Areca ARC-4883T2 ARC-4883 Leaflet

The ARC-4050T2 is a Thunderbolt™2 expansion chassis with one PCIe 2.0 slot to fit a low profile adapter 

for high-performance 4K video editing and networking. By supporting Thunderbolt-compatible low profile 

PCIe adapters, the ARC-4050T2 expansion enables professionals to use high-performance PCIe adapters 

or RAID adapters on the lacking PCIe expansion new Mac Pro. Supported adapters include Areca 10G 

Ethernet, 16Gbps Fibre Channel, 6Gb/s SAS Host as well as 12Gb/s SAS RAID controllers. Designed and 

leveraged with Areca’ existing high performance internal PCIe adapters, Areca’s family of Thunderbolt 2 

products provide a perfect outside-the-box solution for your 4K deployments.

Thunderbolt 2 helps the media and entertainment industry meet the massive data demands of fully digital 

workflows. It pushes speed to 20Gb/s and enables 4K video file transfer and display simultaneously. 

ARC-4050T2 series products are equipped with dual Thunderbolt 2 ports for connecting to any 

Thunderbolt 2-enabled host such as the new Mac Pro, and offers an additional Thunderbolt 2 port for 

daisy-chaining other peripherals. The Thunderbolt daisy-chaining allows connection of up to six devices, 

so customers can connect ARC-4050T2 for massive amounts of video storage with a single Thunderbolt 

connection to their host computer. ARC-4050T2 series can meet the demand of users when working with 

rich, ultra- high resolution media through Thunderbolt 2 interface. 

ARC-4050T2 series products connect with high performance RAID solution to deliver true hardware RAID 

for the video editor working with real time multi-stream HD and 4K workflows. It runs efficiently without 

disruption or major drops in performance to meet the requirements of 4K data workflow. It is so quick it 

allows for 4K displays at the same time as daisy chaining ARC-4050T2 and doing a simultaneous 4K 

output and file transfers while maintaining maximum throughput.

With dual 12Gb/s SAS ports and dual 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 ports configurations, the ARC-4883T2 is an 

ideal solution to connect a high- performance RAID controller with JBOD enclosure for users looking to 

achieve the highest I/O and data throughput for 4K workflows.

With dual 6Gb/s SAS ports and dual 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 ports configurations, the ARC-4320T2 is an 

ideal solution to connect a high-speed SAS RAID subsystem for users looking to achieve the highest I/O 

and data throughput for 4K workflows.

With dual 16Gbps Fibre Channel ports and dual 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 ports configurations, the 

ARC-4607T2 is an ideal solution to connect a high-speed Fibre Channel SAN for users looking to achieve 

the highest I/O and data throughput for 4K workflows.

With dual 10Gbps Ethernet ports and dual 20Gbps Thunderbolt 2 ports configurations, the ARC-4307T2 

is an ideal solution to connect a high-speed iSCSI RAID solution for users looking to achieve the highest 

I/O and data throughput for 4K workflows.