ARC-1886 Series - 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.
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.
Areca Delivery Info
In general, next working day delivery services (UK Mainland) are available on Areca equipment orders placed before 2pm (subject to stock availability).
We kindly advise you let us preconfigure each Areca RAID (as RAID5, RAID6 etc), so they arrive properly setup, ready to "plug'n'play".
This is a free service, and takes 1-2 days prior to shipping.
Non-timed deliveries should be delivered between the hours of 9am and 6pm.
Orders placed after 2pm on Fridays and on weekends will be processed as normal the following Monday.
Orders placed on Bank Holidays will be processed the next working day.
If urgent, please call one of our helpful account managers so they may double check everything for you, enabling you to place your order with confidence.
– The UK Areca RAID Experts!