- Manufacturer Part Number: RR2840A
- Host Interface: PCI Express 3.0 x8
- Controller Type: 6Gb/s SAS
- RAID Supported: Yes
- RAID Levels:
- 0
- 1
- 5
- 6
- JBOD
- 10
- 50
- Total Number of SAS Ports: 16
- SAS Connector Details: 4 SFF-8643
- Height: 2.7″
- Width: 6″
- Thickness: 0.1″
- Form Factor: Plug-in Card
- Weight (Approximate): 4.16 oz
- Package Contents:
- RocketRAID 2840A SAS Controller
- 1 x Low Profile Bracket
- 1 x Quick Installation Guide
- Platform Supported:
- Mac
- PC
- Linux
Package Contents
- RocketRAID 2840A SAS Controller
- 1 x Low Profile Bracket
- 1 x Quick Installation Guide
Overview
The Industry’s most Price Competitive 16-Channel PCIe 3.0 SAS RAID Host Adapter!
The RocketRAID 2840A host bus adapter is the world’s most price competitive 16-Channel SAS/SATA RAID controller, and delivers unprecedented end-to-end Generation 3.0 PCI Express transfer performance with Professional class RAID Storage reliability and management capabilities.
RocketRAID 2840A: Professional Class SAS 6Gb/s PCIe 3.0 RAID Solutions
RocketRAID 2840A host bus adapters capitalize on HighPoint’s two decades of RAID and storage technology to deliver professional grade RAID storage at a fraction of the cost of conventional host RAID solutions. Each adapter is powered by our industry proven RAID technology, superior Gen 3.0 PCIe express transfer bandwidth, and up to sixteen dedicated 6Gb/s SAS channels, which support robust, high-performance RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 1/0, 5/0 and JBOD configurations of SAS or SATA hard drives of any disk format, including 512, 512e and 4Kn.
- Datasheet
- Compatibility list
- Linux-Auto Compile Driver Feature
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RocketRAID 2840A host bus adapters are designed to maximize the uptime and accessibility of RAID storage. RocketRAID storage and RAID recovery solutions enhance data retrieval from failed disks and streamline rebuild sessions.
The universal RocketRAID WebGUI interface provides a wide range of preemptive monitoring and maintenance features that enable administrators to easily schedule verification sessions to ensure the health of each RAID storage configuration.
Seamlessly Upgrade RAID Storage
RocketRAID 2840A adapters deliver an unprecedented level of flexibility when it comes to storage configurations. Customers are free to expand or convert RAID storage configurations as needed to keep on top of the evolving demands of the storage application, without sacrificing existing data. Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) allows administrators to add new drives to existing arrays in order to expand available capacity. Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM) allows administrators to convert one RAID level to another in order to tune storage configurations for maximum performance or data security.
Arrays created with RocketRAID 2840A adapters are future-proof; Online RAID Roaming allows customers to move existing RAID arrays to other 2840A RAID controllers, in addition to all future HighPoint RAID products.
HighPoint offers a range of Customized Solution services for SMB Customers. We can tailor RocketRAID 2840A host bus adapters to meet the requirements of client defined storage applications across Linux, Windows, Mac and FreeBSD platforms, and are ready to assist Solution Providers with unique product branding. A full API library is available for integration projects and we offer a variety of Enclosure Management services including SGPIO, SES-2 and I2C.
