Areca Service Blog
Here you will find all service articles relating to Areca controllers and RAID systems.
Bad-block scrubbing, error logging and hardware monitoring: How to use the practical Areca web interface correctly.
We show you how to set up a hot spare disk so that it automatically takes over for a failed active drive in the RAID array.
We explain the important event log and the e-mail alert from the Areca WebGUI in the System Controls section.
Step-by-step instructions for installing new firmware on Areca ARC-8050 systems and Areca controllers.
Step-by-step instructions: How to install MRAID ArcHttp, ArcSAP and Command Line Interface (CLI) on an Areca system.
How to install Thunderbolt drivers for Areca ARC-8050 systems under Windows 8, 10 and 11.
Thunderbolt drivers for MacBook, iMac & Co: How to install Areca systems via Thunderbolt on a Macintosh.
Here you will find instructions for exporting log files for various IT and storage systems.
Facts about the ARC-8050 series from Areca, which are particularly appreciated by users from the media industry.
Protecting RAID systems with BBU or SuperCapacitor Protect the data in the several gigabyte large write cache with a BBU or a SuperCap.
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Here is a brief overview of the highlights: From OCI images for LXC containers to support for TPM in QCOW2 format.
Technical apprentice Jonas demonstrates his important Proxmox extensions and explains how to install them.
Pangolin is open-source software that functions as a so-called tunneled reverse proxy and is briefly presented here.
