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title: "Highpoint RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 Thunderbolt 3 to 2X Mini-SAS Port Adapter (8X SAS/SATA Channels)"
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price: "R$296"
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# Thunderbolt 3 ultra-fast interface Supports 8x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA drives Up to 112TB massive storage capacity Highpoint RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 Thunderbolt 3 to 2X Mini-SAS Port Adapter (8X SAS/SATA Channels)

**Brand:** highpoint
**Price:** R$296
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🚀 Elevate your storage game with rocket-speed Thunderbolt power!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Highpoint RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 Thunderbolt 3 to 2X Mini-SAS Port Adapter (8X SAS/SATA Channels) by highpoint
- **How much does it cost?** R$296 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- highpoint enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted highpoint brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Versatile RAID Support:** Integrated RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50 & JBOD for ultimate data protection and performance tuning.
- • **Compact & Lightweight Design:** Sleek, portable form factor at just under 5 pounds fits perfectly in any professional workspace.
- • **Cross-Platform Compatibility:** Works flawlessly with Mac, Windows, and Linux 64-bit systems—future-proof your setup.
- • **Massive 112TB Storage Potential:** Scale your storage effortlessly with support for up to 8 SAS/SATA drives totaling 112TB.
- • **Blazing Fast Thunderbolt 3 Connectivity:** Experience seamless, high-speed data transfer with cutting-edge Thunderbolt 3 technology.

## Overview

The Highpoint RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 is a professional-grade Thunderbolt 3 to dual Mini-SAS port adapter supporting up to 8 SAS/SATA drives at 6Gb/s each, delivering up to 112TB of scalable storage. It features integrated RAID levels 0,1,5,6,10,50 & JBOD, ensuring versatile data management and protection. Compatible with 64-bit Mac, Windows, and Linux systems, this compact and lightweight device is designed for high-performance mass storage solutions in demanding professional environments.

## Description

Cost Effective High-Speed Mass Storage RAID Solution: The RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 delivers robust RAID protection, high-performance data throughput, and mass-storage capability, via a single Thunderbolt 3 connection. Each RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 is powered by our industry proven Turbo RAID technology and features two industry-standard external Mini-SAS ports (SFF-8088) which can directly support up to eight SAS/SATA drives and 112TB of storage in one or more RAID configurations. The built-in RAID controller supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and JBOD arrays and delivers the uncompromised performance and superior data protection demanded by professional applications. Works with any Thunderbolt 3 capable Mac or PC: Like all HighPoint Thunderbolt 3 I/O Solutions, the RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 was designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind. Eight 6Gb/s SAS/SATA ports can be added to any Thunderbolt 3 capable Mac or PC using a single cable connection. The ultra-slim enclosure includes a pre-installed SAS/SATA RAID controller, and extensive driver support is available for both Windows and Mac platforms. Compatible with macOS RAID Arrays & RocketRAID Configurations: Designed to simplify and streamline storage integration for Thunderbolt 3 platforms, the RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 is fully backwards compatible with all previous and current HighPoint RAID controllers, and includes built-support for Apple RAID configurations created with the macOS Disk Utility. No other Thunderbolt 3 to SAS/SATA storage solution delivers this level of convenience, flexibility and performance. Comprehensive RAID & Storage Management Interface: The RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 includes our intuitive web-based management suite which enables users of any experience level. A wide-range of pro-active maintenance and monitoring capabilities work ensure the health of RAID storage investments and minimize downtime.

## Features

- Thunderbolt 3 to 2x Mini-SAS Ports (SFF-8088)
- Cost-effective, high-speed, mass-storage RAID solution for Thunderbolt 3 Connectivity
- Integrated RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 & JBOD Support
- Directly supports up to 8x 6Gb/s SAS or SATA drives and up to 112TB of Storage Capacity
- Works with any Thunderbolt 3 capable Mac or PC

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Brand | HighPoint |
| Item model number | RocketStor 6661A-mSAS2 |
| Operating System | Linux: RHEL/Debian/Ubuntu/Proxmox/Fedora/XenProject (Linux Kernel 3.10 and later); Arch Linux (Kernel 5.17.5 and above); Only supports 64-bit operating system., macOS: macOS 10.13 - macOS Ventura 13.x (Intel & Apple M1 Platform Compatible), Windows: Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7, Windows Server 2022/2019/2016/2012 R2/2008, Windows Vista; Only supports 64-bit operating system |
| Item Weight | 4.78 pounds |
| Product Dimensions | 6.42 x 2.25 x 10.12 inches |
| Item Dimensions  LxWxH | 6.42 x 2.25 x 10.12 inches |
| Color | White |
| Manufacturer | HighPoint Technologies Inc. |
| ASIN | B07CTH9DQP |
| Date First Available | April 30, 2018 |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** HighPoint
- **Hardware Interface:** Thunderbolt
- **Product Dimensions:** 9.74"L x 6.3"W x 2.24"H
- **Style:** Thunderbolt 3 to 2x Mini-SAS
- **Item Weight:** 4.8 Pounds

## Images

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Style** options.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Works well so far.
*by J***I on September 23, 2019*

Setup:* 27" iMac 5k with TB2 ports.* HighPoint RocketStor 6661A* Third party PCIe to NVME adapter* Generic 1TB NVME & SSD in a USB 3.0 case (for APFS Fusion)Some Pros: Quiet or the fans don't work. Solid build. Easy to get into the device. Discreet. No crazy vibrations. (I don't like fan or drive vibrations)Cons: No On/Off switch. These devices (external chassis) still have a low adoption and the information out there only focuses on graphics. The one that did focus on NVME did not cover this information.Now for the TL;DR user experience:I wanted to future proof myself with a Thunderbolt 3 expansion to use with my 27" iMac 5k (late 2015). I was very nervous at first since the device had poor reviews. I've had it for 2 weeks now and it's had there has been a fair share of issues but I wouldn't say all of them are Highpoint's fault.I used the Apple TB3 (USB-C) to TB2 adapter to get this to work on my iMac with TB2. I placed a Vantec PCIe card in the enclosure and used a generic 256GB Inland Professional NVME I took out of my Windows box. At this point, I had a secondary SSD in a TB2 dock form a different Vendor. My first step was to even see if macOS saw the device. When I first turned it on, it did not recognize or power up. I was starting to get nervous. For some reason it did not like the Apple TB2 cable. I swapped it out with a 3rd party TB2 cable that I previously purchased. Voila. There's the device.I reformatted macOS and set it up to use the combined 480GB OCZ SSD w/ 256Gb Inland NVME. This setup worked like a charm but it had issues returning from sleep. This is apparently a known issue on a lot of devices. It's not just Highpoint. I got around this by turning off certain power settings such as auto shutoff, standby, and hibernation modes using pmset. Now It was working brilliantly. However, the NVME was only 256GB and I wanted more...I decided to take the TB2 dock back and buy a 1TB NVME instead. The original OCZ 470GB SSD was using USB 3.0 and I wanted to try the TB2 dock. I couldn't afford both the dock and the enclosure though. Now to get macOS on a new APFS Fusion drive using the 1TB NVME plus the OCZ SSD (now in a USB 3.0 enclosure). That's when all the troubles started.The fusion was created automatically and set the 1TB to the "main" device and the 480GB to the "Secondary (Aux" device. (Personally I wish APFS could span drives or use JBOD similar to Windows Storage Spaces. Right now it defaults to Fusion.) Over the next few days, I would have to unplug the Highpoint, cross my fingers, and hope I could option boot and see the drive during selection. Otherwise I'd get the folder with the blinking question mark or have to reset PRAM.Being an old timer Mac guy, I remembered that Macs would scan ports in a specific order during boot time. This apparently never changed from the old SCSI days. I started wondering if the Thunderbolt is last on the chain. I checked disk utility and found the synthesized APFS fusion drive was showing up as USB. Below that was the container and volume. Each were showing up as PCIe. I knew that had to be an issue. Apparently, it was scanning the USB device first before getting to the TB3 device and that in turn led to the question mark. It couldn't find the system on the USB device because the system resided on the NVME. I reformatted and reinstalled but it always showed up the same.You are probably wondering why even set it up that way. Well even with TB2, NVME, and a USB SSD, I was getting ~1200MB/s write and ~1400MB/s read. Together they made up 1.5TB of solid state love. That's a lot of space. What can I say? I am a glutton for space (punishment).Unfortunately, I had to redo the whole installation and manually create the APFS fusion drive so that the slower 480GB SSD was the "main" device and the 1TB NVME was the secondary (Aux) device. Voila! Now it boots up fine. It still doesn't respond to sleep well. That's a known issue though. It's not just Highpoint and I *did* use a generic NVME. (Inland Premium without firmware patches)Is it fast? Not as fast as the original setup but that's only when benchmarking. It's fast when booting up. When starting apps, I get about one bounce. Sometimes no bounce. So yeah. That's fast. Plus maybe it's better to have the secondary drive this way to prevent overall wear on that drive.I will report back in about a month. Fingers crossed.

### ⭐ Out the gate... worked, but was a struggle until it stopped working completely after 3 weeks
*by R***N on June 6, 2023*

I've opened a ticket with HPT about this but the system powers up and provides power to my MBP but it does not activate or mount the NVMe RAID any longer.This is a problem -- I have 2TB of data stuck on the RAID in there that I need to get out -- I will likely have to remove the PCIe RAID device and put it into an Intel MacPro I have lying around... hopefully I can load the drivers there for it... but I'm not holding my breath.Right now this device is holding about $10,000 hostage.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Could be better, see edit at bottom
*by C***N on October 2, 2018*

This is a review for the bare case to which you can add a PCIe card of your choice. For example, I use it for my Myricom SFP+ 10GbE network adapter. In order for a PCIe-card of your choice to work, it needs to be Thunderbolt-aware and not draw more than about 45W. The two internal fans keep the card cool (many competing products only use one fan) and the case is spacious enough to accept cards up to 8.2" long @ full height. The case is solid extruded Aluminum, clear-coated to a finish similar to the 2010-era Power Macs.There is one open standard PCIe slot (x4 3.0) and enough room between the slot and the thunderbolt interface to accommodate a pretty wide variety of cards. This means you can attach cards that have more PCIe lanes (x8 or x16, for example) but the cards will only function at x4 speeds, which is allegedly good for 4GB/s raw throughput. Many folk are happy at those speeds with current eGPUs and that's about 3x what my network card can theoretically handle.I would not attempt a eGPU rig with this unit unless you're willing to either tone down the power needs significantly and/or make significant modifications. For example, the OEM power supply is only good for about 60W (12VDC @ 5A), which isn't going to get you very far. Similarly, while the OEM cooling will work just fine for a network card, SAS controller, etc., I doubt it will suffice for a graphics rig under intense load.It would be great if Highpoint allowed the customer to easily mount this case horizontally. The fans are also little buzzy and hence I may elect to replace them with Noctua models in the future. Thankfully, there are standard pin headers for the the fans on the inside, so the swap is easy.Compared to competing products, this case is longer, narrower, and less expensive.EDIT on Nov. 9, 2018:Too bad. As of today, the unit is no longer functioning. The lights come on, the fans start spinning, then the power cuts and the cycle repeats. I doubt it's the external power supply (which was easy to test, but then again, it wasn't under load). I've contacted Highpoint to get a replacement / repair. However, less than a months worth of occasional use shouldn't cause a unit to fail.After some back and forth, a RMA was authorized, I sent in my unit in, and eventually a replacement was sent to me. The replacement has been working fine since.By now there are better options re network adapters than combining this enclosure with a PCIe card. However, it’s a workable solution and I really like how the unit only comes on whenever it is plugged into a active thunderbolt bus.

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