Areca high-performance ARC-1680 series PCIe to SAS RAID host controller can provide up to (128) SAS/SATA ll 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 and streaming applications.
Areca high-performance ARC-1680 series PCIe to SAS RAID host controller can provide up to (128) SAS/SATA ll 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 and streaming applications.
Serial Attached SCSI PortsWith two internal mini-SAS ports, the Areca ARC-1680i supports up to 128 SAS or SATA devices (with expander) for enhanced flexibility and speed.
RAID SupportThe Areca ARC-1680i supports multi-level RAID configuration including RAID level 0, 1,1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 or JBOD for better performance, enhanced data security and flexible capacity upgrades.
512MB MemoryThe Areca ARC-1680i features built-in 512MB cache memory for enhanced performance and maximum data integrity.
On-Board I/O ProcessorThe Areca ARC-1680i features an Intel Dual Core 1200 MHz IOP348 I/O processor for RAID core and SAS microcode.