Dell Perc H730 Mini Blade Controller - 1GB NV Flash Cache - 12GB SAS Raid

Cache: 1GB NV Flash Backed

The Dell Perc H730 Mini Blade Controller comes equipped with an impressive cache feature, boasting a 1GB NV Flash Backed cache. This cache plays a crucial role in enhancing the performance and reliability of the controller, ensuring smooth and efficient data operations.

Improved Read and Write Performance

The 1GB NV Flash Backed cache significantly enhances both read and write performance. By storing frequently accessed data in the cache, the controller can quickly retrieve it when needed, reducing latency and improving overall system responsiveness. This translates to faster data transfer speeds, allowing users to complete tasks more quickly and efficiently.

In addition, the Flash Backed cache improves write performance by buffering data before it is written to the storage devices. This buffering process enables the controller to optimize the order in which data is written, reducing unnecessary disk activity and minimizing the risk of data loss or corruption.

Data Protection and Reliability

The NV Flash Backed cache provides an additional layer of data protection and reliability. In the event of a power loss or unexpected system failure, the cache ensures that any cached data is preserved by instantly transferring it from volatile memory to non-volatile flash memory. This safeguard prevents data loss or corruption, giving users peace of mind that their critical information is always protected.

Furthermore, the Flash Backed cache reduces the workload on the storage devices by temporarily storing frequently accessed data. This minimizes wear and tear on the drives, extending their lifespan and reducing the likelihood of drive failures. The improved reliability offered by this feature helps to ensure uninterrupted operation and reduces the risk of downtime or costly data recovery processes.

Efficient Data Management

The 1GB NV Flash Backed cache also enables efficient data management capabilities. With a larger cache capacity, the controller can store more data, reducing the need for frequent data retrieval from the storage devices. This improves overall system performance and efficiency, particularly in scenarios where there is a high demand for frequently accessed data.

Additionally, the cache feature supports advanced algorithms and caching techniques that intelligently analyze data access patterns. By identifying and prioritizing frequently accessed data, the controller can further optimize performance by ensuring that the most critical information is readily available in the cache.

Interface: PCI-E 3.0

The Dell Perc H730 Mini Blade Controller features a PCI-E 3.0 interface, providing users with a high-speed and reliable connection to the server or storage system. This interface offers numerous benefits, including enhanced bandwidth, improved scalability, and compatibility with modern hardware.

Increased Bandwidth

With PCI-E 3.0, the H730 Mini Blade Controller can take advantage of increased bandwidth compared to previous generations of the PCI-E interface. This higher bandwidth allows for faster data transfer rates between the controller and other components in the system, such as storage drives or host servers.

By leveraging this increased bandwidth, users can achieve higher performance levels and significantly reduce data transfer times. This is particularly beneficial in scenarios where large amounts of data need to be processed quickly, such as in database servers or high-performance computing environments.

Improved Scalability

The PCI-E 3.0 interface offers improved scalability, enabling users to easily expand their storage capacity or connect multiple controllers to a single server or storage system. This flexibility allows for future expansion and growth without requiring significant hardware upgrades or complex configurations.

Furthermore, the enhanced scalability provided by PCI-E 3.0 supports multi-controller configurations, enabling users to distribute workloads across multiple controllers for improved performance and redundancy. This redundancy ensures that if one controller fails, the system can continue to operate seamlessly, minimizing the risk of downtime or data loss.

Compatibility and Interoperability

The PCI-E 3.0 interface is widely supported by modern hardware and operating systems, ensuring compatibility and interoperability with a wide range of systems and components. This compatibility simplifies deployment and integration processes, allowing users to easily incorporate the H730 Mini Blade Controller into their existing infrastructure.

Additionally, the PCI-E 3.0 interface is backward compatible with previous generations of the PCI-E standard. This means that users can still leverage the benefits of the H730 Mini Blade Controller even if their system only supports an earlier version of the interface. The backward compatibility ensures that users can take advantage of the controller's advanced features without requiring a complete system overhaul.

Raid: 12GB SAS

The Dell Perc H730 Mini Blade Controller offers robust RAID capabilities, featuring 12GB SAS connectivity. This RAID feature provides users with enhanced data protection, improved performance, and increased storage capacity.

Data Protection and Redundancy

The 12GB SAS RAID feature allows users to configure various RAID levels, such as RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10, depending on their specific requirements. Each RAID level offers different levels of data protection and redundancy to safeguard critical information against disk failures or data corruption.

For example, RAID 1 mirrors data across multiple drives, ensuring that if one drive fails, the data can still be accessed from another drive. RAID 5 utilizes distributed parity across multiple drives to protect against single drive failures while optimizing storage capacity. These RAID levels provide peace of mind to users by minimizing the risk of data loss and ensuring continuous operation even in the event of drive failures.

Improved Performance

The 12GB SAS RAID feature also contributes to improved performance by enhancing data access and transfer speeds. By distributing data across multiple drives in a RAID configuration, the controller can read or write data from/to multiple drives simultaneously, resulting in significantly faster performance compared to a single drive configuration.

Furthermore, the RAID feature supports advanced data striping techniques, allowing the controller to split data into smaller blocks and distribute them across multiple drives. This striping technique further improves performance by enabling parallel data access across all drives, maximizing throughput and reducing latency.

Increased Storage Capacity

The RAID feature of the H730 Mini Blade Controller enables users to combine multiple drives into a single logical unit, resulting in increased storage capacity. This allows users to leverage the full capacity of their drives and create large storage volumes that can accommodate growing data requirements.

In addition, the RAID feature supports hot-swappable drives, allowing users to replace or upgrade drives without interrupting system operation. This hot-swapping capability ensures that users can easily expand their storage capacity or replace faulty drives, minimizing downtime and maintaining continuous data availability.

Data Management and Flexibility

With the 12GB SAS RAID feature, users gain greater control over their data management processes. The controller provides intuitive management tools and interfaces that allow users to monitor and configure RAID settings according to their specific needs.

Moreover, the RAID feature offers flexibility in terms of configuring different RAID levels for different portions of the storage system. This flexibility allows users to optimize their storage resources based on the criticality and performance requirements of different data sets, providing a tailored solution for their unique workloads.