Feature Comparison of Different Intel RAID and Storage Products
Content Type: Product Comparison | Article ID: 000056660 | Last Reviewed: 02/18/2025
| Features | Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC NVMe) | Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC SATA)1 | Intel® Embedded Server RAID Technology 2 (ESRT2) | Full featured (MegaRAID) Intel® RAID Controller | Entry-level (iMegaRAID) Intel® RAID Controller | Entry-level (IntegratedRAID) Intel® RAID Controller | Intel® Storage (Initiator-Target) Controller |
| Type of RAID | Embedded | Embedded | Embedded | Hardware | Hardware | Hardware | Storage only |
| RAID Level | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 10 | 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 | 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 | 0, 1, 10, 1E | JBOD (Passthrough) |
| Drive Types | NVMe* | SATA | SATA | NVMe2/SATA/SAS | NVMe2/SATA/SAS | SATA/SAS | NVMe2/SATA/SAS |
| Maximum Physical NVMe Drives (up to)3 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 4 | 4 | N/A | 4 |
| Maximum Physical SAS/SATA Drives (up to)3 | N/A | 32 | 8 | 240 | 63 | 1024 (Non-RAID) /14 (RAID) | 1024 |
| Maximum Virtual Drives3 | 24 | 4 | 8 | 240 | 32 | 2 | N/A |
| Hot Spare Support | Global only | Global only | Global only | Global or dedicated | Global only | Global only | N/A |
| Support user defined strip size | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | N/A |
| Online Capacity Expansion | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | RAID 1 only | N/A |
| Backup unit Support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Self Encrypting Drive Support | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Current Products | Intel® Server Boards/Systems: M50CYP Family D50TNP Family S2600WF Family S2600ST Family S2600BP Family Feature key to enable Intel VROC: | Intel® Server Boards/Systems: M50CYP Family D50TNP Family S2600WF Family S2600ST Family S2600BP Family M10JNP Family M20MYP Family | Intel® Server Boards/Systems: S2600WF Family S2600ST Family S2600BP Family M20MYP Family Feature key to enable RAID 5: | Mezzanine Modules: RMSP3AD160F RMSP3CD080F RMS3AC160 RMS3CC080 RMS3CC040 PCIe* AIC: | Mezzanine Modules: RMSP3HD080E RMS3HC080 PCIe AIC:
| Mezzanine Modules: RMS3JC080 PCIe AIC: | Mezzanine Modules: RMSP3JD160J RMS3VC160 PCIe AIC: |
1 Formerly known as Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Intel® RSTe).
2 Supported on Trimode generation (RMSP3/RSP3) controllers with internal ports.
3 Value may be different between different product generations, refer to the user guides for details.