Addonics 5 Port HPM-XA RAID Controller - Test Platform

But you've got the links reversed. The "enclosure" link goes to the system version, and vice versa.

Thanks for the great write up!

good start on covering some of the basics. some other detais that would be good to know:

1) how long does a RAID rebuild take?
2) how do you tell how far a rebuild has left?
3) how do you tell which disk failed?
4) does the software UI handle 2+ HDM-XA's in the system?
5) how do you recover the RAID if the HDM-XA itself has failed and needs to be replaced?
6) what's the biggest sized drives supported? 2TB?

iv tested this.. etc..

sil 3132 pci-e x1 card )(addtronics one) or jmb 363 or highpoint 4 port x1 2300 raid card.

max oot put is 190mb sec total.. and if using 2 ports its 95mb/sec..


tested this using 4x volir wd 300g hdd
(they get each 109mb/sec)

so if using both e-sata ports.. transfer maxes out at 190mb.sec..


if using 4 hdd in raid 0 etc... max output for 4x vr 300 on intel on-board raid (x48 chipset) 500+mb/sec..

on sil using this product is.. 90mb/sec.

als tryed 4x 1.5 tb 7200.11 hdd..max out at 90mb/sec

also tryed raid 5.. 90mb/sec.


2tb hdd supported. but hardware or nonhardware raid the sil raid gear does not support partitions bigger than 2tb.(old design)

to get 6 tb hdd spac out of in i raid 0 (4x 1.5tb)

i hd to make 4 partitions .. the software is limited in what size to make. it..it was tricky.. i had to make partitin/volumns 2+ then delet and recreat smaller ones. in aparticular order.

they need to update thar raid cards. (chan...