HighPoint Controller Card RR2720A RocketRAID2720A 8CH 12Gb/s 8xPCIe3.0 SAS/SATA RAID Retail
Status: Available
SKU: 230469
Vendor: HighPoint
MPN: RR2720A
UPC: 643653272051
EAN: NO
HighPoint RocketRAID 2700 HBAs are cost-effective, high-performance PCI-Express 2.0 6Gb/s SAS RAID controllers, and are ideal for SMB server and workstation configurations.
HighPoint Turbo-RAID Technology: For over a decade, HighPoint has strived to take the cost and complexity out of RAID. We were the first to introduce affordable RAID 5 solutions to the storage marketplace, for both SMB and consumer applications. HighPoint Turbo RAID Products and Solutions are powered by our industry proven RAID stack, which leverages the powerful system resources and robust 2nd generation PCIe x8 host interface of todays modern computing platforms. Turbo RAID Technology delivers the industrys best Cost-Performance value, and the industrys most affordableRAID-6 Storage Solutions. RocketRAID 272x/271x HBAs support a wide-range of storage configurations including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and JBOD.
Complete, Flexible Upgrade Paths: RocketRAID 2700 HBAs 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 macOS.
RAID arrays can be freely moved to any other RocketRAID 2700 HBA. Upgrading, scaling and expanding storage has never been easier.
RocketRAID 2700 external-port HBAs were designed to work in conjunction with Rocket EJ Series SATA JBOD Expander and SAS-Expansion modules, which can dramatically expand the storage capability of each Mini-SAS connector.
Simple and Easy Storage Expansion: RocketRAID 2700 series HBAs allow customers to expand capacity and convert existing RAID arrays from one level to another without having to start from scratch: your data remains intact and accessible during the transition
Feature Specifications
Port Type
2x SFF-8087 (Mini-SAS) - (replacement for RocketRAID 2720SGL)
Number of Channels / Ports
8x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Channels
Number of Devices
8x SAS /SATA Hard Drive / SSD
Bus Interface
PCIe 2.0 x8
Form Factor
Low Profile
RAID Mode
0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD / non-RAID Mode
Note:
RAID 6 is not supported on macOS
Bootable RAID 6 is not supported
Operating System
Window Server 2008 and Window 7 and later
Linux
macOS 10.6 and later
Driver embedded into macOS 10.8 and later
Advanced RAID Features
Flash ROM for Upgradeable BIOS
Yes
Storage Health Inspector
Yes
Redundant RAID Configurations
Yes
BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support
Yes: RocketRAID 2720SGL
Bootable RAID Array
Yes
EFI for Mac Platform
Yes
Multiple RAID Partitions supported
Suport up to 4 RAID partition per disk
Storage Configurations Support Details
Direct Attached
Multiple RAID Adapters supported
Suport up to 4 RAID controllers per one system
Online Array Roaming
Yes
Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
Yes
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)
Yes
RAID Initialization Background/Foreground/Quick
Yes
Global Hot Spare Disk support
Yes
Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority
Yes
Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn
Yes
Larger than 2 TB Drive and RAID Array support
Yes
Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support
Yes
Native Command Queuing
Yes
Staggered Drive Spin Up
Yes
Write Back and Write Through
Yes