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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 3 years
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 0 day
The RocketRAID 4300 series controllers feature the Intel IOP348@1.2GHz I/O Processor. The Intel IOP348 is the fastest I/O processor in Intel’s product line. The RocketRAID 4300 series has unparalleled design flexibility to support both high performing SAS and lower cost SATA hard drive configurations.
By utilizing the Intel IOP348 the RocketRAID 4300 series offers unlimited storage design flexibility from scalability, cost and performance perspectives. The use of the Intel IOP348 for the RocketRAID 4300 series supports both direct-attach and SAS expander connectivity modes.
The RocketRAID 4300 family series are powered by Intel IOP348 and have a maximum of 512MB of ECC DDR-II onboard cache. The RocketRAID 4300’s family series support the fastest bus speeds at PCI-Express x8 and offer complete port connectivity with 8 internal, 8 external and hybrid (4 internal and 4 external) configurations.
Pros: Excellent Performance. Spins down drives when not in use. Easy configuration via web interface.
good support from RocketRaid. Drivers for just about any O/S
Cons: I had some trepidation because other users had complained about bad support. I had the exact opposite experience.
I was unable to 'verify' my RAID 5 array via the RocketRaid software. Emails were answered within 24 hours and it was obvious some research was done on the RocketRaid side to find out the problem was with my Seagate drives.
Again, I had the opposite experience from some others with the support dept. I wonder if some responses were in someones Junk email folders ?
Other Thoughts: Running a RAID 5 ARRAY with 3 Western Digital drives. Avoid Seagate drives as they are no longer supported for RAID configurations.
You will need mini-sas to SATA cables to connect to a Sata drive. Newgate wasn't selling these last time I checked, but I got some online for under $20
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Excellent Home Server Card
Reviewed By: on 6/25/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: I purchased this card as a special with the 1TB hard drive so I only spent $250 or so on the card. Not bad for a card that has the horsepower that this one has! Very fast card; works well as a file/media server. Frankly I don't understand why some are giving it such a poor rating. Great card! So much better than MB RAID.
The card has taken a mix and match of older and newer MAXTOR and WD drives without a problem. I'm currently running a 1.5 TB RAID-5 and a 500 GB RAID-5 and still have one slot open.
Easy to migrate from RAID-1 to RAID-5.
Fits in my unused PCIe x16 slot without a problem and was found immediately.
FAST!!!
Cons: This card is an Enterprise Level card and does not come with SATA cables. $50 will buy you the cables from NewEgg for 8 drives. The 30 to 40 seconds needed for boot are a bit longer than average, but really not a problem if you use it as a 24x7 server like I do.
Other Thoughts: Be careful of creating a set above 2TB. I understand that its possible by playing with the block size, but for me its easier to just create another RAID set. I may buy one more 500 GB drive to migrate my 1.5 TB set to RAID-6 for the extra protection.
I recommend that you read the manual before you install the card.
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Pros: The most inexpensive line of RAID cards -- Adaptec being about twice the cost.
Cons: I don't have this card, and never will. I was seriously considering purchasing it, but tried to do my research first: did it support my current Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11 drives with CC1H firmware?
Rumor says "no", which means I would have to buy $500 worth of new drives just to save money by buying this card instead of an Adaptec for $350 more. But I needed the official word on drive compatibility from Highpoint.
Well, it's hard to even find their compatibility list, and when I did, most of the drives on it are so old you can't even buy them anymore. A real disappointment, but the clincher was when I mailed Highpoint, asking about the latest drive compatibility list, and them mailed me back a pointer to where to find the latest drivers. Critical fail, as the kids say. On to Adaptec, who definitely support my drives and have very nice, fairly up-to-date compatibility info.
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no support for snow leopard
Reviewed By: on 12/1/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: kernel panic city
Cons: it doesn't not have nor ever will have support on snow leopard. the only mac system it is supported for is an intel g5 running 10.5.7. so if you don't own an intel g5 running 10.5.7, don't waste your time. no i get to pay a $50 restocking fee, plus shipping, plus find something that actually works.
Other Thoughts: when you see the apple log on a box, you assume it works. this should have a apple logo with a big question mark. also why buy from a manufacturer who will not update their drivers?
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Good value
Reviewed By: Phatman on 11/12/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Great value for a RAID6 capable adapter. Setup was easy in Win2008 R2 x64. Works well with the Hitachi 7K1000.B 1TB drives.
Cons: Working with Highpoint to resolve a Performance bottleneck. Even with the latest firmware and driver, and regardless of stripe size (64K default to 1024K), read rates top out at 200 MBps. YMMV. Web based management GUI is basic but functional.
Other Thoughts: Compatible with some SAS expanders. Combined with a Norco 4220 chassis makes a clean and simple installation.
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Model
Brand
HighPoint
Model
RocketRAID 4320
Specifications
Type
SATA / SAS (Serial Attached SCSI)
Internal Connectors
2 x SFF-8087 mini-SAS
Interface
PCI-Express x8
Cache Memory
256MB DDR2 533
RAID
RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD
Operating Systems Supported
Windows (2000, XP, x64, 2003/2008 Server, Vista (32 and 64) bit Linux (Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS, SuSE) Mac OS X 10.4.x and above FreeBSD (1-6) binary support – Native support in 7.0 GLP Licensed driver into Linux kernel 2.6.25
Features
Features
- HighPoint TerabyteArchitecture – is a robust RAID technology suite to achieve sustained performance and data protection - Onboard Intel IOP348 1.2GHz Processor providing true hardware RAID - SCSI device driver model to take advantage of SATA and SAS drives - SATA and SAS hard drive compatible - 128 max SATA and SAS hard disk drives via SAS expanders - Multiple SATA/SAS RAID sets - Multiple logical unit sizes and RAID levels on one card - Bootable RAID array support for greater fault tolerance - Variable stripe size for performance tuning by application - VSS (Variable Sector Size) for over 2TB single volume in 32bit OS - (SHI – Storage Health Inspector) S.M.A.R.T monitoring hard drive status for reliability - Bad sector repair and remapping to reduce dropped drives - Disk scrubbing to prevent degraded RAID arrays and increase uptime - SMTP for email notification of RAID array information - SNMP Support - Spin down Idle Mode reduces power consumption and increase drive longevity - Automatic RAID rebuild when new drives are detected - Staggered Drive Spin Up - Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) increases storage capacity without data loose or compromise - Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) transforms RAID levels to meet storage protection or performance requirements - HighPoint RAID Management Suite (HRM Suite) – Complete configuration management suite - Easy to use Web GUI, CLI and Firmware / BIOS Management - Drive activity LED support - Array/Drive Status and drive identification - LED support enclosure management via I2C and SES 2.0 - Write journaling for improved performance and data protection against accidental drive removal - Hot-swap - Hot-spare - RoHS compliant - Low profile form factor - Battery Back Up Unit Support (BBU)
Packaging
Package Contents
RocketRAID 4320 host adapter (2) half meter SFF-8087 mini-SAS cables Low profile bracket User Manual Driver CD
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
3 years limited
Introduction
The RocketRAID 4300 series controllers feature the Intel IOP348@1.2GHz I/O Processor. The Intel IOP348 is the fastest I/O processor in Intel’s product line. The RocketRAID 4300 series has unparalleled design flexibility to support both high performing SAS and lower cost SATA hard drive configurations.
By utilizing the Intel IOP348 the RocketRAID 4300 series offers unlimited storage design flexibility from scalability, cost and performance perspectives. The use of the Intel IOP348 for the RocketRAID 4300 series supports both direct-attach and SAS expander connectivity modes.
The RocketRAID 4300 family series are powered by Intel IOP348 and have a maximum of 512MB of ECC DDR-II onboard cache. The RocketRAID 4300’s family series support the fastest bus speeds at PCI-Express x8 and offer complete port connectivity with 8 internal, 8 external and hybrid (4 internal and 4 external) configurations.
Highlights
Backwards Compatible to SATA! With two internal mini-SAS ports, the HighPoint RocketRAID 4320 supports both 3.0 Gb/s SAS and SATA II devices for enhanced flexibility and speed.
RAID Support The HighPoint RocketRAID 4320 supports multi-level RAID configuration including RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD for better performance, enhanced data security and flexible capacity upgrades..
On-board I/O Processor The HighPoint RocketRAID 4320 features an integrated 1.2GHz Intel IOP348 processor for fast hardware RAID parity calculations.
256MB Cache Memory with ECC Protection 256MB of DDR2 533 SDRAM with ECC protection is integrated into the HighPoint RocketRAID 4320 for maximum data integrity.
PCI Express x8 Interface Compatible with PCI Express x16 slot, the PCI Express x8 interface provides sufficient throughput and full-duplex operation for enhanced performance.
Reviewed By: kyle747 on 6/26/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
