The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 PCI Express to SATA II RAID Controller is the next generation for high performance computing solutions utilizing the latest interconnect technology... more
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The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 PCI Express to SATA II RAID Controller is the next generation for high performance computing solutions utilizing the latest interconnect technology PCI-Express. The RocketRAID 2320 is set to give much faster and improved I/O and supports features that are critical for high performance computing, high end workstation and enterprise storage server environments. The HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 Controller offers 8 internal ports that combine high-performance storage connectivity of Serial ATA with HighPoint's advanced RAID features, including, Online Capacity Expansion, Online RAID Level Migration (OCE/ORLM) and HighPoint's RAID Management software. The RocketRAID 2320 supports advanced RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and JBOD for maximum configuration flexibility. HighPoint offers the broadest range of support for all major operating systems to ensure OS and hardware server compatibility.
Advantages: Fast, quiet, great RAID 0 performance Disadvantages: 1 year warranty
...I received two of these (60Gb) as replacements for my previous disk (DiamondMax D740X 60Gb, which I also review here on Ciao) which were faulty.
I didn't really get off to a good start, as one as of the disks was dead on arrival. It failed to be recognised by the BIOS on any of my machines, and the only controller which so much as acknowledged the drive's presence was my HighPoint 374. It appeared as a 'Maxtor CALYPSO' (the drive's codename), and the controller failed to boot. This indicated an electronics problem and duly, I returned it.
On receiving my replacement drive, I striped it together as RAID 0 with the other one and crossed my fingers. From here on out it was nothing but good news! The drives are both exceptionally quiet - Maxtor has replaced the old ball-bearing motors with FDB (Fluid Dynamic Bearing) ones, which...
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Advantages: Fast seek times Disadvantages: Poor RAID 0 performance, highly unreliable, noisy
...I bought two of these drives to stripe together as a fast RAID 0 system disk. One was not running within specification on arrival; it wasn't dead, simply noisy (really noisy - the spin sound was just ridiculously loud, the seek noises were no worse than average) so I sent it back, and it was replaced with another as silent as it's partner.
On installing and setting up the drives, all went well at first. I was surprised and impressed by the rapidity of the seek times, but the transfer rate - while very respectable from a single drive - was very poor when they were striped together on my HighPoint 374 controller. I decided I could live with it, and maybe that I'd do a bit more pre-purchase research in future. But after a few months...
One of the drives started making a dreadful racket (like the first one I returned). I decided I...
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