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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.
Learn more about the Areca ARC-1680i
Model
Brand
areca
Model
ARC-1680i
Details
Type
SAS
Internal Connectors
2 x SFF-8087
Interface
PCI-E x8
Transfer Rate
Up to 3Gb/s
Cache Memory
512MB
RAID
0, 1,1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 or JBOD
Operating Systems Supported
Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista Linux FreeBSD Novell Netware 6.5 Solaris 10 x86/x86_64 SCO Unixware 7.x.x Mac OS X 10.x (EFI BIOS Support)
Features
Features
Intel IOP348 I/O processor with SAS controller 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 Intel RAID engine support extreme performance RAID 6 function NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log Redundant flash image for adapter availability RoHS Compliant