Feature Specifications

Number of Channel / Port

16x 6Gb/s SATA Channels

Four SFF-8643 mini-SAS HD 

Form Factor

Low-Profile

Dimensions

5.51" W * 2.48" H * 0.67" D 

Weight

0.60 lbs.

RAID Mode

0, 1, 5, 6, 10 ,50 and JBOD / Non-RAID Mode; Notes: RAID 6 is not supported by macOS; Bootable RAID 6 arrays are not supported; RAID 1/0 is the equivalent of RAID 10. RAID 5/0 is equivalent of RAID 50

Operating System

Windows 11, 10, 8, 7; Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2, 2008; Only supports 64 bit operating system.

Only supports 64 bit operating system. • Linux (Support Linux Driver auto Compile) • Redhat/Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora/Proxmox/Rocky Linux(Kernel 3.10 and later) • Unraid6.9.2 • Linux Driver can be installed via internet/network connection

macOS 10.9 ~ macOS Ventura 13.x

Mac Intel platform: Driver embedded into Mac OS X 10.8 and later Mac M1 platform: The driver needs to be downloaded and installed from the official website.

FreeBSD

Secure Boot(PC platforms)

Windows:Support Secure Boot Enable & Disable; Linux: Support Secure Boot disable

Advanced RAID Features

Flash ROM for Upgradeable BIOS

Yes

Storage Health Inspector

Yes

Redundant RAID Configurations

Yes

BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support

Yes

Bootable RAID Array

Yes

EFI support for Mac Platforms

No

UEFI support for PC Platforms

Yes

Multiple RAID Partitions supported

Yes

Storage Configurations Support Details

Direct Attached

Multiple RAID Adapters supported

Up to 4 RAID controllers per system

Online Array Roaming

Yes

Online RAID Level Migration (ORLM)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

Online Capacity Expansion (OCE)

Yes (not supported by macOS)

RAID Quick Initialization for fast array setup

Yes

Drive hotplug support

Yes

Global Hot Spare Disk support

Yes

Automatic and configurable RAID Rebuilding Priority

Yes

Auto resume incomplete rebuilding after power on or reboot system

Yes

Disk Format compatible: 512, 512e, 4Kn

Yes

Larger than 2 TB Drive and RAID Array support

Yes

Spin down Massive Arrays of Idle Disks support

Yes

Native Command Queuing

Yes

Disk media scan and repair

Yes

Device Error Recovery support

Yes

Automatic remap and fix drive bad block for RAID array

RAID 1, 5, 6, 1/0, 5/0

Staggered Drive Spin Up

Yes

Write Back and Write Through

Yes

SSD TRIM Mode

Supported by Linux (not supported for Windows or macOS)

RAID Monitoring and Management Suite

BIOS/UEFI, Browser-Based management tool, CLI (Command Line Interface- scriptable configuration tool) API package

Yes

Enclosure Management Interface: SGPIO and I2C (Drive LEDs supported: SGPIO, SES-2 and LED Header)

Yes

SMTP Email Alert Notification

Yes

Alarm Buzzer

Yes

Operating Environment

Work Temp:

+5°C ~+ 55°C

Storage Temp:

-20°C ~ +80°C

Operating Voltage

PCI-e: 12V, 3.3V Power 14W (12V 1A, 3.3V 0.5A)

MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure)

920,585 Hours

Compliance Certification

CE FCC RoHS REACH WEEE

Kit Contents

RocketRAID 840A

Kit Contents

1x Controller card

1x Low Profile Bracket

1x Quick Installation Guide

Optional Accessories

RocketRAID 840A

Cable

8643-4SATA-1M

N/A

Mini-SAS (SFF-8088) JBOD Enclosure

N/A

N/A