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HighPoint RocketRAID 2744 PCI-Express 2.0 x16 mini-SAS 4 Port 6Gb/s RAID Controller Card for up to 16 external drives. Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, JBOD. 3 Year Warranty. (RRAID2744) Same Day $499.99
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HighPoint RocketRAID 2744
6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID Host Adapter
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, & JBOD | Up to 16 SAS/SATA devices

This card adds:

  • Four External Mini-SAS Port (up to 16 devices)

Requires:

  • Available PCIe 2.0 x16 lane Slot
    (backwards compatible with PCI-Express 1.0)

See Specifiactions below for system and/or OS compatibility information

The RocketRAID 2744 host adapter is a high-performance SAS RAID solution, 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.

Host Adapter Architecture

  • PCI-Express x16 (Gen 2) aggregate bandwidth to 288Gb/s
  • Support up to 16 SAS/SATA drives
  • 4 External (SFF-8088) connectors
  • Hot swap and hot plug
  • RoHScompliant

Advance RAID Features

  • Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 ,50 and JBOD
  • Auto detect of unplug/plug SAS/SATA hard drive for RAID auto rebuild
  • Staggered drive spin up
  • Bad sector repair and remapping
  • Disk Scrubbing
  • S.M.A.R.T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliability

RAID Monitoring Tools

  • SMTP for email notification
  • Alarm / Buzzer alerts for drive failure
  • SES-2 enclosure management (Failed, SMART (SHI))
  • Enclosure management support I2C
  • Hard Drive LED indicators (Activity and Failed)
  • SHI (Storage Health Inspector – Drive analysis from S.M.A.R.T)
  • Event Log


RAID Management Suite

  • Command Line Interface (CLI)
  • Web browser-base RAID management software
  • API
Includes

 

  • RocketRAID 2744 Host Adapter
  • Quick Install Guide
  • HighPoint RAID Management and software CD
  • Low profile bracket
Gallery
Specifications
Ports
  • 4 External Mini-SAS
Connections
  • External - 16 Devices
Bus Specifications
  • PCI-Express 2.0 x16 (Compatible with PCI-Express 1.0)
Form Factor
  • Low-Profile
RAID
  • RAID level 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD
  • Multiple RAID Support
  • BIOS Boot to RAID with point-to-point connectivity or through port multiplier
  • Quick, Background or Foreground Initialization
Operating System Support
  • OS X
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
External Connectivity
  • x16 Mini SAS connector
Internal Connectivity
  • none
MTBF
  • 920,585 hours
Operating Voltage
  • 3.3V (10W max) / 12V (20W max)
Alarm/Buzzer
  • Yes
Activity/Failure LED
  • Yes
SAF-TE Connector
  • Yes
Agency Approvals & Compliance
  • EMI: FCC Part 15 Class B
  • CE
Warranty
Physical  
Dimensions
  • 107.0 mm×140 mm×1.6mm
Weight
  • 1.45 lbs
Operating Temperature (Hardware Environment)
  • +5°C ~+ 60°C
Operating Temperature (Storage Environment)
  • -20°C ~ +80°C
Relative Humidity
  • 5% ~ 60% non condensing
 
Click here to get your Model Identifier number
This is compatible with the following Mac Pro models:

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro5,1

Mac Pro (Mid 2010 8-Core, 2.4GHz)
(July, 2010)

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro5,1

Mac Pro (Mid 2010 Quad-Core, 2.8GHz, 3.2GHz)
(July, 2010)

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro4,1

Mac Pro (Early 2009 8-Core, 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz)
(March, 2009)

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro4,1

Mac Pro (Early 2009 Quad-Core, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.33GHz)
(March, 2009)

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro3,1

Mac Pro (Early 2008, 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz)
(January, 2008)

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro2,1

Mac Pro (8-core, 3.0GHz)
(April, 2007)

Machines Have Model Identifier MacPro1,1

Mac Pro (Original, 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.0GHz)
(August, 2006)

PC running Windows, Linux or FreeBSD
and available PCI-Express x8 lane or better slot

 
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