Areca ARC-1883i 8xInt SAS/SATA RAID PCIe 3.0
The new third-generation Areca ARC-1883 family of controllers offers advanced technology for enhanced performance and enhanced data protection in enterprises. They are designed with a 1.2 GHz dual-core ROC processor, DDR3-1866 memory architecture and PCIe 3.0 connectivity for the most performance-demanding data center and IT applications. The ARC-1883 family offers 8 external ports, as well as full-height 12/16/24 internal ports with an additional 4 external ports with mini SAS HD connectors providing 12 Gb/s throughput on each port.
12Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID controller
ARECA ARC-1886-xNxI controllers present advanced hardware RAID technology with increased performance thanks to the use of 6 or 4 M.2 NVMe bays and improved protection of corporate data thanks to the use of two SAS/SATA ports.
The hardware RAID adapter accesses the data of the NVMe disk array with a given load value. While the load level remains within the set value, the RAID adapter continuously backs up the NVMe disk array data to the remaining two SAS/SATA hard disk arrays. The devices are equipped with a 1.6 GHz dual-core ROC processor, DDR4-2666 memory and PCIe Gen 4.0 host/device interface and support RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, single disk or JBOD.
RAID functions
- Support for multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10(1E) arrays (RAID 00 and RAID100)
- RAID 1 support – Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk
- Multiple RAID array selection
- Configurable strip size up to 1 MB
- Support for HDD firmware updates
- Online array roaming
- Online RAID level/stripe size migration
- Simultaneously expand capacity and migrate RAID levels online
- Online volume set growth
- Support for SED (Self-Encrypting Drives)
- Instant availability and initialization in the background
- Global and dedicated hot spare support
- Automatic disk insertion/removal detection and reconstruction
- Support for native SAS and SATA devices with 4K and 512 byte sectors
- Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life
- Supports NTP protocol synchronizing the RAID controller clock via the built-in Ethernet port
- Cloning function for multiple SSD/HDD pairs
- Support for automatic cloning of SSD monitors (AMC)
- Support for controller-level hardware encryption
Key features of the ARC-1883i card
- 8-lane PCI Express® 3.0 host bus interface
- 8 x internal ports
- Connectors 2 x SFF-8643
- Data transfer speed Up to 12 Gb/s per port
- Disk support Up to 512 SAS 12 Gb/s or SAS/SATA 6 Gb/s and 3 Gb/s hard drives/SSDs using a 12 Gb/s SAS expander
- Cache memory 2 GB onboard DDR3-1866 SDRAM
- Physical dimensions Low profile: 169.5 (L) x 64.4 (H) mm
- Typical power dissipation: 14.4W
- Operating temperature from 0 °C to 60 °C
- Operating humidity from 10% to 85%, non-condensing
