ARC-1880ix-16 - Key Features

• 800 MHz RoC for RAID core and SAS microcode
• Battery Backup Module ready (Option)
• RAID level 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements and increase transfer speed
• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
• Disk scrubbing/array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets
• Up to (128) SAS 3Gb/6Gb or SATAI,II,III drives using SAS expanders
• Support Win2000/XP/Server 2003/2008/Vista/7, Linux, FreeBSD, Novell Netware 6.5, Solaris 10 x86/x86_64, SCO Unixware 7.x.x, Mac OS X 10.4.x and up (EFI BIOS Support), including 10.7.x
• Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding

PCIe x8 V2.0 (40Gb/s bandwidth) and 800 MHz RoC for RAID core and SAS microcode, 1GB cache (upgradeable to 4GB), scale-able to 128 devices (with SAS expanders), 4xSFF-8087 internal connectors, 1xSFF-8088 external connector for expansion. Our ARC-1880ix-16 includes four (4) internal mini-SAS (SFF-8088) cables.

Areca high-performance ARC-1880ix-16 series PCIe to SAS RAID host controller can provide up to 128x SAS 6Gb/ SATAI,II, Ill peripheral devices using SAS expanders. The controllers are based on the same RAID kernel of field-proven external RAID adapter and same device drivers with widely used SATA RAID controller. Applications that benefit most features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions, web servers, supercomputing, near-line backup, security systems and streaming applications.

Win2000/XP/Server 2003/2008/2008-R2/Vista/7
Linux 32/64 and it derivatives
FreeBSD, Novell Netware 6.5, Solaris 10 x86/x86_64, SCO Unixware 7.x.x,
Mac OS X 10.4.x, 10.5.x, 10.6.x and 10.7.x
VMware 4.0