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Don't buy if you have an NVIDIA chipset
- Pros: Cheap external RAID solution
- Cons: On the majority of my systems the card doesn't work. It doesn't even detect.
- Other Thoughts: 0ther reviews mentioned an incompatibility with Gigabyte boards. I own no Gigabyte boards, but I do have 3 Asus boards, 1 DFI board, and 1 Intel board with PCI-E slots. I tried the card on everything I had to isolate the issue and to determine if the card was bad or if something else caused the issue. The Asus and DFI are AMD NVidia based. After my tests I am willing to bet that those Gigabyte boards other reviewers mentioned also have NVidia chipsets. The card only detects on the Intel board even after applying the latest firmware. On all of my other boards it doesn't even show up in Device Manager or give a RAID BIOS to indicate that it is registered in any way. So if you have AMD stuff.. watch out.
HighPoint is MIA
- Pros: Inexpensive software-based RAID card that supports port multiplier (PM) devices (upto 5 drives per port).
- Cons: Sortware based RAID cards don't have the best performance.
Biggest Con: HighPoint's support is completely nonexistent. And when I say "completely", I mean absolutely no response at all.
- Other Thoughts: Card installed on VISTA (64-bit), 5x1TB arrays in RAID 5. Installed without any real issues, but tried to contact HighPoint to inquire about a few oddities (card not always detected upon bootup and slower-than-expect write performance to the array (~35Mbps)) -- even a software RAID cad (which this card is) should perform better than this.
Anywho, HighPoint's response is... well, to not respond at all. No response to date. 3 phone calls w/ messages left -- no response. 5 - FIVE - emails w/ no response.
Pathetic.
HighPoint employees, you might want to start updating your resumes as this isn't how a company stays in business. Ignoring your customers in this Internet era WILL bring about your downfall.
Roccetraid 2304
- Pros: None
- Cons: The card was either DOA or not recognized by my system. I tried to contact tech support via phone and email without a response. I'll never deal with this company again.
- Other Thoughts: All the documentation I read on their website was promising but the end result was poor customer/technical support.
| Model |
| Brand |
HighPoint |
| Model |
RocketRAID 2304 |
| Specifications |
| Type |
SATA II |
| External Ports |
4 x eSATA |
| Interface |
PCI-e x1 (x4, x8 and x16) slot compatible |
| Transfer Rate |
3Gb/s per port |
| RAID |
RAID 0/1/5/10 JBOD |
| Operating Systems Supported |
Microsoft Windows 2008/2003/XP/2000/x64 Edition/Vista 32 and 64 bit
Linux
Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and 10.5 (Leopard)
FreeBSD |
| Features |
| Features |
Port Multiplier (PM) ready up to 20 Drives
Compatible with eSATA enclosures
Dynamic Sector Repair and Remapping
Native Command Queuing (NCQ) for improved random performance
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
Staggered drive spin up
Bad Sector Repair / Remapping
BIOS Booting (INT13) to RAID array
Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access
Write through and write back cache for RAID arrays
Hot swap and hot spare |
| Packaging |
| Package Contents |
RocketRAID 2304
User's Guide
eSATA Cables |
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Reviewed By: necrophantasm on 11/6/2008
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
