HighPoint RocketRAID 2721 4-Port Internal / 4 Port External SAS 6Gb/s PCIe 2.0 x8 RAID HBA

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Product Description The industry's lowest cost, entry-level SAS 6Gb/s RAID 5 controller series, with unbeatable class-leading RAID 5 performance; HighPoint's RocketRAID 271x/2772x series provides robust RAID support that seamlessly enhances storage performance and increases storage reliability. Administrators can configure SAS and SSD drives for performance oriented applications, and SATA drives for cost-effective mass storage capacity. From the Manufacturer HighPoint RocketRAID 2721 � SAS 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 x8 RAID HBA The RocketRAID 2721 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. 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 offer. COMPREHENSIVE OS SUPPORT 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, and FreeBSD. Host Adapter Architecture PCI-Express x8 (Gen2) Support up to 8 SAS/SATA drives 1 External/1 Internal Mini-SAS Connectors (SFF-8088/SFF-8087) Hot Swap and hot plug Low Profile RoHS complaint Advanced RAID Features Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 ,50 and JBOD NCQ (Native Command Queuing) Auto detect of unplug/plug SAS/SATA hard drive for RAID auto rebuild Staggered drive spin up Support bad sector repair feature Support Disk Scrubbing BIOS Booting (INT13) to RAID array for better redundancy 64bit LBA for RAID arrays greater than 2TB single partition S.M.A.R.T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliability Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators Hard Drive LED Indicators (Activity and Failed) (except RocketRAID 2722) SMTP email notification for events and error reporting Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive/array failure SAF-TE (I2C) and SGPIO enclosure management RAID Management Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) for Windows/Linux/FreeBSD Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access API library for customization CLI (Command Line Interface) Web GUI RAID management (local and remote monitoring) Online array roaming SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T) Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators SMTP for email notification Alarm/ Buzzer alerts for drive failure SHI � Storage Health Inspector (S.M.A.R.T. and disk maintenance) HighPoint RAID Management (HRM) Hot key (ctrl-h) boot-up RAID manager via BIOS Web browser-base RAID management software (Web GUI) Command Line Interface (CLI) Operating System Support Windows XP, 2003, Windows Vista, Windows 2008, Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit versions) Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise / CentOS, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu) FreeBSD Kit Contents RocketRAID 2721 Host Adapter Quick Installation Guide Software CD One internal mini-SAS to internal mini-SAS cable (Int-MS-1MMS) HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 6Gb/s SAS HBA Series

• 6Gb/s (600MB/s) data transfer rate • Major OS support includes Windows, Linux, Free BSD and Mac OS X 10.7x Lion (only for RocketRAID 2722 and 2744) • PCI-Express 2.0 x8 • 1 External /1 Internal Mini-SAS ports • RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD • Low Profile • Certified Cable: HighPoint External Mini-SAS to 4x eSATA (HighPoint Ext-MS-1MEJ) • Certified Cable: HighPoint External Mini-SAS to External Mini-SAS Cable (HighPoint Ext-MS-1MMS)