Areca ARC-1214-4I (4-Port PCIe to SATA lll/SAS RAID Controller) DISCONTINUED

THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED. UPDATED PRODUCT HERE.

ARC-1214-4I
4-Port PCIe to SATA lll/SAS RAID Controller

ARC-12x4 internal PCIe 2.0 host RAID controllers are a cost-effective solutions for connecting up to 4/8 6Gb/s SATA/SAS (SAS only compatible if upgraded to FW 1.52) peripheral devices. The RAID controllers are based on the same RAID kernel of field-proven internal/external RAID controller and same device driver architecture with widely used 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID controller. Applications that benefit most features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions, web servers, near-line backup, security systems and streaming applications. ARC-1214-4I/1224-8I support directly attached 4/8 internal 6Gb/s SATA ports via 1/2 SFF-8087 connector.

Adapter Architecture  
ARM storage I/O processor  
1GB on-board SDRAM with ECC  
PCIe 2.0 x8 lanes host interface  
Support up to 4/8 internal 6Gb/s SATA physical links  
ARC-1214-4I supports up to 4 x 6Gb/s SATA/SAS HDDs  
ARC-1224-8I supports up to 8 x 6Gb/s SATA/SAS HDDs  
Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements  
BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance  
BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification support  
Support EFI BIOS for Mac Pro  
NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log  
Redundant flash image for controller availability  
Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (Optional) Model: ARC-6120BA-T121  
RoHS compliant  

RAID Features  
RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD  
Multi-level RAID 0 and RAID 10 (R00 and R100)  
Support up to 1MB stripe size  
Multiple RAID selection  
Online array roaming  
Online RAID level/stripe size migration  
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously  
Online volume set growth  
Instant availability and background initialization  
Support global and dedicated hot spare  
Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuilding  
Greater than 2TB capacity per disk drive support  
Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)  
Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life  
Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function  
SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support  


Monitors/Indicators  

System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/serial bus connector and alarm buzzer

SMTP support for email notification

SNMP support for remote manager  
Enclosure management (Serial bus and SGPIO) ready      

RAID Management  
Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM    
In-Band Manager  
Hot key boot-up McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS  
Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHttp proxy server for all operating systems 
Support Command Line Interface (CLI)  
API library for customer to write monitor utility 
Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility  
Out-of-Band Manager
Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, SMTP manager, SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port  
API library for customer to write monitor utility  
Support push button and LCD display panel (option)  

Operating System  
Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista/XP/2003  
Linux  
FreeBSD  
VMware (only driver package available w/o management utility)  
Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64  
Mac OS 10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x/10.8.x

Environmental/Physical
Mechanical  

Environmental Specifications  

Electrical