Highpoint RocketRAID 3520 SATA-II RAID Controller
The HighPoint RocketRAID 3520 PCI-e x8 SATA II RAID controller offers the features needed for enterprise level storage environments and the broadest range of support for major operating systems.
Highlights
- TerabyteStream™ for Blazing Performance
- Intel IOP 80341
- PCI -Express x8 (x16 slot compatible)
- 256 MB of DDR II memory with ECC protection
- 8 SATA II channels at 3Gb/s per port
- Multi-adapter support up to 4 adapters
- Intel RAID 6 Engine for large capacity RAID arrays
- Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10, 50, 6 and JBOD
- Multiple RAID support
- Multiple Logical Drive Support
- Online array roaming
- Online capacity expansion (OCE) and Online RAID level migration (ORLM)
- Quick and Background initialization for instant RAID configuration
- Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuild
- Auto Rebuild
- VSS (Variable Sector Size)
- 64bit LBA support greater than 2TB per volume
- S.M.A.R.T monitoring hard drive status for reliability
- Staggered Spinup with user selection in BIOS
- (MAID) spin down drives in array is idle
- Battery Backup Unit (BBU) Optional
- RoHS compliant
- Operating system support for Windows (2000, XP, x64, Vista (32 and 64) BIT), Linux, Mac OS X 10.4.x, FreeBSD, Open Source Driver (GPL Licensed) into Linux Kernel 2.6.18
- 3 year warrant

Comparison
| Model Name | RR3220 | RR3320 | RR3520 |
| Host Interface | PCI-X | PCIe-x8 | PCIe-x8 |
| Ports | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Memory | 128 MB | 256 MB | 256 MB |
| Processor | IOP331 | IOP333 | IOP341 |
| RAID Levels | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, JBOD | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, JBOD | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, JBOD |
| Warranty | 3 Years | 3 Years | 3 Years |
Related Items
HighPoint provides a battery backup unit BBU-03 for use with its high-performance RocketRAID 3000 Series RAID controllers. The battery back up unit protects the integrity of the cache data on the RocketRAID 3000 Series host adapter by providing backup power if there is a complete AC power failure or a brief power outage.
Drive Bays: (8) 3.5" HotSwap SATA, (1) Slim Floppy, (1) Slim CDROM, Dimensions: 3.5"(H) x 19"(W) x 28"(D), Redundant 500W Zippy PSU, Rails included.
Drive Bays: (8) 3.5" HotSwap SATA, (1) Slim Floppy, (1) Slim CDROM, Dimensions: 3.5"(H) x 19"(W) x 28"(D), 600W Zippy PSU, Rails included.
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