HighPoint M.2 Raid Host Adaptor upto 4 NVMe SSD's RAID0/1/10 Up to 25,000 MB/s

Scan code: LN85648 Manufacturer code: SSD7101A-1

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HighPoint M.2 Raid Host Adaptor upto 4 NVMe SSD's RAID0/1/10 Up to 25,000 MB/s

HighPoint SSD7101A-1 4x Dedicated M.2 Ports to PCIe 3.0 x16 RAID0/1/10 Controller Up to 25,000 MB/s
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Product Overview

Shatter the DMI 3.0 Performance Bottleneck

HighPoint’s SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID Controllers deliver truly mind-blowing levels of performance! Unlike onboard DMI 3.0 based NVMe solutions, which are forced to share a single PCIe 3.0 x4 lane with the motherboard’s SATA and USB ports, SSD7101A-1 RAID Controllers feature dedicated PCIe 3.0 x16 bus bandwidth. This unique architecture allows the SSD’s to interface directly with the platform’s CPU; shattering the constrictive performance bottleneck imposed by DMI 3.0, and unlocking the true potential of your NVMe storage.

Independent, Stand-Alone NVMe SSD Solution

The SSD7101A-1 RAID controller is a truly independent NVMe RAID solution and was designed for today’s high-end desktops, custom gaming PC’s and media workstations.

Unlike most NVMe controllers or drive solutions featured in today’s marketplace, SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID Controllers can be used with any system with a free PCIe 3.0 x16 slot running a Windows operating system or Linux distribution.

Robust, Compact & Efficient – Shield & Cool Your SSD’s

It’s no secret that PCIe devices can generate a great deal of heat, especially during peak operation. HighPoint is no stranger to PCIe design, and has engineered the SSD7101 Drive Series to excel in high-stress conditions. The all-aluminium casing naturally dissipates waste heat away from the SSD modules, and features an integrated fan and heat sink that work in conjunction to eject excess heat away from vital components and keep ambient temperatures manageable and cool.

Scale Performance across Multiple SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID Controllers

Multiple SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID controllers can be linked and installed into a single system, and deliver up to 256Gb/s of performance – 8x faster than NVMe drives locked behind the Intel DMI 3.0 architecture. A single SSD7101A-1 RAID controller can aggregate multiple M.2 SSD modules at PCIe x16 bandwidth, and double that when used in dual configurations!

HighPoint NVMe Manager

Each SSD7101A-1 RAID controller includes a simple, intuitive web-based management interface designed to provide a wealth of monitoring and configuration options for novice and experts alike. A Quick Configuration menu allows new users to get everything up and running with a few simple clicks. Experienced Pros can fine tune configurations for specific applications using the Advanced Option Menu.

Integrated TRIM & S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring with TBW Tracking

NVMe Manager features TRIM support, and S.M.A.R.T. monitoring with total Terabyte Written (TBW) tracking. TRIM support promotes the longevity and endurance of NVMe storage by enabling each SSD to handle garbage collection more efficiently, which helps eliminate write speed degradation. The S.M.A.R.T. monitoring allows you to check a variety of physical attributes of each NVMe M.2 SSD, including temperature readings, voltage and TBW. The interface updates attribute data in real time, and can be even be configured to notify you by Email, in the event of an error condition or threshold warning.

Features • Bus Interface: PCI-Express 3.0 x16.
• Number of Channel / Port: 4x 2280 M.2 NVMe Ports (Dedicated PCIe 3.0 x4 per M.2 Port).
• Data Transfer Rates: 8GT/ 8Gbps per lane.
• Number of Devices : Up to 4x M.2 NVMe SS.D’s (Qualified: Samsung 960 EVO & PRO SSD)
• Form Factor: Full-Height.
• Dimensions: 8.39” (L) x 5.00” (H) x 0.85” (D).
• Weight: 0.77 lbs..
• Operating System Support: Windows 10 64-bit.
• Linux Kernel: 3.3 or later.
• Cooling Fan: Aluminum casing with single 50 x 50mm cooling fan.
• Storage Mode: Data Storage only (non-bootable).

Specifications
Ports Total	4 Port
Ports Internal	4 Int Ports
Ports External
Connectors
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16
JBOD	No
RAID Support	RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 Single Disk
Low Profile Compatible	No
Cables Inc.
Cache Memory
Notes

Additional Information
Scan Code	LN85648
Model Number	SSD7101A-1
GTIN	643653710119

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SSD Form Factors
Date Issued: 27th Nov 2017

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INTEL Enterprise SSDs
Date Issued: 7th Apr 2015

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SSDs
Date Issued: 7th May 2010

Solid-state drives (SSDs) are fast becoming the must-have PC components of 2010. Serving as primary storage space for high-end computers, SSD's super-fast transfer rates and near-instant accesses offer genuine advantages over traditional spindle-based magnetic drives.

PCI Express
Date Issued: 20th Oct 2008

A motherboard’s main job is to act as a conduit between the various hardware elements that make up a PC. It needs to be able to link the desired CPU(s), system memory, graphics card, hard drive(s), and add-in cards and enable them to work in harmony.

HighPoint SSD7101A-1 4x Dedicated M.2 Ports to PCIe 3.0 x16 RAID0/1/5/10 Controller Up to 25,000 MB/s is rated 2.0 out of 5 by 1.

Rated 2 out of 5 by JackoTheSecond from Not the performance you might expect I purchased this card as part of a high performance workstation running Finite Element Analysis and Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations - these simulations use a lot of processing power and by speeding up disk access I was trying to get a hefty boost. Sadly, the expectation of 12GB/s speed never materialised and the report I provide below is the result of several weeks of tinkering and much technical support from Highpoint. There is no phone support but the tech support was managed by on line indecent software and Highpoint always responded within 24 hrs. First, the system spec: ASUS ROG Rampage VI Extreme with i9-9900X overclocked to 4.8GHz and fitted with 64GB of Vengance PC-3600 DDR4. Boot drive is the Samsung 2TB 970 EVO drive in the motherboard slot (CPIe lines and not via DMI) (I have not used the DIMM.2 riser card yet). I purchased 4 off Corsair 960GB Force 510 series NVMe drives to fill all the slots in the Highpoint 7101A card. The card uses 16 PCIe lanes. Before I describe the real world experience I must state that when using IOMeter test software with a script supplied by Highpoint I did get around 12GB/s read and write in a RAID 0 configuration. However, when using Windows 10 Pro to transfer large files (25GB virtual machine files) the best read/write performance I could get was 1.9GB/s (as observed in the Task Manager and with the file transfer progress window) with 4 cards in a RAID 5 configuration. With the 4 cards in a RAID 0 configuration I achieved bursts of 3.6GB/s. By contrast, I achieved 2.3GB/s reading and writing to the single Samsung 970EVO drive. PassMark performance test gave similar results. You might argue that this is not a fair test of the card - Windows will slow things down and of course, reading/writing from the RAID card will never be faster than the drive to which the files are being copied. I also ran some tests reading and writing files to the same RAID drive - these also ran at 1.9GB/s. It should also be noted that when running at 1.9GB/s, Task Manager did report the drive as being around 60% active suggesting a Windows bottle neck. On this basis, around 3.6GB might be achievable if Windows allowed the drive to run at 100%. If any one has any observations to make or suggestions to extract more speed I would be very grateful. I should like to know if Windows 10 Pro Workstation runs faster with the ReFS files system. So in summary, the real world use of the Highpoint card has provided me with a RAID 5 setup that runs at 1.9GB/s, roughly the same as a single NVMe card connected to PCIe lines (not via DMI interface chip). While I have the security of a RAID 5 setup I have gained no speed advantage, which is a pity because I only purchased the card for its speed. I have decided not to return the card as it has allowed me to add 4 x NVMe drives to the system. Finally, many may ask why I did not go for the ASUS solution. The main reason for not choosing this approach was the slow speed and high cost of the 'Intel Approved' SSD's (it will not run on non Intel approved memory) and the difficulty of getting a VROC key.

Date published: 2018-12-21

email on failure

has anybody played with the email on failure / warning bit of the software? if so, does it support ssl / tls as the last raid card i bought from broadcom didnt support tls and so i had to set up an smtp relay server as well which was a pain. ideally want it to simply send from a 365 mailbox.

Asked by: psychonaut

Good Afternoon, I would recommend speaking with our technical support department as they should be able to help you out with this. You can log a message via the link below and we will email you back. https://www.scan.co.uk/help/scan/contact/technical-support Kind Regards,

Answered by: LukeW

Date published: 2019-11-20

Will this work with other operating systems for example Unraid?

I'm looking to build a small ECC server with this adapter and 4 x NVME's in unraid.

Asked by: FramesUp

Hi, Unfortunately, this item will only work with either a Windows or Linux Operating System Kind regards,

Answered by: LukeW

Date published: 2019-04-10

Does this card need a mobo/bios with bifurcation

I would like to use this card in a Dell Poweredge R610. This does NOT support PCIe x16 bifurcation so I wonder if all four SSDs if attached would be visible to the OS.

Asked by: ictdoc

Good Morning, It would be best for you to speak with our sales department as they are more technical in that team and will be able to provide further information on this for you. You can reach them on 01204 474747 using the extension 2 > 1. Alternatively, you can log a message via the link below and we will email you back. https://www.scan.co.uk/help/orders/sales/sales-query Kind Regards,

Answered by: LukeW

Date published: 2020-02-05

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HighPoint M.2 Raid Host Adaptor upto 4 NVMe SSD's RAID0/1/10 Up to 25,000 MB/s

HighPoint SSD7101A-1 4x Dedicated M.2 Ports to PCIe 3.0 x16 RAID0/1/10 Controller Up to 25,000 MB/s MORE INFO MORE INFO

Shatter the DMI 3.0 Performance Bottleneck

Independent, Stand-Alone NVMe SSD Solution

Robust, Compact & Efficient – Shield & Cool Your SSD’s

Scale Performance across Multiple SSD7101A-1 NVMe RAID Controllers

HighPoint NVMe Manager

Integrated TRIM & S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring with TBW Tracking

email on failure

Will this work with other operating systems for example Unraid?

Does this card need a mobo/bios with bifurcation

HighPoint SSD7101A-1 4x Dedicated M.2 Ports to PCIe 3.0 x16 RAID0/1/10 Controller Up to 25,000 MB/s
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