Areca ARC-1886-16i

Product Highlights ? Support up to 8GB DDR4-2666 cache ? SFF-9402 compliant connector pin-out ? Support read/write cache allocation by policy ? Support up to 24 NVMe drives using PCIe switch ? Redundant flash image for adapter availability ? UBM, SES2, SMP and SGPIO enclosure management ? Support up to (512) 12Gb/s SAS, SATA or SSD drives using SAS expanders ? Support optional cache backup module (CBM) protection using SuperCap ? Tri-mode interface at each drive ports-12Gb/s SAS/SATA/ Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) ? Controller level hardware encryption and self-encryption drive management ? Support RAID 1 - Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk ? Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10 (1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100) ? Broad operating support including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and VMware 8/16 Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters

The new fourth generation ARC-1886 family offers advanced technology for increased performance and improved enterprise data protection. They were designed with 1.6 GHz dual core ROC processor, DDR4-2666 memory and PCIe 4.0 interface for the most performance-hungry database and IT applications. Based on the ARM A15 PCIe 4.0 x8 to SAS/SATA/PCIe RAID on Chip (ROC) controller, the ARC-1886 series RAID adapters can offer both PCIe Gen 4.0 host and 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/PCIe (NVMe) tri-mode storage interfaces.  

ARC-1886 Series 8-Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters

ARC-1886-8i

ARC-1886-8x

Physical Dimensions

Low Profile: 167.65(L) x 64.4(H) mm

Ports 8 x internal 8 x external

Drive Connectors 1 x SFF-8654 [x8] 2 x SFF-8644 [x4]

Host Bus Interface 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0

I/O Processor

Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC

Cache Memory 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC Protection

Data Transfer Rate

Up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) per port

Drive Support

Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, using 12Gb/s SAS expander

Up to 24 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches

Power Consumption

Approximately 12 Watts

Operating Temperature 0 °C to 60 °C

Operating Humidity 10% to 85%, non-condensing

Cache Protection

ARC-1886-CBM  

ARC-1886 Series 16-Ports PCIe Gen 4.0 Tri-Mode RAID Adapters

ARC-1886-8x8i

ARC-1886-16i

ARC-1886-4N8I

Host Bus Interface 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0

Physical Dimensions

LP-MD2: 167.65(L) x 64.41(H) mm 205(L) x 107.2(H) mm

Ports 8 x internal & 8 x external 16 x internal

Drive Connectors 1 x SFF-8654 [x8] 2 x SFF-8644 [x4] 2 x SFF-8654 [x8] 1 x SFF-8654 [x8] 4 x M.2 Connectors

RAID-on-Chip Controller

Tri-mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC

Cache Memory 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC Protection

Data Transfer Rate

Up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) per port

Drive Support

Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, using 12Gb/s SAS expander

Up to 24 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches

Power Consumption

Approximately 14 Watts

Operating Temperature 0 °C to 60 °C

Operating Humidity 10% to 85%, non-condensing

Cache Protection

ARC-1886-CBM

RAID Features

RAID Levels - 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD

Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10(1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100)

Support RAID 1 - Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk

Multiple RAID selection

Configurable stripe size up to 1MB

Write-through or write-back cache support

Support read/write cache allocation by policy

Support HDD firmware update

Online array roaming

Online RAID level/stripe size migration

Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously

Instant availability and background initialization

Support global and dedicated hot spare

Automatic drive insertion/removal detection and rebuilding

Support for native 4K and 512 byte sector SAS and SATA devices

Support UNMAP command

S.M.A.R.T. support

Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function

SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC)

Controller based hardware encryption function

SED (self-encryption drives) function support

Support backplanes based on the SFF-TA-1005 specification (UBM)

Redundant flash image for adapter availability

Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life

Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID adapter clock over the onboard Ethernet port

Operating Systems

Microsoft Windows

Red Hat Linux, Centos Linux, SUSE Linux, Fedora, Debian Linux, Ubuntu Linux

FreeBSD

XenServer unRAID macOS

VMware ESXi

Management Monitor  McRAID Storage Manager

Web-based GUI management utility

Remote configuration, monitoring, and notification

Graphical-based management utility    McRAID Utility

Command-line interface

CIM provider for VMware

API code support  McBIOS Configuration Utility

Legacy configuration utility

Flashable BIOS support    Monitors/Notification

Global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector

LCD/I²C connector and alarm buzzer

SNMP

SMTP