Dell for its
PowerEdge
The PowerEdge (PE) line is Dell's Server (computing), server computer product line.
Most PowerEdge servers use the x86 architecture. The early exceptions to this, the PowerEdge 3250, PowerEdge 7150, and PowerEdge 7250, used Intel's Itanium pro ...
server computers.
The controllers support
SAS and
SATA
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hard disk drive
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s (HDDs) and
solid-state drive
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data persistently, typically using flash memory, and functioning as secondary storage in the hierarchy of computer storage. It is a ...
s (SSDs).
PERC versions
Series 5 family
These are compatible with 9th and 10th Generation
Dell PowerEdge servers.
*PERC 5/E – external
*PERC 5/I – internal – integrated or adapter
Series 6 family
These are compatible with 10th and 11th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers.
*PERC S100 – software based
*PERC 6/E – external – adapter
*PERC 6/I – internal – modular or adapter
Series 7 family
These are compatible with 10th and 11th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers.
*PERC S300 – software based
*PERC H200 – internal – integrated/adapter or modular
*PERC H700 – internal – integrated/adapter or modular
*PERC H800 – external – adapter
Series 8 family
These are compatible with 12th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers.
*PERC S110 – software based
*PERC H310 – adapter or mini mono or mini blade
*PERC H710 – internal – adapter or mini mono or mini blade
*PERC H710p – internal – adapter or mini mono or mini blade
*PERC H810 – external
Series 9 family
These are compatible with 13th Generation Dell PowerEdge servers.
*PERC S130 – software based
*PERC H330 – internal - Adapter- Tower Servers , Mini-Mono- Rack Servers - No battery backup unit (BBU)
*PERC H730 – internal - Adapter– Tower Servers and Secondary Controllers, Mini-Mono- Rack Servers
*PERC H730p – internal
*PERC H830 – external
Note: All PERC 9 series cards support RAID 6 except for the PERC H330.
Series 10 family
These are compatible with 14th and 15th Generation Dell PowerEdge Servers.
*PERC H840
*PERC H345
*PERC H740p
*PERC H745
*PERC H745p MX
Series 11 family
*PERC H755
*PERC H755N - NVMe
See also
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Dell DRAC
The Dell Remote Access Controller, or DRAC, is an out-of-band management platform on certain Dell servers. The platform may be provided on a separate expansion card, or integrated into the main board; when integrated, the platform is referred to ...
*
Intel Rapid Storage Technology
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) is a driver SATA AHCI and a firmware-based RAID solution built into a wide range of Intel chipsets.
Currently also is installed as a driver for Intel Optane temporary storage units.
It contains two oper ...
*
List of Dell PowerEdge Servers
References
External links
*{{Official website, www.dell.com/PERC
Dell products
Computer storage devices