Areca ARC-1886-6N2i NVMe/SAS 12G RAID Controller Card

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The Areca ARC-1886-6N2i is a PCIe Gen 4.0 RAID controller integrating state-of-the-art technology to deliver advanced enterprise storage solutions combining M.2 NVMe and traditional SATA drives.

Designed to provide high capacity and performance, it features 6 PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 NVMe slots with 2 SATA ports to enable a flexible hybrid architecture. This configuration allows administrators to balance ultra-fast NVMe devices alongside reliable SATA storage for massive capacity.

At its core, it houses a 1.6GHz Dual Core ARM A15 processor optimized for RAID operations along with 8GB of on-board DDR4-2666 ECC memory, ensuring efficient cache management and data integrity even under high loads or failure scenarios.

The card supports transfer speeds of up to 12Gb/s for SAS/SATA ports and full PCIe Gen 4.0 for NVMe slots, delivering ultra-low latency and high throughput for mission-critical tasks such as virtualization or database workloads.

It supports up to 512 SAS/SATA drives through expanders, vastly extending conventional storage capacity. Direct and redundant management of data on NVMe and SATA devices ensures maximum fault tolerance and continuous performance.

For data protection, it supports the optional ARC-1886-CBM module, which uses supercapacitors to safeguard cached data in power loss situations, preventing critical data corruption or loss.

With efficient power consumption at approximately 14W, this low-profile card measures 107.2 mm in height and 262 mm in length, facilitating installation in most modern server systems.

Advanced RAID features include support for levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk, and JBOD, multiple RAID 0 and 10 arrays, multi-mirroring, mirrored pass-through, online migration, dynamic expansion of volumes and RAID levels, cloning, hardware encryption, and support for self-encrypting drives (SED).

Management and monitoring options include McRAID Storage Manager web interface, advanced CLI tools, and remote management. Supports protocols and standards such as UBM, SES2, SGPIO, SNMP, and SMTP allowing seamless integration for enterprise alerting and monitoring.

Compatible with Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS, and VMware, it integrates smoothly into virtualized, hybrid cloud, and consolidated storage infrastructures.

In summary, the Areca ARC-1886-6N2I is a robust and versatile solution for enterprises and data centers seeking to combine the high speed of NVMe SSDs with the density and reliability of SATA devices within a single advanced management and data protection platform.