Areca Thunderbolt RAID Enclosure ARC-5026 - Case Overview

Check out our unboxing of the Areca Thunderbolt 5026 http://www.span.com/product/41684 hunderbolt/USB 3.0 to 6Gb/s SATA RAID Storage Your ARC-5026 features two cutting-edge interfaces, Thunderbolt and SuperSpeed USB 3.0. Thunderbolt technology is a revolutionary high-speed, dual protocol I/O technology designed for performance, simplicity and flexibility. Thunderbolt I/O technology lets you move data between high-resolution displays and high-performance data devices on a single, compact port. Both data and display signals can be sent and received at the same time through dual 10Gbps channels. A single cable attached to one of the ports provides 2 channels able to achieve the 10Gbps speeds flowing both ways simultaneously. A single Thunderbolt port supports hubs as well as a daisy chain of up to seven Thunderbolt devices. To improve bandwidth transmission, Thunderbolt has implemented two duplex (PCIe and DisplayPort) channels into the controller and each channel can provide full bi-directional performance. ARC-5026 is 4-bay 6Gb/s SATA Thunderbolt/USB 3.0 storage with RAID control capabilities solution for Mac environment. Thunderbolt host interface make ARC-5026 RAID storage well suited for SOHO group professional who work at home and or in the office. Thunderbolt technology is developed for high speed data transfers. The data transfer rate at the speed of 10Gb per second. Thunderbolt port is shared by multiple devices and can transfer data equally distribute to all connected devices. ARC-5026 incorporated on-board high performance ARM_based storage I/O processor and with 1GB DDR3 SDRAM memory on-board with ECC protection to deliver true high performance hardware RAID for the demands of serious to deliver true high performance hardware RAID for the demands of serious HD media creators needs. For example, the benefit for video editor by using ARC-5026 to unleash their professional creativity work in real-time, with the high-bandwidth allow large amount of audio and video capture/mixing devices transferred faster with low latency and high-accurate synchronization at 10Gbps. Controller Architecture ARM_based storage I/O processor 1GB on-board SDRAM with ECC protection Write-through or write-back cache support Support 4 internal 6Gb/s SATA ports Multi-RAID storage support for large storage requirements NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log Redundant flash image for adapter availability RAID Features RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD Multiple RAID selection Support up to 1MB stripe size Online array roaming Offline RAID set Online RAID level/stripe size migration Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously Online volume set growth Support global and dedicated hot spare Instant availability and background initialization Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding Multiple pairs SSD/HDD disk clone function SSD automatic monitor clone (AMC) support Greater than 2TB capacity per disk drive support Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support) Support intelligent power management to save energy and extend service life Monitors/Notification System status indication through individual activity/fault LED, and alarm buzzer SMTP support for email notification SNMP support for remote manager Enclosure management ready Drive Support Up to 4 x 6Gb/s SATA/SSD Host Connection Thunderbolt-to-SATA Two Thunderbolt technology ports Simultaneous bi-directional, 10Gbps transfers over a single cable Dual-protocol support (PCI Express and DisplayPort) Compatible with existing DisplayPort devices Daisy-chaining devices USB 3.0-to-SATA One USB 3.0 port Offers a 10x speed increase over USB 2.0 high--speed to 5 Gbps Auto-negotiate to USB 2.0 speeds Want to hear more from Areca? Check the links below: http://www.span.com/product/42320 http://www.span.com/product/39339 http://www.span.com/product/41684 Music Credit Electrodoodle - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/