The ARC-5040 8-Bay 3 Gbps SATA Drive RAID Subsystem from Areca unleashes a truly innovative multiple host (with 3 Gbps eSATA, USB 3.0, FireWire 800, iSCSI/AoE and USB2.0) solution for both PC and Mac. The eSATA port delivers over 220 MBps sustained RAID 0 reads and over 210 MBps RAID 0 sequential writes.
The high transfer rates make the RAID subsystem well suited for audio/video applications, especially in view of the rapidly growing demand from the Mac video editing markets. The intelligent cooling system continuously adapts to environmental conditions by automatically controlling the speed of the cooling fans. This super silent design provides you a cost effective storage solution while optimizing the balance between noise reduction and necessary cooling.Maximum Host Interoperability
The RAID subsystem supports multiple host interfaces (eSATA, iSCSI/AoE, USB 3.0, FireWire 800 and UBS 2.0) that can work currently at the same time without any limitation. The host interface on the system may be located either on the system board or on a plug-in host bus adapter (HBA) card. With a port multiplier SATA host, the eSATA (3 Gbps) host channel can support multiple volumes (up to 8). FireWire 800 can support up to 2 volumes, while USB 3.0/iSCSI/AoE and USB 2.0 host channels can support up to 8 volumes per host. Up to 16 volumes can be created on each RAID subsystem. Multiple host interfaces make the subsystem well suited for professionals who need large capacity and exceptional performance with connectivity.
Unsurpassed Data Availability
The RAID subsystem incorporates onboard high-performance 400 MHz storage processors and onboard 128MB DDR2-400 SDRAM memory to deliver true hardware RAID. It supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to allow for two hard disk drive failures without affecting the existing data and performance. The high data availability and protection of the subsystem derives from the advanced RAID features. In addition, the RAID subsystem allows easy scalability from JBOD to RAID. It can be configured to RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 1E, 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD. The subsystem is a cost-effective SATA disk drive RAID subsystem with completely integrated high performance and data protection capabilities.
Easy RAID Management
Configuration and monitoring can be managed either through the LCD control panel, RS232 port or Ethernet port. The firmware also contains an embedded terminal emulation via the RS232 port. The firmware-embedded web browser-based RAID manager allows local or remote access to it from any standard Internet browser via a LAN port. The Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility supports one application to manage multiple RAID units in the network. The Disk Stress Test (DST) utility kicks out disks meeting marginal specifications before the RAID unit is actually put on line for real business. The hardware monitor can check the subsystem environment and show the warning message.
Adapter Architecture
NVRAM for event log and transaction log
Write-through or write-back cache support
Redundant flash image for subsystem availability
Online array roaming
Offline RAID set
Online RAID level/stripe size migration
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
Online dynamic volume set capacity expansion
Instant availability and background initialization
Automatic insertion/removal detection and rebuild
Greater than 2TB per volume set
Supports SMART, NCQ and OOB staggered spin-up capable drives
Write-through or write-back cache support
Redundant flash image for subsystem availability
Online array roaming
Offline RAID set
Online RAID level/stripe size migration
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
Online dynamic volume set capacity expansion
Instant availability and background initialization
Automatic insertion/removal detection and rebuild
Greater than 2TB per volume set
Supports SMART, NCQ and OOB staggered spin-up capable drives