Installation guide
INTRODUCTION
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SAS/iSCSI to 6Gb/s SAS RAID subsystem incorporates onboard
high performance 800MHz RAID-on-Chip storage processor and
DDR2-800 SDRAM memory to deliver true hardware RAID. The
subsystem each includes one DIMM socket with default 1GB of ECC
DDR2-800 register SDRAM with optional battery backup module,
upgrade to 4GB using x8 or x16 devices. The test result is against
overall performance compared to other external SAS RAID subsys-
tems. Applications demand for higher computing power, networking
bandwidth and support for virtualization applications are driving
RAID subsystem for improved architecture internal bus interface
and RAID performance. The powerful new ROC processors inte-
grated 16 x 6Gb/s SAS ports on chip delivers high performance for
NAS, server RAID solutions, supercomputing, near-line backup,
security systems, streaming and cloud computing applications.
Unsurpassed Data Availability
Designed and leveraged with Areca’s existing high performance
solution, this controller delivers high-capacity at the best of cost/
performance value. It supports the hardware RAID 6 engine to al-
low two HDDs failures without impact the existing data and perfor-
mance. Its high data availability and protection derives from the
many advanced RAID features.
The Fibre/SAS/iSCSI to SAS RAID subsystems allows easy scal-
ability from JBOD to RAID. It can be congured to RAID levels 0,
1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD. With innovative
new RAID-on-Chip 6Gb/s SAS feature and support for SATA, SAS
and SSDs, the Fibre/SAS/iSCSI to SAS RAID subsystems provides
small- to mid-sized enterprises with superior levels of RAID per-
formance and scalability for external storage. Using cost-effective
SATA disk drive and completely integrated high-performance and
data-protection capabilities, it can meet the performance and fea-
tures of a midrange storage product at an entry-level price.
Easy RAID Management
Conguration and monitoring can be managed either through the
LCD control panel, RS232 port or Ethernet port. The rmware also
contains an embedded terminal emulation via the RS-232 port.
The rmware-embedded web browser-based RAID manager allows