HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 controller review

[LiamC]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/highpoint-rocketraid-2320.html

8 SATA-II HDDs
RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD
PCI E x4.

 

[LunarMist]

I am confused what all that means. Are there some sustained write tests in there somewhere?

 

[Mercutio]

I'll just save everyone the suspense of reading the 15 pages of little weeny pages and spoil the surprise:

"However, RAID5 arrays still leave much to be desired. I dare conclude that HighPoint software developers should pay a little bit more attention to this array type. However, I am confident that in the future HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 will become a very successful product."

Now, I pretty much could've written those two sentences without ever looking at the hardware. I guess the surprise is that there wasn't a surprise...

On the other hand, I was wondering what I should be doing with all the 4x PCIe slots I've got on all my motherboards these days, and now I know!

 

[LunarMist]

Pornos don't require >100MB/sec. writes I take it.

 

[LiamC]

On the other hand, I was wondering what I should be doing with all the 4x PCIe slots I've got on all my motherboards these days, and now I know!

Heh! I'd like someone to show me a S939 mobo with an x4 PCI-e slot

 

[Mercutio]

Me? I'm drowning in PCe 4x slots. Every time I order anything from Newegg, they throw in a whole bunch of them. Hell, they packed the my last order in 4x PCIe slots. I spilled some 4x PCIe slots on my living room floor and threw them away because they were dirty. I'm thinking about replacing my normal kitty litter with PCIe 4x slots.

 

[Sol]

The inclusion of a half height backplate threw me... Can you really get a case with a half height backplate and room for 8 hard drives?