The ThinkSystem RAID 9350 Series internal RAID adapters have the following specifications:

PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
Two (8i adapter) or four (16i adapter) SFF-8643 4X internal ports
12 Gbps SAS/SATA RAID controllers, based on the Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i and SmartRAID 3154-16i
2GB (8i) or 4GB (16i) of integrated flash-backed cache
Connectivity for up to 8 (8i) or 16 (16i) internal SAS or SATA drives
Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs. Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same array is not supported. Mixing of HDDs and SSDs in the same array is not supported.
Support for intermixing of 12 Gbps and 6 Gbps drives.
Support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6 and 60 standard
Support for JBOD (non-RAID, called “raw” or “HBA mode” in Adaptec parlance) drive state
Support for up to 64 virtual disks, up to 128 arrays, up to 16 virtual disks per array
Support for logical drive sizes greater than 2 TB.
Configurable stripe size from 16 KB up to 1 MB
Supports 512e, 512n and 4K sector formatted drives
RAID ADM through triple mirroring, move array, and split mirroring
Quick initialization
Online capacity expansion
Copyback hot spare
Dynamic caching algorithm
Native command queuing (NCQ)
Background initialization
Hot-plug drive support
RAID level migration
Hot spares—global, dedicated, and pooled
Automatic/manual rebuild of hot spares
S.M.A.R.T. support
Dynamic sector repair
Staggered drive spin-up
Bootable array support
Smart PQI driver with multiple queue and MSI-X support for all device drivers for all supported operating systems
Secure boot support
Supercap life expectancy / service life: 5 years at 55°C
Supercap shelf life: 2 years at 35°C



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