Areca ARC-1680i PCIe SAS RAID Controller
2 internal SFF-8087 connectors, Low Profile, PCIe X8 interface, RAID level 0, 1,1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 or JBOD
Areca high-performance PCIe to SAS RAID host adapters can provide up to (128) SAS/SATA ll peripheral devices using SAS expanders. The adapters are based on the same RAID kernel of field-proven external RAID adapters. Applications that benefit most features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions, web servers, supercomputing, near-line backup, security systems and streaming applications.
Highlights
- Supports up to (128) SAS or SATA II drives using SAS expanders
- 3Gb/s throughput at each drive ports
- Automatic detect eight internal SAS ports or four internal & four external SAS ports for easy expansion
- Intel RAID engine to support highest speed RAID 6
- Online Capacity expansion, RAID level/stripe size migration
- Online Volume set growth
- Redundant flash image for adapter availability
- Support Greater than 2TB per Volume set and battery backup module (BBM)
- SES2 and SGPIO enclosure management
- Broad operating support including Windows, Linux (open source), FreeBSD (open source) and more systems
Comparison
| Model Name | ARC-1680 | ARC-1680i |
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| Host Bus Type |
PCI-Express X8 |
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| RAID Processor |
Intel IOP348 (800MHz) |
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| RAID 6 Support | YES |
YES |
YES |
YES |
| Driver Support | Up to 128 |
Up to 128 |
Up to 128 |
Up to 128 |
| Internal Connector | 2xSFF-8087 | 1xSFF-8087 | 2xSFF-8087 | N/A |
| External Connector | 1xSFF-8088 | 1xSFF-8088 | N/A | 2xSFF-8088 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | Low Profile | Low Profile | Low Profile |
Reference
Areca 1680i Brochure
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