Areca high-performance PCIe to SAS RAID host adapter can provide up to 4/8 SAS/SATA ll peripheral devices. The adapters are based on the same RAID kernel of field-proven external RAID adapter. Applications that benefit most features from these controllers include NAS, server RAID solutions, web servers, supercomputing, near-line backup, security systems and streaming applications.

Low Profile PCI RAID Card
Model name	ARC-1212	ARC-1222
I/O Process	Intel IOP348 800MHz
On-Board Cache	DDR2-533 256MB
Host Bus Type	PCIe x8
Driver Connector	1xSFF-8087	2xSFF-8087
Drive Support	4 x SAS/SATA HDDs	8 x SAS/SATA HDDs
Expander Support	No	No
RAID Level	0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD	0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 30,50,60, Single Disk or JBOD
Form Factor	Low Profile

ARC-1212

ARC-1222

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	System Architecture
		Intel 800MHz IOP348 I/O processor with SAS controller
		PCIe x8 link host interface
		256MB on-board DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC protection
		Support write-through or write-back cache
		Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
		BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
		BIOS PnP (plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification) support
		Intel RAID engine support extreme performance RAID 6 function
		NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log
		Redundant flash image for adapter availability
		Battery Backup Module ready (Option)
		RoHS Compliant
	RAID Features
		RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60 or JBOD
		Multiple RAID selection
		Online array roaming
		Online RAID level/stripe size migration
		Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
		Online volume set growth
		Instant availability and background initialization
		Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding
		Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)
		Disk scrubbing/ array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets
		Support spin down drives when not in use to extend service life (MAID)
		Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port
	Disk Bus Interface
		Up to 4/8 SAS/SATA II HDDs (no expander capability )
		Up to 3Gbps per drive port
	Host Connectivity
		PCIe x8 lane width host interface
	Monitors/Indicators
		System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer
		SMTP support for email notification
		SNMP support for remote manager
		Enclosure management (Serial bus and SGPIO) ready
	RAID Management
		Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM
		In-Band Manager
		Hot key "boot-up" McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS
		Web browser-based McRAID storage manager via Http proxy server
		Support Command Line Interface (CLI)
		API library for customer to write monitor utility
		Single Admin Portal (SAP) monitor utility
		Disk Stress Test (DST) utility for production
		Out-of-Band Manager
		Firmware-embedded web browser-based McRAID storage manager, SMTP manager and SNMP agent and Telnet function via Ethernet port
		API library for customer to write monitor utility
		Support Push Button and LCD display panel
	Operating System
		Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
		Linux
		FreeBSD
		Novell Netware 6.5
		Solaris 10 x86/x86_64
		SCO Unixware 7.x.x
		Mac OS X 10.x (EFI BIOS Support)
	Environmental/Physical
	Mechanical
	Dimension: ARC-1212/ARC-1222: 62(H) x 168(L) mm
	Environmental Specifications
	Operating: Temperature:+5°c to +50°c   Humidity: 15-80%   non-condensing   Storage Temperature: Temperature:-40°c to 70°c   Humidity: 5-90%   non-condensing
	Electrical
	Power Requirements: 1.10W max. +3.3V   10.92W max. +12V