Description

ARC-1883ix-24

(24+4 Port 12Gb/s SAS RAID Controller)

Default cable 8643 to 8087 X 6 PCs

Default cache 2G RAM

Areca is proudly to work with HGST work together for your data storage solution.

HGST 4U60G2/2U24 JBOD Platform Delivers High Capacity, Scalable and Cost-Effective Storage Expansion for Demanding Data Storage.

The new third generation ARC-1883 family offers advanced technology for increased performance and improved enterprise data protection. They were designed with 1.2 GHz dual core ROC processor, DDR3-1866 memory architecture and PCIe 3.0 interface for the most performance-hungry database and IT applications. The ARC-1883 family includes 8 ports low profile as well as full height 12/16/24 internal ports with additional 4 external ports with mini SAS HD connectors for 12Gb/s throughput on each port.

Adapter Architecture

Dual Core RAID-on-Chip (ROC) 1.2 GHz processor
PCIe 3.0 x8 lane host interface
2GB on-board DDR3-1866 SDRAM with ECC (ARC-1883LP/1883i/1883x)
One 240-pin DIMM socket for 2GB(default) DDR3-1866, 1RX8, ECC module (ARC-1883ix series)

- up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3-1866, 1RX8, Unbuffered/ Registered ECC module or

- up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3-1600, 2RX8, Unbuffered/ Registered ECC module
Write-through or write-back cache support
Support up to 4/8/12/16/24 internal or 4/8 external 12Gb/s SAS ports
Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
BIOS boot array support for greater fault tolerance
Supports up to 256 SATA or SAS devices using SAS expanders
Boot support for the uEFI host BIOS
NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
Redundant flash image for controller availability
Flash-based or battery backup module (FBM/BBM) ready (Optional)
Model: ARC-1883-BAT/ARC-1883-CAP/ARC-6120BA-12G
RoHS compliant

RAID Features

RAID Level 0,1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10 (1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100)
Multiple RAID selection
Configurable stripe size up to 1MB
Support HDD firmware update
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
Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SAS and SATA devices
Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life
Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board ethernet port
Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function
SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support
Controller level hardware encryption function support

Monitors/Notifications

System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual activity/fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer
SMTP support for email notification
SNMP support for remote manager
Enclosure management (SES-2, 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 for all operating systems
Supports 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 (optional)

Operating System

Windows 8 / Server 2012 / 7 / 2008 / Vista / Server 2003 / XP
Linux
FreeBSD
VMware (only driver package available w/o management utility)
Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64
Mac OS X 10.4.x/10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x/10.8.x/10.9.x

PCIe 3.0 12Gb/s SAS RAID Controller
Model Name	ARC-1883ix-12	ARC-1883ix-16	ARC-1883ix-24
I/O Processor	Dual Core RAID-on-Chip 1.2 GHz
On-Board Cache	One 240-pin DIMM socket for 2GB(default) DDR3-1866, 1RX8, ECC module - up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3-1866, 1RX8, Unbuffered/ Registered ECC module or - up to 4GB or 8GB DDR3-1600, 2RX8, Unbuffered/ Registered ECC module
Driver Connector	3 x SFF-8643 1 x SFF-8644	4 x SFF-8643 1 x SFF-8644	6 x SFF-8643 1 x SFF-8644
Drive Support	Up to 256 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSD, using 12Gb/s SAS Expander
FBM/BBM Support	ARC-1883-CAP (support cache 2GB)/ ARC-1883-BAT (support cache 4~8GB)/ ARC-6120BA-T121-12G
Form Factor (LxH)	Full Height: 254 x 98.4 mm