HighPoint RocketRAID 2340 Controller – Supporting up to 12000GB of storage

jmke · 18th January 2007, 11:56

"Today we are going to take a close look at one of HighPoint’s very latest controllers and it’s one of the most impressive ones we’ve looked at so far, the RocketRAID 2340. Coming in at a little under $500 USD, it’s certainly not a cheap product but its feature list is neither short. Using special Mini-SAS connectors, it allows you to add up to an extra 16 SATA or SATA II hard drives to your system and run in a range of different RAID modes including 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD. In fact, it has not just one but two controller chips on the card, which is powered by the PCI Express x8 slot for plenty of bandwidth throughput for extreme storage requirements.

Clearly it is designed more for small to medium-sized businesses with quite serious storage requirements. If you’ve got some cash to spend and are looking for a high-end controller card, which currently gives you the ability to store at least a whooping 12,000 gigabytes of data, using a total of 16 x 750GB drives (I just hope you have a monster-sized case...), you’ve come to the right place! Let’s get started and take a close look at the RocketRAID 2340 product from HPT and see if it is worth the asking price and just how it performs against other recent onboard motherboard controllers in RAID 0 and non-RAID environments."

http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/103...age/index.html

easypanic · 18th January 2007, 12:21

Three controllers?????

jmke · 18th January 2007, 12:27

I don't think you'll be able to use up all the available bandwith of 4x PCI Express with one of these controllers

easypanic · 18th January 2007, 12:51

such a controllor is worth the money

jmke · 18th January 2007, 13:59

Athlon XP 2500+
1GB RAM
FX 5900XT
120GB HDD

Athlon 64 3000+
1GB RAM
6600GT
300GB HDD

Athlon 64 3000+
1GB RAM
X800GTO2
80GB HDD

Athlon 64 3200+
1GB RAM
Radeon 9700 Pro
120GB HDD

Opteron 144 @ 2.7Ghz
1GB RAM
7900GT
80Gb HDD

Intel P4 2.53Ghz
1GB RAM
Geforce 4 Ti4600
80+120GB HDD

Intel P4 2.26Ghz
768Mb RAM
Onboard Video
~1.7TB HDDs

Intel P4 S775 524 @ 3.6Ghz
1GB RAM
TNT2 Ultra
320GB HDD

Intel Core 2 E6400 @ 2.8Ghz
2GB RAM
8800GTX
74GB Raptor + 200GB HDD

and 2 laptops

18th January 2007, 15:25

i'd hate to see your electrical bill

jmke · 18th January 2007, 15:29

you don't have to worry, none of these machines are powered on at the same time; the server runs @ 40-50W, not more; use one workstation at ~80W and a test system when doing benches.

in the end, power usage is below normal

easypanic · 18th January 2007, 16:37

@ koensa: Areca 1210 , 4 ports PCI-E 8x

.

Already have it, just waiting for my other two 500GB disks

.

jmke · 18th January 2007, 16:38

spending €300 on a raid controller for home use is not a smart investment in my book

easypanic · 18th January 2007, 16:56

It's fun man

18th January 2007, 11:56	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	HighPoint RocketRAID 2340 Controller – Supporting up to 12000GB of storage "Today we are going to take a close look at one of HighPoint’s very latest controllers and it’s one of the most impressive ones we’ve looked at so far, the RocketRAID 2340. Coming in at a little under $500 USD, it’s certainly not a cheap product but its feature list is neither short. Using special Mini-SAS connectors, it allows you to add up to an extra 16 SATA or SATA II hard drives to your system and run in a range of different RAID modes including 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD. In fact, it has not just one but two controller chips on the card, which is powered by the PCI Express x8 slot for plenty of bandwidth throughput for extreme storage requirements. Clearly it is designed more for small to medium-sized businesses with quite serious storage requirements. If you’ve got some cash to spend and are looking for a high-end controller card, which currently gives you the ability to store at least a whooping 12,000 gigabytes of data, using a total of 16 x 750GB drives (I just hope you have a monster-sized case...), you’ve come to the right place! Let’s get started and take a close look at the RocketRAID 2340 product from HPT and see if it is worth the asking price and just how it performs against other recent onboard motherboard controllers in RAID 0 and non-RAID environments." http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/103...age/index.html __________________

18th January 2007, 12:21	#2
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18th January 2007, 12:27	#3
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	I don't think you'll be able to use up all the available bandwith of 4x PCI Express with one of these controllers __________________

18th January 2007, 12:51	#4
easypanic Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	such a controllor is worth the money __________________ \|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\\|\|____ \|....The BEER TRUCK.... \|\|\|\|'""\|""°\_,__ \|___Just for You___l\|\|__\|__\|___\|) _____\| \|(@)(@)""""""""""""\|(@)(@)**\|(@)\|

18th January 2007, 13:59	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Athlon XP 2500+ 1GB RAM FX 5900XT 120GB HDD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB RAM 6600GT 300GB HDD Athlon 64 3000+ 1GB RAM X800GTO2 80GB HDD Athlon 64 3200+ 1GB RAM Radeon 9700 Pro 120GB HDD Opteron 144 @ 2.7Ghz 1GB RAM 7900GT 80Gb HDD Intel P4 2.53Ghz 1GB RAM Geforce 4 Ti4600 80+120GB HDD Intel P4 2.26Ghz 768Mb RAM Onboard Video ~1.7TB HDDs Intel P4 S775 524 @ 3.6Ghz 1GB RAM TNT2 Ultra 320GB HDD Intel Core 2 E6400 @ 2.8Ghz 2GB RAM 8800GTX 74GB Raptor + 200GB HDD and 2 laptops __________________

18th January 2007, 15:25	#6
SuAside Posts: n/a	i'd hate to see your electrical bill

18th January 2007, 15:29	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	you don't have to worry, none of these machines are powered on at the same time; the server runs @ 40-50W, not more; use one workstation at ~80W and a test system when doing benches. in the end, power usage is below normal __________________

18th January 2007, 16:37	#8
easypanic Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	@ koensa: Areca 1210 , 4 ports PCI-E 8x . Already have it, just waiting for my other two 500GB disks . __________________ \|^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\\|\|____ \|....The BEER TRUCK.... \|\|\|\|'""\|""°\_,__ \|___Just for You___l\|\|__\|__\|___\|) _____\| \|(@)(@)""""""""""""\|(@)(@)**\|(@)\|

18th January 2007, 16:38	#9
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	spending €300 on a raid controller for home use is not a smart investment in my book __________________

18th January 2007, 16:56	#10
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