Highpoint Rocket 7608A – PCIe Gen5 x16 to 8-M.2×4 NVMe RAID AIC

Revolutionize NVMe Storage Performance with Highpoint PCIe Gen5 Switch Technology

Rocket 7600 PCIe Gen5 NVMe RAID Series AICs & Adapters
Highpoint Rocket RAID 7600 PCIe Gen5 NVMe RAID AICs and Adapters are engineered to enhance the capabilities of Linux and Windows-based Edge Server and High-End workstation platforms. Built on the foundation of our Rocket 1600 Switch series product lines, each RAID AICs/Adapter is armed with industry proven RAID technology and an unparalleled storage health monitoring and management suite designed to maximize the performance, reliability and serviceability of NVMe arrays.

Rocket 7608A PCIe Gen5 x16 to 8-M.2×4 NVMe RAID AIC
The Rocket 7608 8-Channel NVMe RAID AIC is an ultra-compact high-density, RAID storage solution designed to address professional workflows that require uncompromised PCIe Gen5 NVMe Storage Performance and flexibility of proven RAID technology. Rocket 7608A AICs can directly host up to eight 2280 form factor M.2 SSDs which can be configured into as many as 4 separate RAID 0, 1 or 10 arrays, including bootable volumes or mixed configurations of single SSDs and arrays.
Rocket 7608A AICs intelligent PCIe Gen5 cooling solution employs a Full-Length Aluminum Heatsink with copper SSD contacts, two layers of thermal padding and a powerful low-decibel cooling to ensure hosted M.2 media always operate within their recommended temperature threshold to maximize lifespan and transfer performance.

48 Lanes of Dedicated PCIe Gen5 Bandwidth
Highpoint’s high-performance PCIe Gen5 switching architecture integrates Broadcom’s 48-Channel PEX89048 switch IC to provide x16 lanes of dedicated PCIe Gen5 upstream bandwidth and x4 lanes of dedicated downstream bandwidth to each device channel. The innovative architecture enables the Rocket 7608A to deliver up to 64GB/s of transfer bandwidth, minimize latency, and facilitate consistent, robust I/O throughput. The Architecture employs a technique known as a “Synthetic Hierarchy” to isolate the host system’s OS from any PCIe topology changes. This enables the Rocket 7608A to directly manage resource allocation to the downstream PCIe channels by facilitating a more efficient interaction between the host CPU and PCIe switch.

Engineered to Enhance the Efficiency & Serviceability of Datacenter & Server Applications
The Rocket 7608A incorporates a wide range of features designed to enhance the efficiency of day-to-day operations of datacenter and Edge Server platforms. First and foremost, the adapter has been built to the highest standards of quality and reliability and is fully compliant with PCIe Card Electromechanical (CEM) specifications. The Rocket 7608A is a field replaceable unit (FRU); the VPD (vital product data) stored on each adapter enables customers and service providers to easily procure replacements with the correct firmware/driver combination.

Intelligent, Pro-Active PCIe Gen5 Cooling Solution
Highpoint’s intelligent PCIe Gen5 cooling solutions combine the industry’s most advanced hardware cooling systems with a suite of pro-active monitoring and management tools designed to keep temperatures in check under the most grueling working conditions. Though designed to ensure NVMe media runs optimally without user intervention, administrators can configure temperature thresholds for each SSD to match published specifications, or for compliance with unique computing environments and workflows.

Comprehensive Storage Health Monitoring, Management & Analysis Suite
Highpoint’s proven NVMe RAID technology incorporates UEFI-HII features to provide RAID functions both inside and outside of the OS environment and provide secondary functions such as Boot-RAID (bootable RAID array) capability. The Rocket 7628A is equipped with Highpoint’s intuitive yet comprehensive monitoring, management and analysis suite, which enables administrators to easily configure and maintain the platform’s NVMe storage ecosystem with a few simple clicks and commands. RAID arrays created using these interfaces will be recognized as single, physical disks, and can be used to install a bootable OS. The graphical interfaces now incorporate a real-time NVMe Sensor logging system which tracks and records the temperature, fan-speed and electrical characteristics of the adapter and each hosted SSD over time and presents the data via a series of simple plotted curves and line charts. These records can be exported as needed and can help administrators narrow the scope of troubleshooting tasks by identifying potential faults and at-risk storage media, and implement preventative measures to maximize the lifespan of the RAID array and maintain optimal performance.

SafeStorage – OPAL SED Solution
Developed to accommodate large-scale RAID arrays as well as individual SSDs, SafeStorage is a comprehensive OPAL SSC TCG based NVMe Hardware Encryption Solution designed to safeguard critical assets by preventing access to stored data when physical disks are misplaced or stolen.