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PowerEdge R210 Technical Guide 12
Table 2. Comparison Overview PERC S100 and S300
Feature/Spec S100 S300
Interface 3Gb SATA
(SATA II)
3Gb SAS/SATA
(SAS 1.1)
I/O Controller Intel
®
ICH10R Dell 3Gb/s SAS Adapter
(2 internal connectors with x4
SAS ports)
System
Communication
Integrated PCIe Lanes
Cache Memory N/A N/A
Battery-backed cache No No
Max Number of
Physical Drives
4 8
HDD Support SATA
(Cabled)
SAS & SATA
(Cabled or hot plug)
SSD Support SATA
(Cabled)
Not Supported
SED Support Not Supported Not Supported
RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 10 0, 1, 5, 10
Non-RAID Volumes Yes Yes
Max Number of
Virtual Disks per
Controller
8 8
Global Hotspare
Support
Yes Yes
Operating System
Support
(Windows Server
Only)
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 R2 SP2, 32/64-bit,
Standard & Enterprise
Editions*
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003 R2 SP2 32-bit Web
Edition
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2008 SP2, 32/64-bit, Standard
& Enterprise Editions
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2008 R2, 64-bit, Web,
Standard, and Enterprise
Editions
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003
R2 SP2, 32/64-bit, Standard &
Enterprise Editions*
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2003
R2 SP2 32-bit Web Edition
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2008
SP2, 32/64-bit, Standard &
Enterprise Editions
Microsoft
®
Windows Server
®
2008
R2, 64-bit, Web, Standard, and
Enterprise Editions
Virtualization
Support
Not Supported Not Supported
Storage Management OpenManage™ 6.2 or later OpenManage 6.2™ or later
Note: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 is supported with Service Pack 2. For the most