Taipei, Taiwan, May 28, 2005 -- Areca Technology Corporation, a leading provider of internal PCI-X, PCI-Express SATA ll RAID controllers with Intel RAID 6 inside, today announced that its PCI-X SATA ll RAID controller has featured with external Infinband connectors. ARC-1110ML and ARC-1120ML controller together with the external enclosure available from chassis providers, bringing the high performance and more features to external storage needs instead of relying on the traditional need of USB or 1394 interfaces.

Initially PCI-X SATA ll RAID controller was designed as an internal or inside-the-box interface technology, bringing improved performance and new features to internal storage. Areca quickly realized the innovative interface could reliably be expanded outside the PCs or Macs, with specifically defined Infinband cables, and Infinband connectors.

The current PowerMac G5 has two internal S-ATA drive bays which are fine for RAID 0 and 1. Mac OS X Supports Raid levels 0 and 1 in software which of course takes some processing power from the machine. Since Mac users are quite used to external peripherals one might think about an external enclosure where you could fit in several S-ATA drives and have the cables wired through the slot-blade to the external drive enclosure. This is surely a good solution for professional Mac users (eg. video applications, audio, DVD authoring, etc.) as well as in the small server sector. Areca ARC-1110Ml/1120Ml is ideally suitable for this kind of Mac users at an affordable price.

With a rapid PCI-X host bus, high performance Intel IOP331, and secure Intel RAID 6 technology, it’s ideal for audio/visual professionals who require high-end performance at an affordable price. Business professionals who require security and performance will find the ARC-1110Ml/1120ML perfect for safely storing databases and data on a network, while audio/video editors can stripe the drives to immediately store and access clips in real-time without dropping frames.