Areca ARC-1320-4I4X Leaflet
Unparalleled Performance
- PCIe 2.0 and 6Gb/s SAS
- PCIe 2.0 and 6Gb/s SAS
Highlights
Overview
Areca PCIe 2.0 x8 lanes 6Gb/s SAS host
adapters are able to connect to both 6Gb/s and
3Gb/s SATA SAS/SATA hard disk drives,
allowing for tiered storage that optimizes costs
and performance. This is because SAS adapters
leverage a common electrical and physical
connection interface that is compatible with
SATA technology. SAS drives are optimal when
speed and reliability are of the utmost concern,
adapters are able to connect to both 6Gb/s and
3Gb/s SATA SAS/SATA hard disk drives,
allowing for tiered storage that optimizes costs
and performance. This is because SAS adapters
leverage a common electrical and physical
connection interface that is compatible with
SATA technology. SAS drives are optimal when
speed and reliability are of the utmost concern,
Easy Management
A set of 8 green LEDs and 8 red LEDs are
provided on the front side of the MD2 low profile
board to transport activity/fault status for each of
the 8 attached devices. The global state of these
activity/fault indicators is also presented on two
sets of header. The adapters contain a BIOS set
up utility that can access via hot key at system
BIOS boot-up screen. This pre-boot setup utility
provides flexibility for customer to optimize the
host adapter parameter. API library for customer
combines the ARC-1320 series function code to
its monitor utility. CLI and API code have
supported a system level ATA-8 microcode
download for upgrading SATA disk firmware and
SES microcode download for upgrading
enclosure expander firmware.
provided on the front side of the MD2 low profile
board to transport activity/fault status for each of
the 8 attached devices. The global state of these
activity/fault indicators is also presented on two
sets of header. The adapters contain a BIOS set
up utility that can access via hot key at system
BIOS boot-up screen. This pre-boot setup utility
provides flexibility for customer to optimize the
host adapter parameter. API library for customer
combines the ARC-1320 series function code to
its monitor utility. CLI and API code have
supported a system level ATA-8 microcode
download for upgrading SATA disk firmware and
SES microcode download for upgrading
enclosure expander firmware.
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ARC-1320ix-16
(24 Ports PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SAS Host Adapter)
while SATA drives are appropriate when
capacity and cost are more important. Areca
offers a diverse selection of SAS host adapter
including a wide variety of internal and external
connector configurations to support any
application, from high-performance workstations
to large-scale DAS arrays at high performance
concerns. System integrators can use the
ARC-1320 host adapters to build large-scale
storage array infrastructures that support both
SAS and SATA devices. The mixing drivers into
servers can be felt immediately when using the
ARC-1320 to develop a tiered storage solution
with hard disk drives (HDDs), tape drives, tape
autoloaders, solid state drives (SSDs) and
removable media (DAS/JBOD).
capacity and cost are more important. Areca
offers a diverse selection of SAS host adapter
including a wide variety of internal and external
connector configurations to support any
application, from high-performance workstations
to large-scale DAS arrays at high performance
concerns. System integrators can use the
ARC-1320 host adapters to build large-scale
storage array infrastructures that support both
SAS and SATA devices. The mixing drivers into
servers can be felt immediately when using the
ARC-1320 to develop a tiered storage solution
with hard disk drives (HDDs), tape drives, tape
autoloaders, solid state drives (SSDs) and
removable media (DAS/JBOD).
PCIe 2.0 x8 lanes ( x8, x4, and x1
lane widths)
lane widths)
Up to 6Gb/s transfer rates per
SAS port
SAS port
Support 1.5, 3.0 and 6 Gb/s SAS
and SATA link rates
and SATA link rates
Connects to SAS and SATA
HDDs, tape drives, SSDs
HDDs, tape drives, SSDs
Supports SSP, SMP, STP and
SATA protocols
SATA protocols
Supports the SATA Protocol
defined in the serial ATA,
Revision 2.6 specification
defined in the serial ATA,
Revision 2.6 specification
Address up to 128 total end-point
devices via SAS expanders
devices via SAS expanders
API library for customer to write
monitor utility
monitor utility
Support SGPIO interface for
ARC-1320ix-16
ARC-1320ix-16
System status indicates through
global HDD activity/fault header
global HDD activity/fault header
Low profile form factor
The ARC-1320 series is a low profile host adapter. It brings the fastest avail-
able connections to 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA interface storage on any
computer, workstation and server with PCI Express 2.0 interface.
able connections to 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA interface storage on any
computer, workstation and server with PCI Express 2.0 interface.
SAS 2.0 is designed for backward compatibility
with SAS 1.0, twice speed data transfer 6Gb/s
than previous available. The SAS 2.0 interface
supports both 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 disk drives for
data-intensive applications, and 6Gb/s SATA
drives for low-cost bulk storage of reference
data. ARC-1320 series host adapters provide a
blazing-fast storage connectivity solution with
enhanced reliability and performance and a wide
variety of internal and external connector
configurations to support any application and
tiered storage solution. The SAS host adapters
enable large-scale direct attach storage (DAS)
arrays through external 6Gb/s ports, driving up
to 128 end-point devices for SFF-8088 connec-
tor. With connectivity options including 8-internal
ports, 4-internal/4-external ports, 8-external
ports, and 16-internal/8-external ports,
ARC-1320 series 6Gb/s host adapters are ideal
for large capacity external server storage RAID
and no-RAID enclosure.
with SAS 1.0, twice speed data transfer 6Gb/s
than previous available. The SAS 2.0 interface
supports both 6Gb/s SAS 2.0 disk drives for
data-intensive applications, and 6Gb/s SATA
drives for low-cost bulk storage of reference
data. ARC-1320 series host adapters provide a
blazing-fast storage connectivity solution with
enhanced reliability and performance and a wide
variety of internal and external connector
configurations to support any application and
tiered storage solution. The SAS host adapters
enable large-scale direct attach storage (DAS)
arrays through external 6Gb/s ports, driving up
to 128 end-point devices for SFF-8088 connec-
tor. With connectivity options including 8-internal
ports, 4-internal/4-external ports, 8-external
ports, and 16-internal/8-external ports,
ARC-1320 series 6Gb/s host adapters are ideal
for large capacity external server storage RAID
and no-RAID enclosure.
ARC-1320-8i/4i4x/8x
(8 Ports PCIe 2.0 6Gb/s SAS Host Adapters)