Highpoint Rocket RAID 2320 PCI-Express

The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 PCI Express to SATA II RAID Controller is the next generation for high performance computing solutions utilizing the latest interconnect technology PCI-Express. The RocketRAID 2320 is set to give much faster and improved I/O and supports features that are critical for high performance computing, high end workstation and enterprise storage server environments.

PCI Express delivers data transfer in both directions simultaneously with its serial data transfer system and brings with it higher clock speeds.


Each expansion slot in PCI Express can have several channels which gives plenty of room for expansion. Thereis also the same data rate in both directions providing the performance and scalability for the next decade.

The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 Controller offers 8 internal ports that combine high-performance storage connectivity of Serial ATA with HighPoint's advanced RAID features, including, Online Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM) and HighPoint's RAID Management software.

The RocketRAID 2320 supports advanced RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD for maximum configuration flexibility. HighPoint offers the broadest range of support for all major operating systems to ensure OS and hardware server compatibility.

Drivers are available for all major operating systems, including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and Mac. Open source is also provided for Linux and FreeBSD.

Features

• 3Gb/s (300MB/s) transfer rate
• NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
• Staggered drive spin-up support
• Hot swap and hot spare
• Bad Sector Reallocation and Remapping
• Write-through and write-back cache support
• Quick and Background initialization for quick RAID configuration
• Online array roaming
• 64bit LBA for over 2TB support
• Automatic RAID rebuild of failed drive
• S.M.A.R.T drive monitoring for status and reliability
• Browser-based RAID management software
• SMTP for email notification
• RoHS Compliant

Rocket RAID 2320