Areca ARC-1680ix-16
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1. and streaming applications Highlights e Supports up to 128 SAS or SATA Il drives using SAS expanders e 3Gb s throughput at each drive ports e Support up to 4GB DDR2 533 cache ARC 1680ix 12 16 24 e Family includes 4 8 12 16 24 internal or 4 8 external SAS ports for easy expansion e Intel RAID engine to support highest speed RAID 6 e Online capacity expansion RAID level stripe size migration e Online volume set growth e Redundant flash image for adapter availability e Support greater than 2TB per volume set and battery backup module BBM e SES2 SMP and SGPIO enclosure management e Broad operating support including Windows Linux open source FreeBSD open source Soaris open source and more systems ARC 1680 i 1680LP 1680x 8 ports PCle SAS RAID Controllers ARC 1680ix 8 12 16 24 internal ports and 4 external ports PCle SAS RAID Controllers Areca high performance ARC 1680 series PCle to SAS RAID host controller can provide up to 128 SAS SATA II 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 At the Heart of Storage SAS for Maximum Scalability SAS builds on parallel SCSI by p2. 114Taipei Taiwan R O C TEL 886 2 87974060 FAX 886 2 87975970 http www areca com tw Technical Support support areca com tw Sales Information sales areca com tw
3. API library for customer to write monitor utility Single Admin Portal SAP monitor utility Disk Stress Test DST utility for production Out of Band Manager Firmware embedded web browser based McRAID storage manager SMTP manager and SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port API library for customer to write monitor utility Support Push Button and LCD display panel Operating System e Windows 2000 XP Server 2003 Vista 2008 e Linux e FreeBSD e Novell Netware 6 5 e Solaris 10 x86 x86_64 e SCO Unixware 7 x x e Mac OSX 10 4 x 10 5 x EFI BIOS support For more information amp latest supported OS listing visit www areca com tw Environment Temperature 5 c to 50 c Operating Humidity 15 80 non condensing Temperature 40 c to 70 c Humidity 5 90 non condensing Model Name ARC 1680 i ARC 1680LP ARC 1680x ARC 1680ix 8 ARC 1680ix 12 ARC 1680ix 16 ARC 1680ix 24 On Board Cache DDR2 533 512MB One DDR2 533 Socket with Default 512MB Upgrade to 4GB Drive Support Up to 128 SAS SATA HDDs Using SAS Expander Enclosure Ready Individual Activity Fault Header SGPIO SMP and SES2 Products View Areca is a registered trademark of Areca Technology Corporation Other brand names and product names are trademark or registered trademarks of their respective companies This specification may be changed at any time without prior notice a r C C a At the Heart of Storage 8F No 22 Lane 35 Ji Hu Rd
4. e Multiple RAID selection e Online array roaming e Online RAID level stripe size migration e Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously Online volume set growth e Instant availability and background initialization e Automatic drive insertion removal detection and rebuilding Greater than 2TB per volume set 64 bit LBA support e Disk scrubbing array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all e configured RAID sets e Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life e Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port Disk Bus Interface e 4 8 12 16 24 internal SAS ports or 4 8 external SAS ports e Up to 128 SAS or 3 SATA II drives using SAS expanders e Up to 3Gb s per port e Electrical 1 10W max 3 3V 10 92W max 12V Power Requirements Host Connectivity e PCle x8 lane width host interface Monitors Notification e System status indication through global HDD activity fault connector individual fault connector LCD I2C connector and alarm buzzer e SMTP support for email notification e SNMP support for remote manager e Enclosure management SES2 SMP and SGPIO ready RAID Management Field upgradeable firmware in flash ROM In Band Manager Hot key boot up McBIOS RAID manager via M B BIOS Web browser based McRAID storage manager via ArcHttp proxy server utility Support Command Line Interface CLI
5. ent The SAS RAID controllers can also provide RAID levels 0 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 Single Disk or JBOD for maximum configuration flexibility Its high data availability and protection derives from the following capabilities Online RAID Capacity Expansion Array Roaming Online RAID Level Stripe Size Migration Global Online Spare Automatic Drive Failure Detection Automatic Failed Drive Rebuilding Disk Hot Swap Online Background Rebuilding Instant Availability Background Initialization Auto Reassign Sector Redundant Flash Image and Battery Backup Module Greater Than 2TB support allows for very large volume set applica tion in 64 bit environment such as data mining and managing large databases Maximum Interoperability E The SAS RAID controller supports broad operating system including Windows 2008 Vista 2003 XP 2000 Linux Open Source FreeBSD Open Source Solaris Open Source Mac and more along with key system monitoring features such as enclosure management SES2 SMP amp SGPIO and SNMP function Our products and technology are based on extensive testing and validation process same as Areca SATA II RAID adapter field proven compatibility with operating systems motherboards applications and device drives Easy RAID Management The controllers contain an embedded McBIOS RAID manager that can access via hot key at BIOS boot up screen This pre boot RAID manager can use to simplify the setup a
6. nd management of RAID controller The adapter firmware also contains a browser based McRAID storage manager which can be accessed through the Ethernet port or ArcHttp proxy server The McRAID storage manager allows local and remote to create and modify RAID set volume set and monitor RAID status from standard web browser The Single Admin Portal SAP monitor utility can support one application to scan multiple RAID units in the network The Disk Stress Test DST utility kicks out disks meeting marginal spec before the RAID unit is actually put on line for real business Adapter Architecture e Intel Dual Core 1200 MHz IOP348 I O processor for RAID core and SAS microcode e 512MB on board DDR2 533 SDRAM with ECC protection ARC 1680LP 1680i 1680x 1680ix 8 e One 240 pin DDR2 533 DIMM socket with default 512MB of SDRAM with ECC protection upgrade to 4GB ARC 1680ix 12 16 24 e Support write through or write back cache e Support 4 to 24 internal and 4 to 8 external SAS ports e Multi adapter support for large storage requirements e BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance e BIOS PnP plug and play and BBS BIOS boot specification support e Support extreme performance RAID 6 function e NVRAM for RAID event amp transaction log e Redundant flash image for adapter availability e Battery Backup Module ready Option e ROHS Compliant RAID Features e RAID level 0 1 1E 3 5 6 10 30 50 60 Single Disk or JBOD
7. roviding higher performance improving data availability and simplifying system design The SAS interface supports both SAS disk drives for data intensive applications and Serial ATA SATA drives for low cost bulk storage of reference data The ARC 1680 series controllers include 4 8 12 16 24 internal SAS port or 4 8 external SAS ports for easy expansion When Areca SAS RAID controller used with SAS expanders the adapter can provide up to 128 devices through one or more SAS JBODs making it an ideal solution for enterprise class storage applications that call for maximum configuration flexibility Unparalleled Performance a _____________ The SAS RAID controllers raise the standard to higher performhance levels with several enhance ments including Intel new high performance IOP348 I O Processor a DDR2 533 memory architecture and high performance x8 Link PCle host interface bus interconnection ARC 1680ix 12 16 24 series include one DIMM socket with default 512MB of ECC DDR2 533 SDRAM with optional battery backup module upgrade to 4GB The ARC 1680LP 1680i 1680x 1680ix 8 low profile boards default support 512MB on board memory Unsurpassed Data Availability The RAID 6 can offer fault tolerance greater that RAID 1 or RAID 5 but only consumes the capacity of 2 disk drives for distributed parity data The SAS RAID controllers with extreme performance RAID 6 engine installed provide the highest RAID 6 feature to meet this requirem
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