Compare Fibre channel-to-SATA RAIDs

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Fibre to SATA RAID Subsystem Comparison

Model	IQ-A424F-D4448	IQ-A424F-S448	IQ-A316F-D4862	IQ-A316F-S4860	IQ-A316F-S4844	IQ-A212F-S4844	IQ-A208F-S4844
Form Factor	4U/24-bay	4U/24-bay	3U/16-bay	3U/16-bay	3U/16-bay	2U/12-bay	2U/8-bay
Type	RAID	RAID	RAID	RAID	RAID	RAID	RAID
Controller	Redundant	Single	Redundant	Single	Single	Single	Single
Controller Hot-Swappable	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
Cache per controller	Up to 2GB DDR	Up to 2GB DDR	Up to 2GB DDR	Up to 2GB DDR	Up to 2GB DDR	Up to 2GB DDR	Up to 2GB DDR
No. of Host Channels	4 x 2G FC	2 x 2G FC	4 x 4G FC	2 x 4G FC	2 x 4G FC	2 x 4G FC	2 x 4G FC
Host Interface (port)	8 x 2G FC	8 x 2G FC	8 x 4G FC	2 x FC- 4G	2 x FC- 4G	2 x FC- 4G	2 x FC- 4G
Separate I/O board	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Disk Interface	SATA-II (3Gbps)	SATA-II (3Gbps)	SATA-II (3Gbps)	SATA-II (3Gbps)	SATA-II (3Gbps)	SATA-II (3Gbps)	SATA-II (3Gbps)
Expansion Port	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Disk # Supported	Up to 24	Up to 24	Up to 16	Up to 16	Up to 16	Up to 12	Up to 8
RAID Level	0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50 ,60	0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60	0,1(0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60	0,1(0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60	0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60	0, 1(0+1), 3, 5, 10, 30, 50	0, 1(0+1), 3, 5, 10, 30, 50
IOPS	87K	46k	116K	52K	47K	53K	53K
Battery Backup	Yes	Option	Yes	Option	Option	Option	Option
Hot Swap Cooling Modules	2	2	2	2	2	3	2
PSUs	3 x 405W (N+1 redundant), Max output 810W	3 x 405W (N+1 redundant), Max output 810W	2 x 530W (1+1 redundnat), Max Output 530W	2 x 530W (1+1 redundnat), Max Output 530W	2 x 460W (1+1 redundnat), Max Output 460W	2 x 350W (1+1 redundant). Max output 350W	2 x 350W (1+1 redundant). Max output 350W
LCD Panel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes