Areca ARC-1224-8i 8-port SAS/SATA (2xSFF8087),1GB cache, RAID 0/1/1E/3/5/6/10/30/50/60/JBOD,PCI-E 2.0 x8

ARC-12x4 internal PCIe 2.0 host RAID controllers are a cost-effective solutions for connecting up to 4/8 6Gb/s SAS peripheral devices. The RAID controllers are based on the same RAID kernel of field-proven internal/external RAID controller and same device driver architecture with widely used 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SAS/SATA RAID controller. Applications that benefit most features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions, web servers, near-line backup, security systems and streaming applications. ARC-1214-4I/1224-8I support directly attached 4/8 internal 6Gb/s SAS ports via 1/2 SFF-8087 connector.
Adapter Architecture

ARM storage I/O processor
1GB on-board SDRAM with ECC
PCIe 2.0 x8 lanes host interface
Support up to 8 internal 6Gb/s SAS physical links
ARC-1224-8I supports up to 8 x 6Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs
Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification
support
Support EFI BIOS for Mac Pro
NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
Redundant flash image for controller availability
Battery Backup Module (BBM) ready (Optional)
Model: ARC-6120BA-T121


RoHS compliant

RAID Features
RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
Multi-level RAID 0 and RAID 10 (R00 and R100)
Support up to 1MB stripe size
Multiple RAID selection
Online array roaming
Online RAID level/stripe size migration
Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
Online volume set growth
Instant availability and background initialization
Support global and dedicated hot spare
Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuilding
Greater than 2TB capacity per disk drive support
Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)
Support intelligent power management to save energy and
extend service life
Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function
SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support

Monitors/Indicators
System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/serial bus connector and alarm buzzer
SMTP support for email notification
SNMP support for remote manager
Enclosure management (Serial bus and SGPIO) ready

RAID Management
Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM
In-Band Manager
Hot key "boot-up" McBIOS RAID manager via M/B BIOS
Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via ArcHttp proxy server for all operating systems
Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
API library for customer to write monitor utility
Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility
Out-of-Band Manager
Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, SMTP manager, SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port
API library for customer to write monitor utility
Support push button and LCD display panel (Optional)

Operating System
Windows 8/2012/7/2008/Vista/XP/2003
Linux
FreeBSD
VMware (only driver package available w/o in-band management utility)
Solaris 10/11 x86/x86_64
Mac OS 10.5.x/10.6.x/10.7.x/10.8.x/10.9.x