HighPoint Rocket 1000 Fan and Fanless NVMe 4/8 Ports HBA (Non-RAID) Series

HighPoint Technologies, Inc. launches a series of M.2 NVMe HBAs that enable customers to add NVMe storage to any computing platform.

The Rocket 1000 series NVMe HBAs are available with 4 or 8 independent M.2 ports, and are natively supported by the in-box drivers included with major OS platforms, including macOS Big Sur, current distributions of FreeBSD and Linux, and Windows 10 and Server 2019. Each HBA is equipped with a switch chipset PCIe 3.0 x8 or x16 host interface, and silent-running or low-noise cooling systems, which are designed to work in tandem to ensure NVMe storage is always up to the task.

Built-in speed switch chipset
Rocket 1000 Series NVMe HBA’s integrate Broadcom, Inc.‘s Gen3 PCIe switch chipset, which ensures maximum transfer bandwidth is available for each device port, at all times. Up to x4 dedicated lanes can be allocated to each M.2 NVMe SSD.

The integrated switch chipset enable Rocket 1000 series HBA’s to be used with nearly any modern computing platform with standard PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 slots, and eliminates the need for Bifurcation support.

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Versatile, cooling systems low-noise or silent operation, fan-less cooling for media sensitive work environments: The 4-port Rocket 1104 and 1204 HBA’s feature ventilated bracket and full-length black-anodized heat sink with high-conductivity thermal pad efficiently whisks waste heat away from hosted SSD’s and critical controller componentry.

This fan-less design allows for silent operation – for applications that require low-noise work environments.

Efficient M.2 cooling system: The Rocket 1101 features a full-length anodized aluminum casing, with an integrated cooling fan and high-conductivity thermal cooling pad. This low-noise cooling system was designed to keep critical controller componentry and hosted NVMe SSD’s within their temperature,thresholds, even under sustained, full-load.

Low-noise hyper cooling solution: The Rocket 1108 employs the hyper-cooling solution designed specifically for large M.2 configurations. It combines a high-conductivity thermal pad with an anodized aluminum heatsink equipped with dual built-in, low noise fans. This design ensures the M.2 SSDs, NVMe chipset and RAID componentry remain cool, even under heavy load, while minimizing the risk of distraction in the work environment.

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In-Box NVMe device driver support
The company’s NVMe HBA’s were designed with simplicity. All you need is a little patience and a screwdriver to install the M.2 SSD’s and plug in the card.

Rocket 1000 Series HBA’s are natively supported by all major OSs, including Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, macOS Big Sur, and current distributions of Linux. You won’t need to juggle a series of device drivers, install a complex software suite, or master a specialized management interface. NVMe SSDs will be automatically recognized, and can be prepped and mounted using the OS’s standard tool set.

Supports any off-the-shelf M.2 NVMe SSD, any capacity, any gen and any form-factor
Rocket 1000 series M.2 ports are capable of supporting any industry standard off-the-shelf M.2 NVMe SSD, including high-capacity, double-sided drives. Customers are free to mix and match SSD’s of varying sizes, form factors (2280, 2260, 2242 and 22110), and PCIe gens (3.0 or 4.0).

MSRP pricing and availability:
The Rocket 100 series NVMe HBA’s become available starting in early April 2021 from our North American reseller and distribution partners.