HighPoint Rocket RAID 4-Channel IDE with Hot-Swapping Review

[ImaginAsian]

Active Hardware has gotten their hands on the latest offering from HighPoint Technologies, the Rocket RAID 404 IDE Controller. This baby has it all...

http://active-hardware.com/images/hpt374.jpg


Up until the time that the RocketRAID 404 arrived on our doorstep, we had grown used to IDE RAID controllers having two things in common: they only had two channels, and didn't support Hot Swap. Hot Swap is particularly important, because it allows users or system administrators to remove defective hard drives without powering down the entire computer system. Hot Swap technology is typically enabled through the RAID controllers BIOS system, or, occasionally, through a Windows application provided by the manufacturer. Until now though, it has only been available for SCSI RAID systems. Thanks to the Highpoint HPT374 (part-and-parcel of the RocketRAID 404 card), that's all changed.

Dig into the review HERE (http://active-hardware.com/english/reviews/storage/hpt374.htm)

[catcorpse]

Beautiful..........setting up a SCSI raid configuration can break the bank and it has been shown time and time again that IDE has for the most part caught up to SCSI, and with the new hard drives with 8mb cache, they are an inexpensive soulution to a raid setup and now that there hot swap, I do see a need for this.

great find and now off to see what else I need to add to my birthday list :D

[AmStoned]

... That'd be insurance coverage for what's already on your list. :hehe:

Well, any 4 channel controller would be overkill for the average user, though I really like the hotswap feature. I hate having to turn off the system to switch HDs, even w/ the mobile racks.

[Tuffie]

Good read IA,sure is a neat rig :D .Guess it will be awhile before I place my order :lol: