Areca ARC-8050T3U-8 8-bay Thunderbolt 3 to 12Gb/s SAS RAID Tower

Supports up to 8 SAS / SATA HDD or SSDs. Onboard hardware RAID processor with 2GB DDR3 cache memory. Supports Mac OS X 10.12 or higher & Windows 8/10 or higher.
Manufacturer: Areca
SKU: SC-ARC8050T3-8
Manufacturer part number: ARC-8050T3U-8
$2,149.99

Overview

ARC-8050T3 is the most complete 12Gb/s SAS 8-bay Thunderboltâ„¢ 3 desktop RAID storage with RAID control capabilities solution for both PC and Mac. ARC-8050T3 incorporated on-board dual core 1.2Ghz RAID-On-Chip and with 2GB DDR3-1866 memory to deliver true high performance hardware RAID protection against drive failure. This combination helps to provide a high performance storage device perfect for the video editor working with Real time multi-stream HD and 4K workflows.

Thunderbolt™ 3 brings Thunderbolt to USB-C at speeds up to 40 Gbps, creating one compact port that does it all – delivering the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display, or data device. ARC-8050T3 is equipped with dual Thunderbolt 3 ports for connecting to any Thunderbolt 3-enabled host and offers an additional Thunderbolt 3 port for daisy-chaining other peripherals. The Thunderbolt daisy-chaining allows connection of up to six devices, so customers can connect ARC-8050T3 for massive amounts of video storage with a single Thunderbolt connection to their host computer.

RAID Features

  • RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
  • Multiple RAID selection
  • Support up to 1MB stripe size
  • Online array roaming
  • Online RAID level/stripe size migration
  • SED (self-encrypting drives) function support
  • Support global hot spare and local hot spare
  • Instant availability and background initialization
  • Advanced configuration for smooth data streaming
  • Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling support
  • Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function
  • SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support
  • Support HDD firmware update
  • Complete configuration management suite

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