Areca ARC-1883LP - RAID Controller 4 Internal + 4 External SAS/SATA 12Gbps PCIe 3.0
The Areca ARC-1883LP is a professional PCIe 3.0 x8 low-profile RAID controller, featuring 4 internal SAS/SATA 12Gb/s ports (SFF-8643) and 4 external ports (SFF-8644). With 2GB DDR3-1866 ECC cache and a Dual Core 1.2 GHz RAID-on-Chip processor, it supports up to 512 drives via SAS expanders. Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, single disk, and JBOD. Advanced features include cloning, online migration, hardware encryption, SED, and powerful management via McRAID Storage Manager, making it ideal for secure, scalable enterprise storage.
The Areca ARC-1883LP is a low-profile PCI Express 3.0 x8 RAID controller designed for enterprise environments needing flexibility, speed, and robust storage. It features 4 internal SAS/SATA 12Gb/s ports (1 x SFF-8643 Mini-SAS HD) and 4 external SAS/SATA 12Gb/s ports (1 x SFF-8644 Mini-SAS HD), able to control up to 512 drives through SAS expanders.
Main technical features:
- Processor: Dual Core 1.2 GHz RAID-on-Chip.
- Cache: 2GB DDR3-1866 ECC.
- Ports: 4 internal (SFF-8643 Mini-SAS HD), 4 external (SFF-8644 Mini-SAS HD).
- Expansion: Up to 512 SAS/SATA HDD/SSD via 12Gb/s SAS expanders.
- Power: Typical 14.4W.
- Dimensions: Low profile, 169.5mm (L) x 64.4mm (H).
- Operating temp/humidity: 0–60°C, 10–85% non-condensing.
- BBM/FBM: Supports cache protection modules (ARC-1883-CAP, ARC-6120BA-T121-12G).
Advanced features:
- Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, single disk, and JBOD.
- Multi-RAID 0/10, multi-mirroring, mirrored pass-through disk.
- Disk cloning, online migration, simultaneous volume and RAID expansion.
- Hardware encryption, SED support (self-encrypting drives).
- Flexible read/write cache allocation, write-back/write-through modes.
- Management via McRAID Storage Manager (web GUI), advanced CLI, McBIOS Utility, SNMP/SMTP alerts.
- Redundant flash image, NVRAM logging.
- Compatibility with Windows, Linux (open source), FreeBSD, Solaris, macOS, VMware.
Ideal applications: Scalable storage, JBOD expansion, backup, virtualization, corporate IT, data centers, and multimedia solutions.