HighPointSSD7202 – PCIe 3.0 x8 2-Port M.2 NVMe RAID AIC RAID Controller Card

Contacted support and for over week they asked me to install and reinstall different versions of the WebGUI and send diagnostics.

There are two units from Highpoint. This one (the 7202) requires you to go through a few rather non-intuitive steps to get Windows to install on it if you are going to use this as a boot device. Once you follow their instructions (kudos to Highpoint for providing clear instructions) this unit works very well!There is a different unit from Highpoint - the SDD6202a that works a little easier if you want a RAID boot array. It is driverless and once the device is set via the dip-switches, behaves like a simple single drive (but is RAID 1 or 0 under the covers). I REALLY like the 6202a. It (the 6202a) has the added bonus of having LEDs that clearly indicate the status of the drives in the array. You can also set the software to monitor the array and email you if there is a failure. Both the 7202 and the 6202 will do the email thing. I did return the 7202 and bought a 5-pack of the 6202a units. These are wonderful, solid and so far appear to be stupid simple and reliable! Highpoint is also a really decent company and even reached out to me for a discussion when I sent them a few questions. A+ Highpoint!

Lo más complicado es la instalación, pues necesita un USB UEFI desde donde se hace la matriz (si se usa en modo bootable). Otro aspecto es el ventilador que es ruidoso, pero se puede ajustar la velocidad o parar desde la app. La página web tiene un FAQ de resolución de problemas muy efectivo. Yo lo he instalado en una MSI X299 PRO 10G, y está funcionando a 112 Gbps: 14.000 MB/s (Crystal disk Mark) con 4 discos m.2 NVME Samsung 970 plus (3.500 MB/s individualmente)

My motherboard doesn't support NVMe RAID and I had to look for a solution like this. I use a x299 board from ASUS so just know my experience might be different. Just make sure you follow the instructions, I forgot one step and didn't turn on a setting in my BIOS which made the process much longer. Once I got that on I created the RAID easily and installed Windows.With that being said, I did have some issues with the drivers while installing Windows but after a couple reboots (A pain but whatever) it was installed and I've had no issues since. My read/write performance is doubled which is nice but I was mainly looking for the space that RAID0 would give me.The guard DOES generate some heat, much more than I was expecting but it isn't much of a problem and hasn't caused any issues with my system. Will update my review later if I have any other thoughts or issues.

It does work, but not for the faint of heart to setup. For the boot to work it requires a fresh install of windows, I tried creating the array and cloning to it, did not work. Mobo Asus H97M-plus, had to turn off CSM for it to accept it. Do as the instructions say to do, have only this adapter, the windows install disc, and flash drive with uefi from highpoint powered up, check the settings in your mobo bios and compare with the instructions. My asus mobo wouldn't see it until I turned off CSM support, perhaps newer ones adhere to the instructions better. No other discs should be active.The fan is quite a bit noisy, a lot louder than the stock cpu fan, take that into consideration, I may wind up modifying the cooling with a quieter setup.What used to take 5 minutes to boot with a raid1 spinning drive setup windows 10, is now 30 seconds to a useable pc.I am pleased, this card isn't for everyone. Novices beware.

I have an ASUS X299-A motherboard. Installing two 970 evo plus drives on this thing in RAID 0 worked but took some time setting up. You need to change boot options to allow OPROM devices to boot. Also need to disable secure boot. When installing windows you have to load raid drivers from another usb. Lastly, my setup kept hanging up during installation despite all this. Eventually I figured out I needed to physically remove an existing drive that had windows 10 on it already. I was reluctant to remove it because it required taking out my GPU to get at it. But, after I took it out the installation went forward smoothly. it's very fast!

first took my Samsung current win 10 install and just put it in slot 1 and it booted up perfectly.then added another samsung 970 and set up RAID0 and installed drivers and Win10 again and it works like a charm. I also moved the array between different PCIE slots and no issues at all. Great Solid performance too.

I put a "true image" copy of my system with the driver for the SSD7202 onto the SSD7202 raid 0 disk. It worked perfectly once I changed the computer setup to "disable fast boot up" and secure boot to "other OS" rather than Windows UEFI mode. The computer reads the driver at startup.

Fue una misión de varias pizzas, al final logramos que funcionara en Windows pero en Linux no. Quedó como interfaz sin RAID por que el servidor en cuestión es Linux, pero funciona perfecto como interfaz PCIe- NVME