HighPoint RocketRAID 2744 16-Port PCI-Express 2.0 x16 SAS/SATA RAID Controller

Product Description

From the Manufacturer RocketRAID 2700 HBA’s High Port Count Series- SAS 6Gb/s PCI-Express 2.0 x16 The RocketRAID 2700 High Port Count HBA series represent an unprecedented dollar-per-gigabyte value, and are well suited for a variety of professional, high-density and high-performance storage applications. High Port Count HBA’s support a wide-range of SAS and SATA device configurations, including single-disk, JBOD and RAID arrays. Simplified, Robust, High-Connectivity RocketRAID High Port Count HBA’s are available with port counts ranging from 16 to 32. The industry standard Mini-SAS ports connectors provide the flexibility needed to meet the requirements of single or multiple chassis environments, and ensure easy and swift integration into any professional storage platform. Each Mini-SAS port can directly support up to four SAS/SATA storage devices. RocketRAID PCI-E Gen 2.0 x16 SAS Switch Architecture HighPoint PCI-E Switch Architecture HighPoint’s PCI-E Gen 2.0 x16 SAS Switch Architecture is a revolutionary hardware design which aggregates multiple SAS Controllers to deliver maximized performance, overcoming the performance bottleneck of conventional HBA’s. Each SAS engine has a dedicated PCI-E path to deliver maximum SAS 6Gb/s performance for each device. RocketRAID PCI-E Switch Point-to-Point Device Connectivity Aggregating Multiple SAS Controllers PCI-E Switch Maximize Bus Bandwidth Easily integrated into Existing Hardware and Software Environments RocketRAID 2700 High Port Count HBA’s are fully backwards compatible with SAS/SATA 3Gb/s devices, PCI-Express 1.0 and 2.0 motherboards, and are compliant with all major operating systems including Windows, Linux and FreeBSD. Universal Firmware Architecture HighPoint SAS 6Gb/s High Port Count HBA’s benefit from shared firmware architecture. Storage configurations hosted by RR2700 HBA’s can be easily migrated to any other existing and future HBA of the same series, minimizing the client’s down-time and avoiding the risks of data loss. A common architecture presents the customer with clear paths for hardware integration, scalability and upgrading storage infrastructure. Web-based Management Interface RocketRAID 2700 High Port Count HBA’s utilize HighPoint’s unified Web-Based Management interface, which allows both novices and experts to quickly configure, manage and monitor storage configurations. Key Features 16, 24 and 32 ports Available with Internal/External Mini-SAS connectors (SFF-8087/SFF-8088) SAS 6Gb/s, PCI-Express 2.0 x16 Supports 3TB hard disk drives Directly supports up to 12TB of storage Backwards compatible with PCI-E 1.0 and SAS/SATA 3Gb/s devices Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD Web-based RAID management interface Compatible with Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X Product Description The RocketRAID 2700 Series are the industry's 1st SAS 6Gb/s host adaptors with the RocketRAID PCI-E Gen 2 Switch Architecture for aggregating multiple SAS engine bandwidths and leveraging PCI-E 2.0x16 bus bandwidth up to 8GB/s of throughput. The RocketRAID 2700 series offer a balance of storage performance and reliability. Software support includes a wide range of the operating systems and a user friendly RAID management tool for popular OSes such as Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.

• 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 x16 • 4 External Mini-SAS ports • RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD • Full Height • 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)