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Areca ARC-8040 8-Bay SAS-toSAS/SATA RAID-System
Areca ARC-8040 front view showing two Mini SAS x4 ports
Areca ARC-8040

The ARC-8040 is a compact 8-bay 6.0 Gbps SAS/SATA drive subsystem with RAID control capabilities.

It delivers more than 1,000MB/s Data Transfer Rates.

High transfer rates make ARC-8040 well suited for audio/video application especially the rapidly growing demand from the Mac Video Editing markets. 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, help the resellers to offer the cost effective storage solution to the end customers.

Features and Benefits
  • 6Gbit/s
  • RAID 6 Engine
  • Greater than 2TB
Technical Specifications
Model Areca ARC-8040
Host-Interface 2x miniSAS x4 (6Gbit/s per port)
Hardware
Controller single
Controller CPU 800MHz
Controller Flash-Image redundant
Cache-Memory 512MB DDRII-800
Battery Backup optional
Disk Interface SAS/SATA (6Gbit/s)
Harddisk Drives up to 8x 3.5 LFF SAS/SATA/SSDs, hot swappable
Expansion with JBODs up to 122 HDDs total
Power Supply 1x 220W
AC Input Voltage 90/256V
Performance
Data Transfer Rate more than 1,000MB/s
Management
Front Panel LCD and Buttons easy access for configuration and status report
RS-232 Terminal Command Line Interface (CLI) for configuration and status report
Management Web browser-based RAID Management GUI for configuration and status report
Event Notification Build-in buzzer, LCD
Operating Systems
Supported OS OS independent
RAID
RAID-Level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, JBOD
RAID Features Online RAID Capacity Expansion, Array Roaming, Online RAID Level / Stripe Size Migration, Global Online Spare, Automatic Drive Failure Detection, Automatic Failed Drive Rebuilding
Data Rebuild Automatic data regeneration
Environment Specification
Humidity 5%~95%, non-condensing
Operating Temperature 0°C~40°C
Dimension and Weight
Physical Dimensions/mm (Width x Height x Depth) 146 x 302 x 290, Tower
Weight (without drives) 6.8kg
Service
Warranty 3 years