Areca ARC-1883ix-12 - PCIe RAID Controller 12 Internal + 4 External SAS/SATA 12Gbps

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The Areca ARC-1883ix-12 is an advanced PCI Express 3.0 x8 RAID controller designed for enterprise environments demanding high capacity, performance, and scalability.

Main technical specifications:

• Host Bus Interface: 8-lane PCI Express® 3.0.
• Ports: 12 internal and 4 external SAS/SATA 12 Gb/s ports.
• Drive Connectors: 3 x SFF-8643 Mini-SAS HD for internal and 1 x SFF-8644 Mini-SAS HD for external ports.
• Data Transfer Rate: Up to 12 Gb/s per port.
• Cache Memory: One DIMM socket with default 2GB DDR3-1866 ECC, expandable to 8GB DDR3-1866 or DDR3-1600, 1Rx8 or 2Rx8, unbuffered or registered ECC modules.
• Physical Dimensions: Full height, 254 mm length x 98.4 mm height.
• Power Dissipation: Typical 37.4W.
• Operating Temperature: 0°C to 60°C.
• Operating Humidity: 10% to 85%, non-condensing.
• FBM/BBM Support: Compatible with cache backup modules ARC-1883-CAP (2GB), ARC-1883-BAT (4-8GB) and ARC-6120BA-T121-12G.

Advanced RAID Features:

• Supports RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk and JBOD.
• Includes multiple RAID 0 and 10 arrays (RAID00 and RAID100), multi-mirroring and mirrored pass-through disk.
• Online RAID migration, simultaneous volume and RAID level expansion, multiple disk cloning.
• Controller level encryption and support for self-encrypting drives (SED).
• Redundant flash image, automatic fault detection and rebuild, persistent NVRAM logs.
• Advanced management via McRAID Storage Manager (web GUI), McRAID Utility (CLI), McBIOS Utility, with SNMP/SMTP monitoring and alerts.

Supported Systems: Windows, Linux (open source), FreeBSD, Solaris, macOS, and VMware.

Recommended Applications: Ideal for data centers, virtualization, large-scale storage, professional backup, and enterprise environments requiring high performance and reliability.