A Very Fast Serial ATA Controller Launched

Highpoint announced the launch of a very fast Serial ATA and RAID controller, the Rocket RAID 2522, that is able to handle a data transferring rate of 1.2GB per second and thus it is well suited for applications where large data volumes are moved from one place to another and where low data access times are essential.

The new Serial ATA and RAID controller unit is capable of offering data transferring speeds comparable with the ones that can be obtained from arrays of solid state drives, but without the high costs usually associated with the SSD units. The highest data transferring speed of 1200MB per second can be obtained when the controller is used in conjunction with a RAID array made of stripped together hard disk drives. The Rocket RAID 2522 is compatible with the PCI Express x8 port but it can also be used with the x16 slot as the controller needs the increased data bandwidth that comes with the PCIe system bus.

The Highpoint Rocket RAID 2522 comes equipped with two external mini-SAS connectors and it offers support for up to eight Serial ATA I or II hard disk drives and when used together with a port multiplier the number of hard disk drives that are supported jumps to 40. According to the manufacturing company, Highpoint, that was cited by the news site tgdaily, the new RAID controller supports several RAID configurations like 0,1, 5, 10 and JBOD (''just a bunch of disks'') as well as useful features like hot swapping and hot plugging devices in the RAID array.

The entire RAID storage array that is served by the Highpoint Serial ATA controller can be monitored and controlled by the user via a simple and intuitive web interface that works on just any operating system like Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD and Linux. While the Rocket RAID 2522 storage controller is soon to hit the market, the manufacturing company has not published any pricing scheme until now.