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RAID Controller

HighPoint Rocket RAID 3520 SATA II RAID Controller with Intel 2nd Generation PCI-Express I/O Processor

RAID Levels

The HighPoint Rocket RAID 3520 supports RAID Levels:

0 1 5 6 10 50 JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Drives)

Specifications

HighPoint RocketRAID 3520 PCI – Express x8 (x16 slot compatible) Type – SATA 2 Cache Memory – 256MB DDR2 533 Connection – 2 internal mini-SAS Dimensions – 6.45” x 2.59”

Features

HighPoint Rocket RAID 3520 TerabyteStream for blazing performance 8 SATA II Channels at 3Gb/s per port Multi -adapter support up to 4 adapters BIOS PnP and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support Optional Battery Backup Unit (BBU-03) Online array roaming Online capacity expansion (OCE) and Online RAID level

migration (ORLM) Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID

configuration Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuild 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume

Features Cont. S.M.A.R.T monitoring hard drive status for reliability Staggered Spinup with user selection in BIOS Variable Sector Size (VSS) for over 2TB support in 32bit LBA

OS Alarm/ Buzzer alerts for array activity TerabyteSaver and TerabyteGuard for Data Protection and

Reliability Firmware update in the Operating System API (Application Programming Interface) library for customizing

AP Command Line Interface (CLI) Web browser-base RAID management software Disk scrubbing to prevent degraded RAID arrays Bad sector repair and remapping to reduce dropped drives ATA pass-through mode support

Wrapping Up

HighPoint Rocket RAID 3520 It costs $426.99

Much cheaper than most other RAID controllers

3 year Warranty available for $99.99 Is supported by both Intel and Apple TechwareLabs.com gave this RAID controller

the Editor’s Choice award Best In Class

Customer Reviews

“Just a great piece of hardware for the price. Faster than PCI-X RAID cards (for servers) and very well supported. I'm using it in FreeBSD 6.2 without issue. The module driver works great, no need to compile. Highpoint also supplies an CLI manager, which I've also used. Also, tech support is great. I had problems (my fault, not the card) and when I called support, I get an answer right away from a human who actually knows the product.”