(RAID) Two quick Q and new product -- CALDIGIT RAID CARD

[nanofrog]

High Point Technologies have nice cards to, they are axtremely fast and reliable.

Depends on what you need.

For now, the RocketRAID 2640x4 is the only SAS/SATA II controller they build. It doesn't compare directly with the ARC-1680, ARC-1222, or CalDigit RAID card.

No built in cache
No battery option
No RAID level 50, 6, 60
No EFI support (Only BIOS support listed on website)
No external ports (future expansion/ increase RAID array)

For me, these are needed.

From what I could tell on other models, they tend to also lack cache and battery specs as well, at a minimum.

Again, the listed differences may or may not mean anything, depending on what someone needs. Or expect to need in the near future.

Hope this helps.

 

[nanofrog]

High Point Technologies have nice cards to, they are axtremely fast and reliable.

Hi dollystereo:

I just got a reply from High Point.

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Dear Dave, thank you for your interest in our RocketRAID 3000 series controller for your Mac Pro. There's good news and bad in regards your questions.

1) Yes, Mac OS X is bootable to RAID Array attached to the RR3000 series controllers. You can boot Mac OS X to any supported RAID level (0,13,5,6,10, 50 and JBOD)

2) Boot camp does not work with our RocketRAID controller. Since the Mac Pro needs a firmware update to support booting to Mac OS X, this means booting to Boot Camp partition is not possible. I won't bore you with the details but the booting to Mac OS X requires EFI firmware and Boot Camp requires a non-EFI firmware on our controller to boot to Windows.

Regards

HighPoint Support
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Number 2 is a problem for me, and others that have posted in other threads.
Other than the Boot Camp issues, the RocketRAID series offers a good value for some.

Thanks,
Nanofrog.