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 one external SAS port and three internal SAS ports, the Areca ARC-1680IX-12-4G supports up to 128 SAS or SATA II devices (with expander) for enhanced flexibility and speed.
RAID SupportThe Areca ARC-1680IX-12-4G supports multi-level RAID configuration including RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, single disk or JBOD for better performance, enhanced data security and flexible capacity upgrades.
On-board I/O ProcessorThe Areca ARC-1680IX-12-4G features an integrated dual core 1200MHz Intel IOP348 processor for fast hardware RAID parity calculations.
PCI Express x8 InterfaceThe Areca ARC-1680IX-12-4G features the PCI Express x8 interface which provides sufficient throughput and full-duplex operation for enhanced performance.