About This Guide - HighPoint RocketRAID 35 User Manual

About This Guide

The RocketRAID 35xx SATAII Host Adapter's User's Guide provides information
about the functions and capabilities of the host adapter, and instructions for
installing, configuring and maintaining RAID arrays hosted by the adapter.
The RocketRAID 35xx Host Adapter
The RocketRAID 35xx series is based on HighPoint's TerabyteArchitecture and high-
performing Intel® IOP341 I/O Processor delivers enterprise-class SATA RAID 5 and
RAID 6 performance for storage applications that need high bandwidth and high
capacity sequential performance. The Intel® IOP341(800MHz) I/O Processor is one of
the industry's highest performing RAID I/O processor engines for multi-channel
SATA hardware RAID 5/6 controllers. The RocketRAID 35xx series of PCI-Express
hardware RAID controllers leverages HighPoint TerabyteArchitecture and a power-
ful Intel® IOP341 I/O Processor to deliver the industry's leading RAID 6 performance.
The RocketRAID 35xx series offer a comprehensive line of hardware RAID controllers
via cutting edge multi-lane connectors from 4,8,12,16 and 24 ports. All RocketRAID
35xx series controllers support RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD.
The RocketRAID 35xx series offers a robust hardware RAID 6 protection, an addi-
tional disk drive failure tolerance provided by a second independent distributed parity
scheme. It provides protection for mission-critical data from two concurrent disk
failures. For instance, eliminating the risk of data loss if a second drive fails while
rebuilding is in process.
An optional Battery Back Up with integrated write journaling enhances data availabil-
ity through rapid data recovery from power outage events.
Comprehensive OS Support
HighPoint offers the broadest range of support for all major operating systems to
ensure OS and hardware server compatibility. Drivers are available for all major
operating systems, including Windows , Linux, Mac OS X and FreeBSD. GPL Li-
censed Linux drivers into main Linux kernel help customers easily install and config-
ure the RocketRAID 35xx.
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