Areca ARC-1203 6Gb SATA RAID Controllers by Starline
€301 for ARC-1203-4i, €340 for ARC-1203-8i
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on June 17, 2016 at 3:11 pmStarline Computer GmbH introduces low-cost 6Gbps SATA RAID controller from Areca Technology Corporation.
The ARC-1203 RAID controllers offer the cost-efficient opportunity to connect and operate up to 6Gb SATA HDDs or SSDs in a storage enclosure.
The RAID controller of the 1203 series feature a PCIe 2.0 x4 interface and an ARM-based I/O processor. The 512 MB ECC SDRAM memory is integrated.
These RAID controllers are low-profile models and they fit into servers with 1 or 2U.
Several ARC-1203-4i and ARC-1203-8i RAID controllers can be used simultaneously. Thereby, the number of accessed drives be increased.
The controller firmware includes a browser-based Storage Manager. Access can be received through the Ethernet port or ArcHttp proxy server in Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and other environments.
The RAID controllers are for cost-effective and powerful NAS, DVR (Digital Video Recording) and suitable for other applications that require reliability and performance.
Features:
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4x6Gb/s transfer rate per port:
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ARC-1203-4i: 1xSFF-8087
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ARC-1203-8i: 2xSFF-8087
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Support for up to 8 SATA HDDs or SSDs
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512MB SDRAM with ECC
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PCIe 2.0×4 host interface
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ARM processor
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RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10 or JBOD (ARC-1203-4i) and additionally 30, 50, 60 (ARC-1203-8i)
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Online capacity expansion, RAID level/stripe size migration
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Online volume set growth
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Redundant flash image for adapter availability
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Support greater than 2TB per volume set
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Optional battery backup module (BBM)
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Serial bus and SGPIO enclosure management
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Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SATA devices
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OS support for VMware, Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD
Tech tip:
All RAID sets of any Areca controller are compatible with each other. When replacing the Areca controller, the existing data are directly available.
The ARC-1203-4i/-1203-8i RAID controller are available from the company.
Recommended sales price ARC-1203-4i €301 incl. VAT , ARC-1203-8i €340 incl. VAT, state 10.06.2016.