HighPoint offers low-cost eSATA RAID solution
updated 07:15 pm EDT, Wed July 16, 2008
HighPoint eSATA RAID
HighPoint Technologies on Wednesday unveiled the RocketRAID 3122 PCI-Express controller card, offering users a low-cost, performance solution for connecting eSATA hard drives to a Mac Pro. The RocketRAID 3122 requires a 1x PCI-express slot, and can use up to 10 daisy-chained drives on two external 3Gb/s eSATA ports. Users can choose between RAID levels 0 and 1. HighPoint is selling the RocketRAID 3122 for $170, available from the company or its various certified resellers.
HighPoint says the card includes a 400MHz RAID IOP engine with 128MB of DDR2 cache memory, and includes support for both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems.
