The Areca ARC-1886-8X8I is an 8-port PCIe Gen 4.0 tri-mode RAID adapter with 8 internal and 8 external ports for mixed SAS, SATA and NVMe storage.
It features a Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC and 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC protection to accelerate RAID processing and buffering.
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– The UK’s Areca RAID Experts!The Areca ARC-1886-8X8I is a PCIe Gen 4.0 tri-mode RAID adapter designed for mixed SAS/SATA/NVMe storage environments that require both protocol flexibility and enterprise-grade data protection.
Built around a Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC and 8GB of on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC protection, the ARC-1886-8X8I provides multi-protocol connectivity and hardware RAID acceleration.
The adapter uses an 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0 host interface and a Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC to deliver high throughput, with up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) data transfer rate per port.
The Areca ARC-1886-8X8I offers 8 x internal and 8 x external ports exposed via 1 x SFF-8654 [x8] and 2 x SFF-8644 [x4] drive connectors, and uses an SFF-9402 compliant connector pin-out.
The adapter supports up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs when using 12Gb/s SAS expanders, and supports up to 32 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches.
Supported RAID levels include 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD; features include RAID 1 multi-mirroring and mirrored pass-through disk, configurable stripe size up to 1MB, write-through/write-back cache modes and controller-level hardware encryption and self-encryption drive management.
The card includes 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC protection and supports an optional cache backup module (ARC-1886-CBM) for SuperCap-backed cache protection.
Management is available through McRAID Storage Manager, McRAID Utility, McBIOS Configuration Utility, a command-line interface, API code support and a CIM provider for VMware; host-interface modes include NVMe native drivers and Areca legacy drivers for Windows, multiple Linux distributions, FreeBSD, macOS and VMware ESXi.
The adapter operates from 0 °C to 60 °C at 10% to 85% non-condensing humidity and has a power consumption of approximately 12 Watts.
The ARC-1886-8X8I is configured with x8 SFF-8654 internal connectors and supports a range of fan-out cabling options; monitoring and notification features include global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I²C connector and alarm buzzer, SNMP and SMTP.
| Model | Areca ARC-1886-8X8I |
| Series | ARC-1886 series |
| RAID-On-Chip Controller | Tri-Mode Dual Core ARM A15 1.6GHz ROC |
| Host Bus Interface | 8-Lane PCI Express® 4.0 |
| Cache Memory | 8GB on-board DDR4-2666 SDRAM with ECC Protection |
| Cache Protection | ARC-1886-CBM |
| Ports | 8 x internal; 8 x external |
| Drive Connectors | 1 x SFF-8654 [x8]; 2 x SFF-8644 [x4] |
| Data Transfer Rate | Up to 12Gb/s SAS/SATA/Gen 4.0 PCIe (NVMe) per port |
| Drive Support (SAS/SATA) | Up to 512 12Gb/s SAS or 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s SAS/SATA HDDs/SSDs, using 12Gb/s SAS expander |
| Drive Support (NVMe) | Up to 32 NVMe drives through the PCIe switches |
| RAID Levels | 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD |
| RAID Features | Support RAID 1 - Multi Mirroring and Mirrored Pass-Through Disk; Multiple RAID 0 and RAID 10(1E) support (RAID 00 and RAID100); 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 function support |
| Enclosure Management | UBM, SES-2, SMP and SGPIO enclosure management |
| Connector Compliance | SFF-9402 compliant connector pin-out |
| Support For Tape Devices | Support for SAS tape devices and transport layer retries (TLR) for error handling |
| Management Software | McRAID Storage Manager; McRAID Utility; McBIOS Configuration Utility; Command-line interface; API code support; CIM provider for VMware; Firmware built-in EFI Shell |
| Monitoring / Notification | Global HDD activity/fault connector; individual fault connector; LCD/I²C connector and alarm buzzer; SNMP; SMTP |
| Physical Dimensions (Low Profile) | 167.65(L) x 64.4(H) mm |
| Power Consumption | Approximately 12 Watts |
| Operating Temperature | 0 °C to 60 °C |
| Operating Humidity | 10% to 85%, non-condensing |
| Availability / Reliability | Redundant flash image for adapter availability |
| Additional Features | Support optional cache backup module (CBM) protection using SuperCap; Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID adapter clock over the onboard Ethernet port; Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life; Controller level hardware encryption and self-encryption drive management |
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