Areca ARC-1680ix-12 SAS RAID Controller
PCIe x8, Intel IOP348 1200MHz processor, 512mb cache (upgradeable to 4GB), Supports up to 128 devices using SAS expanders, 3xSFF-8087 internal connectors, 1xSFF-8088 external connector, Retail Box with internal cables.
Areca high-performance ARC-1680 series PCIe to SAS RAID host controller can provide up to (128) SAS/SATA ll 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.
System Architecture
- Intel 1200 MHz IOP348 I/O processor with SAS controller
- One 240-pin DDR2-533 DIMM socket with default 512MB of SDRAM with ECC protection, upgrade to 4GB (ARC-1680ix-12/16/24)
- Support write-through or write-back cache
- Support 4 to 24 internal and 4 to 8 external SAS ports
- Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
- BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
- BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support
- Support extreme performance RAID 6 function
- NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log
- Redundant flash image for adapter availability
- Battery Backup Module ready (Option)
- RoHS Compliant
RAID Features
- RAID level 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
- Multiple RAID selection
- Online array roaming
- Online RAID level/stripe size migration
- Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
- Online volume set growth
- Instant availability and background initialization
- Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding
- Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)
- Disk scrubbing/array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets
- Support spin down drives when not in use (MAID)
- Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port
Disk Bus Interface
- Up to (128) SAS or 3 SATA II drives using SAS expanders
- Up to 3Gb/s per port
Monitors/Indicators
- System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer
- SMTP support for email notification
- SNMP support for remote manager
- Enclosure management (SES2,SMP and SGPIO) ready
Operating System
- Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
- Linux
- FreeBSD
- Novell Netware 6.5
- Solaris 10 x86/x86_64
- SCO Unixware 7.x.x
- Mac OS X 10.x (EFI BIOS Support)
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