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Product Specifications

• Mfr Part Number: RR2722
• Host Adapter Architecture:
• PCI-Express 2.0 x8
• Support upto 8 SAS and SATA drives
• 2x External Mini-SAS Connectors
• Hot swap and hot plug
• Advance RAID Features:
• Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, (50) and JBOD
• NCQ (Native Command Queuing)
• Auto detect of unplug/plug SAS/SATA hard drive for RAID auto rebuild
• Staggered drive spin up
• Bad sector repair and remapping
• Disk Scrubbing
• BIOS Booting (INT13) to RAID array for better redundancy
• 64bit LBA for RAID arrays greater than 2TB single partition
• S.M.A.R.T array monitoring for hard drive status and reliability
• RAID Management:
• Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) and Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)
• Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID access API library for customization
• CLI (Command Line Interface)
• Web GUI RAID management (local and remote monitoring)
• Online array roaming
• SHI (Drive analysis driven from S.M.A.R.T)
• Array Monitors, Alerts and Indicators:
• Hard Drive LED Indicators (Activity and Failed)
• SMTP email notification for events and error reporting
• Alarm/Buzzer alerts for drive or array failure
• SAF-TE (I2C) and SGPIO enclosure management
• Operating System Support:
• 32 and 64bit Windows (7, 2008, Vista, 2003, XP, 2000)
• Linux
• FreeBSD
• Mac OS X 10.5 and above for RocketRAID 2722 only
• PCI-Express Lanes: PCI-Express 2.0 x8
• Port Count: 8x External SAS Ports
• SAS/SATA Interface: SAS/SATA 6Gb/s
• RAID Level: RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 and JBOD
• Connector Type: 2x External Mini-SAS(SFF-8088)
• Board Dimensions(WxL): 2.68 x 4.73 inch
• Package: Retail
• Kit Contents:
• RocketRAID 2722 Host Adapter
• Quick installation guide
• CD including drivers, RAID Management and User Guide
• SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable (Internal model only)
• RoHS compliant