Areca ARC-8050T3U-6M – 46TB Enterprise SSD RAID Array

The Areca ARC-8050T3U-6M is a portable 6-bay Thunderbolt 3 RAID enclosure designed for professionals requiring high-performance storage with enterprise-grade reliability. This compact system accepts 2.5-inch SAS/SATA drives and delivers data transfer speeds up to 40 Gbps through dual Thunderbolt 3 ports, making it suitable for demanding workflows including video editing, content creation, and data-intensive applications.

Built with a dual-core Broadcom 12Gb/s SAS RAID-on-Chip controller and 2GB of DDR3-1866 ECC memory, the ARC-8050T3U-6M provides true hardware RAID functionality without taxing the host system’s CPU resources. The enclosure supports multiple RAID configurations and includes daisy-chaining capabilities for expanding storage capacity across a single Thunderbolt connection.

• Dual Thunderbolt 3 ports with 40 Gbps bandwidth for ultrafast data transfers
• Hardware RAID controller with 12Gb/s SAS support and ECC-protected cache memory
• Supports RAID 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk, and JBOD configurations
• Daisy-chaining support for connecting up to six devices on a single Thunderbolt connection