Highpoint has just released a new m.2 HPC series RAID controller, and has set a performance benchmark with an array rate of up to 55000 mb/s Previously, the company provided the industry's most comprehensive nvme RAID controller options in m.2, U.2 and u.3 versions, and the newly launched 8-port ssd7540 and ssd7140a once again gave us a glimpse.
Despite its compact form factor, the highpoint high port count (HPC) m.2 controller provides unmatched performance and storage capacity, and can be easily integrated into any industry standard computer platform.
Ssd7540 adopts PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, and supports a maximum reading rate of 64tb capacity @ 28000 mb/s. If the dual card scheme is selected, it can also be doubled to 120+ TB capacity @ 55000 mb/s reading speed.
Thanks to the company's performance centric nvme architecture, its intelligent switching technology can allocate up to X4 channels of bandwidth to each nvme device, so the 8-port controller can be drained of bandwidth by at least 4 nvme SSDs.
Even so, adding additional SSDs can maximize the solid-state storage capacity within the system. Or by optimizing the RAID array to meet specific sequential / random IO throughput requirements.
HighPoint's SSD7540 The fastest Gen4 8-port M.2 NVMe RAID controller（via）
Ssd7500 and ssd7000 series 8-port m.2 nvme raid controllers use highpoint's advanced nvme raid engine.
It supports one or more RAID 0 / 1 / 10 arrays, JBOD (span) configurations, or keeping each SSD independent - RAID 0 maximizes array capacity and performance, and RAID 1 mirroring is designed to improve data security.
As a feature of the highpoint nvme solution, the series of controllers also support raid 10 configuration to balance performance and data security.
In addition, cross synchronous RAID technology means that if the system has two idle PCIe x16 slots, the administrator can operate two 8-port array cards as a 16 port device.
This series of nvme array cards adopts a single slot height @ 11.22 inch length design
In terms of compatibility, ssd7500 series PCIe 4.0 controller can be installed in windows / boot on Linux platforms, and each card can host one or more raid arrays / SSDs that support boot.
As for ssd7140a, the controller adopts PCIe 3.0 x16 interface. A single card can support up to 64tb capacity @ 14000 mb/s rate.
For large application scenarios that require long-term sequential reading and writing (such as media acquisition, editing and creation, 3D rendering design, high-speed data stream acquisition and security system), this series of nvme array cards can greatly improve productivity.
Finally, ssd7540 and ssd7140a can now be purchased directly from highpoint's official and North American retail / distribution partners, with guidance prices of $1099 / 729 (about 7325 / 4859 RMB) respectively.