Areca ARC-1330-4I4X SAS 12Gb/s nonRAID Host Adapter
The ARC-1330 series is a low profile host adapter. It brings the fastest available connections to SAS data transfer rates of 12, 6, and 3 Gb/s per lane and SATA data transfer rates of 6 and 3Gb/s per lane interface storage on any computer, workstation and server with PCI Express 3.0 interface.
The adapters are backwards compatible with existing and future RAID, and expander solutions. It provides maximum bandwidth and I/O connectivity for high-end server-based storage systems with internal storage or when connecting to large-scale storage enclosures.
The controllers are 100% compatible with the Thunderbolt standard and work with external PCIe enclosures and with macOS and Windows
Key features of the ARC-1330-4I4X card
✵ Supports SAS HDD or SSD drives up to 12Gbps
✵ 1x external SFF-8644, 1x internal SFF-8643 - 8 SAS ports
✵ 8 line PCIe 3.0 bus
✵ Transfer speed up to 12Gbps per port
✵ I/O Controller 88SE1485
✵ Support for 128 X 3Gb/s, 6Gb/s and 12Gb/s SAS/SATA devices
✵ Management of self-encrypting drives
✵ Power consumption 7.5W
✵ Connects to SAS/SATA HDDs, solid state drivers (SSDs) and removable media (DAS/JBOD)
✵ Supports a maximum of 128 SAS/SATA devices using SAS expander
✵ Serial Attached SCSI (SAS-3.0) compliant
✵ Hot-plug capability
✵ Support staggered spin-up, hot-plug and Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
✵ Support port multiplier
✵ Support ATA-8 microcode download for upgrading SATA disk drive firmware
✵ Support SES microcode download for upgrading enclosure expander firmware
