- Auto-resume on array rebuild or array reconstruction after loss of system power
- Online Capacity Expansion
- Online RAID Level Migration
- Fast initialization for quick array setup
- Consistency check for background data integrity
- Extensive online configuration options and advanced monitoring and event notification
- Patrol read for media scanning and repairing
- Global and dedicated hot spare with revertible hot spare support
- Single controller multipathing (failover) I/O load balancing
- WebBIOS configuration utility for pre-boot array configuration and management
The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA controller is a 6Gb SAS RAID controller with two external connectors to connect to SAS expansion enclosures. The adapter is a part of the ServeRAID M5100 series family, which offers a complete server storage solution consisting of RAID controllers, cache/flash modules, energy packs, and software feature upgrades in an ultra-flexible offerings structure. This product is optimized to deliver performance demanded by the ever-growing I/O requirements. The M5120 comes as a small form factor PCIe adapter, and it shares a common set of ServeRAID M5100 series upgrades available for the entire family, simplifying inventory management.
The ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATA controller is optimized for high-performance external data storage with integration of dual-core chip architecture, DDR3 1333 MHz cache memory, and PCIe 3.0 host interface. A portfolio of building blocks allows clients to design around a bottoms-up approach and caters to a wide array of storage requirements.