The Dell™PowerEdge™ Expandable RAID Controller 3 (PERC 3/DC) Dual Channel PCI RAID controller is a high performance intelligent Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-to-Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) host adapter with RAID control capabilities.The PERC 3/DC provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management. PERC 3/DC is an ideal Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) solution for the internal storage of Dell's workgroup, departmental, and enterprise systems. PERC 3/DC offers a cost-effective way to implement RAID in a workstation.

The PERC 3/DC PCI RAID controller adapter card provides two SCSI channels. Using LVD, you can use cables up to 25 meters long. Throughput on each SCSI channel can be as high as 160 MB/s. PERC 3/DC supports 160M SCSI, including low voltage differential SCSI.

The 64-bit PERC 3/DC is a high performance, intelligent PCI-to-SCSI host adapter with RAID control capabilities. The PERC 3/DC card includes an Intel i960RN processor. PERC 3/DC provides reliability, high performance, and fault-tolerant disk subsystem management.