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Areca 8-Bay 5040
iSCSI, eSATA, FireWire800, USB2
- High Performance Hardware RAID -
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RAID Features
- RAID level 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6 and JBOD
- Multi-Interface & Host Connection Support
- Multiple RAID & volume selection
- Greater than 2TB volumes on all ports
- Online array roaming
- Built-in Disk Stress Test utility
- Online RAID level/ stripe size migration
- RAID level migration simultaneously and online capacity expansion
- Automatically rebuilds hot spare drives
- Hot swap without taking the system down
- Instant availability and background initialization
- Automatic drive insertion, removal detection and rebuilding
Host Interface
- iSCSI, 3 Gbps eSATA, 1394b USB2.0 iSCSI: Up to 16 volume support on 1Gb Ethernet connection perfect for quickly sharing volumes between clients
- 3Gbps eSATA: Up to 16 Volume support. This provides the highest throughput at up to 220 MB/s
- 1394b (FireWire 800): Up to 2 volumes support. A flexible, high speed interface at 800 Mbps
- USB2.0: Up to 16 volumes. Almost all computers have a USB port. Great for quick connection
Disk Bus Interface
- 8 of SATA –II channel - 3.0Gbps per channel, supports SATA I & II HDD's and supports largest capacity drives
System Architecture
- High Performance 400Mhz storage I/O processor
- DDR2-400 SDRAM with ECC protection
- Advanced architecture
- Proprietary ACIS to support extreme performance RAID 6 function
Monitors & Indicators
- Push Buttons and LCD Display Panel for setup, alarm mute and configuration
- Environment and drive failure indication through LCD, LED and alarm buzzer
- Firmware-embedded SMTP manager ?Monitor all system events and user can select either single or multiple user alerts to be sent via "Plain English" e-mails.
- Bootable CD VT-100 utility for X86-based system initialization
- and much more.
Environmental / Physical / Warranty
- Cooling: Two cooling intelligent cooling fans with self-regulating speeds and wide range airflow design controlled by RAID controller automatically maintaining optimal ambient temperature.
- Electrtical: Redundant by dual 350W power supplies with PFC, load-sharing type, hot-swappable and cable-less design AC Voltage 110-230 VAC /AC Frequency 50-60Hz.
- Temperature: Operating temperature: 0 to405 degree C | Non-operating temperature: -40 to 60 degree C.
- Relative Humidity: 20% to 80% non-condensing.
- Size: Dimensions: 446mm(W) x 480mm(D) x 2U.
- Warranty: Standard 1 year warranty. Extended & Premium Service warranty available. Advanced replacements are not available unless premium service option is purchased. Extended and Premium Service warranty not available on enclosure sales.
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A compact, flexible, and reliable Hardware RAID that supports levels 0, 1 (0+1), 3, 5, 6.
All this in a powerful 8-Bay Tower, supporting iSCSI, 3 Gbps eSATA, 1394b (FireWire 800), and USB2.0 host interfaces, providing you up to 16 TB (16000GB) of blazing speed, easy to manage redundant & secure RAID for both Mac and PC.
The Areca 5040 RAID Series delivers reliable data protection, combined with the performance of a hardware RAID to support uncompressed digital video, digital audio, graphic professionals as well as mission critical business applications. Don't purchase another raid solution that is powered by a host adapter or software, when you can get the Areca 5040 from FirewireDirect.com for the same price others sell far less functional subsystems for.
Engineered to meet the most stringent demands, The Areca 5040 RAID Series features a 400MHz storage I/O processor for fast I/O operations, and 128MB of on-board cache. The Intelligent cooling continuously adapts to environmental conditions by automatically controlling the speed of the cooling fans. This super silent design, optimizing balance between noise reduction and necessary cooling
Compared to others - none of them match the -performance / features / price-ratio on similar based throughputs & interface. Getting you the best return on your investment 'ROI' is what FirewireDirect delivers. No platform restrictions, no proprietary software and all functions can be modified through the LCD interface without even hooking it up to the Host.
Low service and integration costs are assured by unparalleled variety of host interfaces, intelligent cooling system, and embedded RAID controller. One year return to depot warranty comes standard with every array and covers all components, additional warranty & service plans available.
The 5040 addresses many challenges presented in today's compressed or uncompressed digital video, audio or streaming media markets, MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, Windows and Linux. The units also supply the storage and speed demands of graphic professional as well as the full range of enterprise class storage usages. The Areca 5040 Tower from FirewireDirect delivers unparalleled storage flexibility, higher levels of data availability, management and configuration simplicity, all while securing maximum investment protection to support future growth.
Ultra 320-SCSI or 4Gb Fibre
Host Interface..
The explosive growth of the digital video, digital audio, graphic professional, data warehousing, e-mail, and the increased use of personal technology is creating an unprecedented demand for storage. This is expected to grow exponentially over the next years. New applications in digital photography, MP3 audio and MPEG video libraries, desktop video conferencing, DVR and disk-based backup technologies are also helping the drive storage demand.
By leveraging our combined experience and focusing on the enormous market opportunity, we at FirewireDirect plan to be at the front of the storage demand and offer our customer the highest quality product and offer Best-of-Class service at prices not seen anywhere else.
The Areca 5040 RAID units are a build-to-order, and tested, product and ship within 48 hours.
Our products have been qualified by the success of our customers who use our products with software/hardware combinations from Apple, Avid, Pinnacle, Matrox and many other major software brands, we have thousands of satisfied customers all over the world.
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