ARECA, 7108, ARC-71xx Series McRAID Cost-Effective RAID Storage Subsystem, 8 x 3.5"/2.5" SATA Internal Ports, GbE(x4), 6Gbps eSATA, Dual 400W Hot Swap
The ARC-71xx supports multiple host interfaces eSATA lll, iSCSI or USB 3.0 that can work with different application requirements. The 6.0Gbps eSATA host interface can be directly attached to host computers by widely-adopted and low-cost eSATA interface without add-on cards and device drivers, or being included inside a host system, such as digital video recorder. As video management systems continue to trend toward IP, iSCSI RAID storage has become increasingly popular to provide massive quantities of storage in a highly secure manner. The ARC-71xx is designed with 4 1Gbps host ports for a cost-effective and shared storage solution with Link Aggregation (LACP, Trunking), Multi-Path IO (MPIO), and iSCSI Multiple Connection per Session (MC/S) support. The ARC-71xx uses iSCSI protocol, which allows system designers significant flexibility in determining placement of storage within a network as well as how the storage is allocated across multiple NVRs.
Configuration and monitoring can be managed either through the LCD control panel, RS232 port or LAN port. The firmware also contains an embedded terminal emulation via the RS-232 port. The firmware-embedded several RAID managers include internet browser, CLI, Telnet, API, SMTP and SNMP via a LAN port. The ArcSAP Quick Manager can scan multiple RAID units in the local and remote side and provide an effective management interface for configuration, and monitoring Areca RAID controllers.
The ARC-71xx incorporates onboard 1.2GHz storage processors and 2GB on-board DDR3-1200 SDRAM memory to offer high-performance with the added advantage of central management and RAID protection. Designed and leveraged with Areca's existing high-performance solution, this controller delivers high capacity at the best cost/performance value. It supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to allow two HDDs failures without impacting the existing data and performance. Its high data availability and protection derives from the many advanced RAID features. The ARC-71xx allows easy scalability from JBOD to RAID. It can be configured to RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 00, 100, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD function selection for data protection. Link aggregation combines Quad Gigabit Ethernet connections to increase data transfer past a single connection and provides redundancy in the event of a failed connection. High transfer rates and more SATA disk channels provide a major benefit for those applications requiring cost-effective RAID solutions that take advantage of low cost, high capacity SATA disk drives, especially the rapidly growing demand from the Vmware ESX server external storage, DVR markets and cold storage.
Features:
- Support up to 8 x 6.0Gbps SATA disk channels
- Support multiple host: GbE(x4)/6Gbps eSATA/USB 3.0
- Support up to 2GB cache per controller
- LAN with MPIO, MC/S, Trunking and LACP support
- Single or dual RAID controller modular design for 24 bays enclosure
- RAID 6 and advanced power management
- Support HDD firmware download
- With LACP enabled, performance: 415 MB/sec Reading, 324 MB/sec Writing
