Chapter 4. IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4 compute node 81 Supports RAID 0, 1, 1E, and 10 SAS and SATA drives are supported, but the mixing of SAS and SATA in thesame integrated volume is not supported Supports up to two integrated volumes Supports up to two global hot-spare drives Supports drive sizes greater than 2 TB for RAID 0, 1E, and 10 (not RAID 1) Fixed stripe size of 64 KBFor more information, see the list of IBM Redbooks Product Guides in the RAIDadapters category at this website:http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/portals/systemx?Open&page=pg&cat=raidServeRAID M1115 controllerThe ServeRAID M1115 SAS/SATA Controller is a part of the IBM ServeRAID MSeries family that offers a complete server storage solution, which consists ofRAID controllers, cache/flash modules, energy packs, and software featureupgrades in an ultra-flexible offerings structure. M1115 also offers a low-costRAID 0/1/10.The IBM ServeRAID M1115 adapter has the following specifications: PCI Low Profile, half-length - MD2 form factor A total of 8 internal 6 Gbps SAS/SATA ports 6 Gbps throughput per port 533 MHz IBM PowerPC® processor with LSI SAS2008 6 Gbps RAID on Chip(ROC) controller PCI Express 2.0 x8 host interface Support for RAID levels 0, 1, and 10 standard Supports RAID levels 5 and 50 with optional M1100 Series RAID 5 upgrade,81Y4542 Support for SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs Support for up to 16 virtual drives, up to 16 drive groups, up to 16 virtualdrives per one drive group, and up to 16 physical drives per one drive group Support for virtual drive sizes up to 64 TB Configurable stripe size up to 64 KB Compliant with Disk Data Format (DDF) configuration on disk (COD)