RocketRAID Product Guide - HighPoint Tech

1 RocketRAID Product Guide2 Ports 4 Ports 8 Ports 12 Ports Your Complete SAS and SATA raid hba H i g h P o i n t T e c h n o l o g i e s , I n c . 16 Ports 24 Ports HighPoint TerabyteArchitecture Te c h n o l o g i e s , I n c . Table of Contents Company OverviewRocketRAID 4300 Enterprise SAS SeriesRocketRAID 3500 Enterprise SATA SeriesRocketRAID 2600 Value SATA/SAS SeriesBattery BackUp UnitPage 1 Page 18 Page 21 Page 24 Page 25 Page 12 RocketRAID and Rocket 620 SATA 6Gb/s SeriesPage 15 RocketRAID 2700 SAS/SATA 6Gb/s SeriesPage 9 RocketHybrid 122x SeriesPage 3 RocketRAID 2760/274x SAS/SATA 6Gb/s SeriesPage 6 HighPoint Cable MatrixCompany Introduction and Background Milestone and Customers HighPoint RAID IP(Intellectual Property) HighPoint provides a full spectrum of raid hba solutions for wide scale storage applications. We are long recognized as an innovator of raid hba technology.

2 For over 13 years we have continuously developed cutting edge RAID technologies for the industry s ever-changing storage requirements. HighPoint has a successful track record of delivering products to fortune 500 companies and global storage providers. Today, HighPoint has regional sales offices and world-wide distribution networks to better serve customers locally. Some of HighPoint s major achievements included delivering the industry s first embedded IC chipset for parallel ATA (HPT366) to motherboard manufacturers and delivering RAID solutions to Fortune 500 companies (Google, Adaptec, SunMicro, Maxtor, Hitachi, San Disk, HP, Lenovo, Great Wall and Dawning) for applications including media capture, video surveillance, medical imaging, database, file server and web servers. Our Products are complete RAID solutions; combining a wide range of rich HBA features, HighPoint RAID IP, comprehensive OS support, and a universal RAID Management Suite Comprehensive Bus and Port Selection Comprehensive bus types and port count design are needed for versatile storage hardware platforms from legacy PCI to latest PCI-Express slot type.

3 A wide selection of port count design meets a diversified class of storage scaled for internal and / or external connectivity. 1 Te c h n o l o g i e s , I n c . HighPoint RAID IP (Intellectual Property) Suite Comprehensive OS Support Universal RAID Management Suite HighPoint TerabyteArchitecture is a robust RAID technology suite designed to achieve highly sustained performance and advance data protection to achieve business continuity. TerabyteStream An intelligent algorithm delivering maximum sustained performance by dynamically detecting I/O streams leveraging a powerful I/O processor with onboard cache. TerabyteGuard A selection of security features designed to maintain RAID integrity via routine inspection of storage hardware for defects induced by wear and tear. TerabyteSaver Maximizes the rate of data recovery and prevents data loss in the event of unexpected failures; ensuring data availability and business continuity.

4 Comprehensive operating system support includes all major software releases. A unified driver model for the RocketRAID 3500 and 4300 hardware RAID series includes native Linux support from kernel and FreeBSD and above. All RocketRAID series controllers are delivered with (Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X support.) Three options are offered, each with it s own centralized interface: Web GUI (a web based graphical interface), CLI (command line interface), and the Firmware/BIOS Utility (pre-OS RAID Management) and the independent RAID module onboard. 2 Te c h n o l o g i e s , I n c . HighPoint RocketHybrid Hybrid DrivesHighPoint s RocketHybrid HBA's combine the superior performance of an SSD, with the cost-effective, high-capacity value of a SATA HDD, into a single storage device know as a Hybrid Drive. Hybrid Drives are optimized for high-performance computing, and deliver 80% of the SSD s performance boost, with 100% of the HDD s capacity.

5 The Smart Hybrid Storage Solution provides the perfect blend of performance and capacity, without sacrificing affordability; satisfying the needs of gamers, digital image editors and their power-hungry RocketHybrid Hybrid Drives3 122x PCI SATAPCI-Eepress x1 PCI-Eepress x1 RocketHybrid 12202 PortRocketHybrid 12222 PorteSATAP roduct Summary 5 RocketHybrid 122x Series (2 Port) Model RocketHybrid x1 Marvell 88SE91302 SATA DevicesSATALow L x WRocketHybrid x1 Marvell 88SE91302 SATA DeviceseSATALow L x WPCI-Express Bus LanesSATA 6Gb/s ControllerSATA InterfacePort / Connector TypeForm FactorBoard 2760/274x Switch Architecture SeriesThe RocketRAID 2760/274x host adapter is a high-performance SAS RAID solution, delivering reliability to demanding data-intensive applications such as tiered storage environments (disk-to-disk or disk-to-disk-to-tape backup), security and surveillance, video editing, and digital content creation.

6 Support for both 6Gb/s SAS and SATA drives on the same controller maintains configuration optimization for performance based on the characteristics of SAS and SATA drives available today. HighPoint RAID Management HighPoint RAID Management software offers a user friendly interface to create, manage and maintain your storage solutions. Email notification and remote are some of the advance features that the RAID Management software has to 2760/274x Switch Architecture 2760/274x Switch Architecture SFF-8087 SFF-8088 SFF-808724 Internal PortRocketRAID 276016 Internal PortRocketRAID 274016 External PortRocketRAID 2744 PCI-Express x16 PCI-Express x8 PCI-Express Summary8 RocketRAID 2760/274x Series (24, 16 Port)Model RocketRAID x16 Marvell 88SE9485 SAS 6Gb/sInternal 24 SAS/SATA DevicesInternal Mini-SAS(SFF-8087)External Mini-SAS(SFF-8088)Internal Mini-SAS(SFF-8087)

7 Full HeightYesYesRocketRAID x16 SAS 6Gb/sExternal 16 SAS/SATA DevicesFull HeightYesYesRocketRAID x16 SAS 6Gb/sInternal 16 SAS/SATA DevicesLow ProfileYesYesYesYesYesPCI-Express Bus Lanes SAS/SATA 6Gb/s RAID ControllerSAS/SATA InterfacePort CountConnector TypeRAID LevelsForm FactorAlarm/BuzzerActivity/Failure "L X " L x "L X "WSAF-TE ConnectorBoard 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and RocketRAID 2700 Series PCI-Express RocketRAID 2710/272x host adapters are high-performance SAS RAID solutions, delivering reliability to demanding data-intensive applications such as tiered storage environments (disk-to-disk or disk-to-disk-to-tape backup), security and surveillance, video editing, and digital content creation. Support for both 6Gb/s SAS and SATA drives on the same controller maintains configuration optimization for performance based on the characteristics of SAS and SATA drives available today.

8 HighPoint RAID Management HighPoint RAID Management software offers a user friendly interface to create, manage and maintain your storage solutions. Email notification and remote are some of the advance features that the RAID Management software has to RocketRAID 2700 Series PCI-Express 2710, 2720, 2721, 2722 HOST RocketRAID 2700 Series PCI-Express SFF-80874 Internal PortRocketRAID 27104 Internal & 4 External PortRocketRAID 27218 External PortRocketRAID 27228 Internal PortRocketRAID 2720 PCI-Express x8 PCI-Express x8 PCI-Express x8 PCI-Express Summary11 HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 Series PCI-Express (8, 4 Port)Model RocketRAID x8 Marvell 88SE9485 SAS/SATA 6Gb/sInternal 4 DevicesInternal Mini-SAS(SFF-8087)Internal Mini-SAS (SFF-8087)External Mini-SAS (SFF-8088)External/Internal Mini-SASLow ProfileYesYesRocketRAID x8 SAS/SATA 6Gb/sInternal 8 DevicesLow ProfileYesYesRocketRAID x8 SAS/SATA 6Gb/sExternal 4 / Internal 4 DevicesLow ProfileYesYesYesYesYesPCI-Express Bus Lanes SAS/SATA 6Gb/s RAID ControllerSAS/SATA InterfacePort CountConnector TypeRAID LevelsForm FactorAlarm/BuzzerActivity/Failure L x L x L x WRocketRAID x8 SAS/SATA 6Gb/sExternal 8 DevicesLow L x WSAF-TE ConnectorBoard 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and RocketRAID and Rocket 620 SATA 6Gb/s RAID and Non RAID Series Host Adapter Series SATA Revision , provides dramatically improves performance by doubling the bandwidth available for storage devices to 600MB/s.

9 The RocketRAID 600 Series are the premier SATA RAID host adapters for connecting internal or external SATA devices. The RocketRAID 600 series are designed to optimize storage performance and redundancy with RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD. Storage connected directly to the RocketRAID 600. The Rocket 600 series are the industry s first SATA 6Gb/s host adapter based on PCI-Express technology. The Rocket 600 series delivers the next generation of SATA performance with robust SATA connectivity. The Rocket 600 series are the internal and external low-cost SATA 6Gb/s host adapters. They are fully industry standard AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) compliant and deliver Out-of-Box Ready installation for numerous operating systems. The Rocket 600 series are backward compatible to PCI-Express technology and SATA 3Gb/s and devices. They use the same cable and connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration RocketRAID 620 Series Rocket 620 Series PCI RocketRAID and Rocket 620 SATA 6Gb/s RAID and Non RAID Series Host Adapter Series SATA PCI-E Gen x1 Rocket 620 2 Port SATA PCI-E Gen x1 RocketRAID 620 2 Port eSATA PCI-E Gen x1 eSATA PCI-E Gen x1 Rocket 622 2 Port RocketRAID 622 2 Port PCI Product Summary 14 RocketRAID 62x Series (2 Port) Model RocketRAID 620 Full Height SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s and SATA 0,1,5,10 and JBOD Form Factor Device Interface Connector Types RAID Levels Retail Box Dimension UPC PCI-Express x1 643653620029 RocketRAID 622 Full Height SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s and eSATA 0,1,5,10 and JBOD PCI-Express x1 643653622023 Rocket 62x Series (2 Port)

10 Model Rocket 620 Low Profile SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s and SATA Form Factor Device Interface Connector Types Bus Types UPC PCI-Express x1 643653620029 Rocket 622 Low Profile SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s and eSATA PCI-Express x1 643653622023 PCI RocketRAID 4300 Enterprise SAS Series SAS 15K-RPM hard drives are ideal for mission-critical server and storage solutions, where system availability and reliability are of utmost importance. SAS hard drives offer unrivaled performance, reliability and innovation for enterprise applications. SAS hard drives set the standard for e-business and real-time commerce infrastructure computing. SAS provides the highest sequential and IOPS performance for Enterprise Mission Critical storage offering lasting value ensuring systems can keep up with growing performance needs over a longer period of time. SAS can scale to 128 devices in a single domain.