The HighPoint Rocket 622 is low cost eSATA 6Gb/s x1 PCIe host adapter that adds two SATA III 6Gb/s external eSATA ports to PCIe equipped Windows and Linux systems. The Rocket 622 enables the use of the industry’s newest and fastest hard drives externally at 6Gb/s while providing backward compatibility to legacy SATA 1.5Gb/s or 3Gb/s drives. It uses the same eSATA cables and eSATA connectors as previous SATA generations to ease integration.

Fully Advanced Host Controller Interface compliant, the Rocket 622 delivers Out-of-Box Ready installation for numerous operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Linux.

Features:

• PCI-Express 2.0 x1 (fully compatible with PCI-Express 1.0) 
• Serial ATA III (6.0Gbps) compliant, backwards compatible with Serial ATA II (3Gbps) and Serial ATA I (1.5Gbps) drives
• 600MB/s per eSATA port 
• Industry Standard AHCI Compliant 
• Hot plug and Hot Swap 
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ) 
• Out-of-the-Box Ready for Windows and Linux
• Compatible with SATA (III, II, I) Hard Drives and SSD
• Support up to 2TB Hard Drives 
• Power Efficient – Going Green Saves Green 
• RoHS compliant 

The Rocket 622 package contains:

• Rocket 622 x1 PCIe eSATA SATA 6Gb/s controller 
• Quick Installation Guide 
• Software CD 

Specifications:

• Bus type: PCI Express x1 
• Port type: Two external eSATA SATA III ports 
• Compliant with PCI Express 2.0
• Compliant with Serial ATA Revision 3.0 specifications, backwards compatible with Serial ATA 1.0 and Serial ATA 2.0
• Installs in any available PCI Express slot and supports data transfer rates up to 6.0Gbps (600MBps) 
• Supports two independent Serial ATA channels 
• Supports Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
• Supports hard disk hot-plugging

System Requirements:

• PCI Express-enabled system with an available PCI Express slot
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Linux