Time for a OCZ Core series SSD follow up but this time I’ll pair 4x 32GB OCZ Core series SSD 2.5″ solid state disks with a hardware raid controller, Highpoint RocketRaid 3520LF PCI-E raid controller which has a 256MB DDR2 on board cache. I’ve placed the OCZ Core SSDs in Manhattan dual drive L-Type hot swappable mobile racks which allow 2x 2.5″ SATA disks to occupy a single 3.5″ bay.
OCZ Core series SSD specifications:
- Available in 32(30)GB, 64(60)GB, 128(120)GB capacities
- Read: up to 143 MB/sec
- Write: up to 93 MB/sec
- Seek: <.35ms Slim 2.5″ Design
- 100.2 x 70 x 9.3mm
- Lightweight 77g
- Operating Temp: -10C ~ +70C
- Storage Temp: -55C ~ +140C
- Low Power Consumption
- Shock Resistant 1500G
- RAID Support
- MTBF 1.5 million hours
- 2 year warranty
Highpoint RocketRaid 3520LF specifications:
- Intel IOP 81341 (800MHz)
- PCI -Express x8 (x16 slot compatible)
- 256 MB of DDR II memory with ECC protection
- RAID 6 performance with sustained transfer rates over 780MB/s Read and over 685MB/s Write
- 8 SATA II Channels at 3Gb/s per port
- 2 x internal mini-SAS connectors each supporting 4x SATAII drives
- RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50 JBOD support
- Multi -adapter support up to 4 adapters
- BIOS booting support
- BIOS PnP and BBS (BIOS boot specification)support
- Intel RAID 6 Engine for large capacity RAID arrays
- Option Battery Backup Unit (BBU-03)
- 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
- 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
- (VSS) Variable Sector Size for over 2TB support in 32bit LBA OS
- Active/Failed LED
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Web browser-base RAID management software
- Disk scrubbing to prevent degraded RAID arrays
- Bad sector repair and remapping to reduce dropped drives
- ATA pass-through mode support
- Microsoft Windows 2003/XP/2000, Redhat Enterprise Linux /CentOS , Fedora Core, SuSE Linux, FreeBSD, Linux kernel 2.6
- Dimensions: 6.45″ x 2.59″
Manhattan Dual Drive 2.5″ mobile rack specifications:
- Directly insert SATA 150/300 drives into a desktop PC bay — no internal tray required
- Space-saving design fits two 2.5” drives in a single 3.5” bay
- Hot-swappable — ideal for transporting data between multiple locations and PCs
- Unique case maximizes airflow and cooling efficiency
- Lifetime Warranty
- Supports data transfer speeds up to 3 Gbps
- LED power and activity indicators
- 134 x 102 x 24 mm (5.27 x 4 x 0.9 in.); 282.5 g (9.9 oz.)
- System requirements:
- (2) internal SATA data connections and (2) Molex 4-pin connections
- Windows 2000/XP/Vista or MAC OS version 9.3 or above
