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SATA II and SAS RAID CARD ROUNDUP
Areca ARC-1261ML
The Areca ARC-1261ML is
a monster of a SATA-II RAID CARD. It is
beautifully packaged, and is the only controller we
reviewed which comes with SLEEVED cables. Its
interface is a PCI Express x8, and has four mini-SAS
fan-out connectors going to the sixteen hard drives
connectors. Keep in mind though that this is a
SATA-II RAID card, not SAS. Other
great features include a socket for 256MB of DDR2-533
cache memory, and an integrated LAN connector for
out-of-band network communications. In the
event that a catastrophic disk and primary network
failure occurs, the controller can send messages to
the necessary personnel using the secondary network.
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Manufacturer's specifications:
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ARECA PCI-Express RAID Card
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Model Name |
ARC-1261ML
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RAID
Processor |
IOP341
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Host Bus
Type |
PCI-Express X8
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RAID 6
Support |
YES
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Cache
Memory |
One 256MB
DDR2 DIMM upgradable to 2GB
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Drive
Support |
16*SATA
ll
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Connector
Type |
4x Mini
SAS 4i |
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Adapter
Architecture |
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Intel(R) 800MHz IOP341 I/O processor |
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PCI-Express X8 bus |
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One DIMM
socket with default 256MB of DDR2-533 SDRAM with ECC
protection, Upgrade to 2GB. An ECC or non-ECC SDRAM
module using X8 or X16 chip organization
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Write-through or write-back cache support |
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Support up to
16 SATA II drives |
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Multi-adapter
support for large storage requirements |
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BIOS boot
support for greater fault tolerance |
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BIOS PnP
(plug and play) and BBS (BIOS boot specification)
support |
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Intel RAID 6
Engine to support extreme performance |
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NVRAM for
RAID event & transaction log |
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Redundant
flash image for adapter availability
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Battery
Backup Module (BBM) ready
ARC-6120BA-T1xx, xx means version no. |
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RoHS
Compliant |
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RAID Features |
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RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6 (if RAID 6 engine
supported) and JBOD |
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Multiple RAID
selection |
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Array roaming |
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Online RAID
level/stripe size migration
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Online RAID
capacity expansion and RAID level migration
simultaneously |
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Online volume
set growth |
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Instant
availability and background initialization |
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Automatic
drive insertion/removal detection and rebuild |
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Greater than 2TB per volume set
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Support
S.M.A.R.T, NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin-up capable drives |
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Support spin
down drivers when not in use to extend service life
(MAID) |
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Support NTP protocol to synchronize RAID controller clock over on-board Ethernet port |
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Monitors/Indicators |
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System status indication through HDD activity/fault
connector, LCD Connector and alarm buzzer
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SMTP support email notification
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SNMP support
for remote notification |
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I2C Enclosure management ready |
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Server chassis features the 36-ckt Mini-SAS connector (SFF-8087) on its SAS backplanes |
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RAID Management |
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Field-upgradeable firmware in flash ROM |
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In-Band
Manager |
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Hot key
boot-up McBIOS RAID manager via BIOS |
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Support
controller's API library for customer to write its own
AP |
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Support
Command Line Interface (CLI) |
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Browser-based
management utility via ArcHttp Proxy Server
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Single Admin
Portal (SAP) monitor utility |
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Out-of-Band Manager |
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Firmware-embedded Browser-based RAID manager, SMTP
manager, SNMP agent, and Telnet function via
on-controller Ethernet
port |
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Support controller's API library for customer to write
its own monitor utility |
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Push Button
and LCD display panel |
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Software Drivers |
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Windows 2000/XP (Scsiport Driver) |
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Windows Server 2003 (Scsiport Driver and Storport
Driver) |
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Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Mandrake, TurboLinux, CentOS, etc.) |
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FreeBSD |
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Solaris 10x86/ x86_64 |
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SCO
UnixWare 7.x.x |
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Novell
Netware 6.5 |
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Mac OS X (no_bootable) |
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Dimension: |
98.4(H) x 237.5(L) mm |
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Environmental
Specifications
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Operating: |
Temperature:+5°c
to +50°c
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Humidity:
15-80% |
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non-condensing |
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Storage
Temperature: |
Temperature:-40°c
to 70°c
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Humidity:
5-90% |
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non-condensing |
Electrical
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Power
Requirements: |
4.95W max.
on 3.3v |
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6.22W max.
on 12v |
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Here are the benchmark
results:
Hardware RAID-0,
4k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-0,
4k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-0,
4k Stripe, ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-0,
128k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-0,
128k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-0,
128k Stripe, ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-1,
HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-1,
HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-1,
ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-3,
HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-3,
HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-3,
ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-5,
4k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-5,
4k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-5,
4k Stripe, ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-5,
128k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-5,
128k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-5,
128k Stripe, ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-6,
4k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-6,
4k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-6,
4k Stripe, ATTO Mark
Hardware RAID-6,
128k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 8MB Zones
Hardware RAID-6,
128k Stripe, HD Tach 3.0 32MB Zones
Hardware RAID-6,
128k Stripe, ATTO Mark
Software RAID-0,
ATTO Mark
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