The Internal RAID Subsystem features a LVD SCSI host attachment and IDE device attachment. Each system model allow one HDD failures without impact on the existing data and failed drive rebuild is transparent to the host.
Environmental information is is accessible to either via the control panel or through serial port. The RAID controller is most cost-effective IDE disk drive array subsystem with completely integrated high performance and data protection capabilities, which are easily integrated into servers and workstations. It can also meet the rapidly growing demand from the Small to Medium Enterprise and SOHO market.
System Architecture
Toshiba TMPR4927ATB 200MHz 64-bit RISC processor
64MB on-board cache memory with ECC protection
Areca 5 channels IDE controller (ARC-600-66) with enhanced H/W XOR engine
NVRAM for RAID event & transaction log
Write-through or write-back cache support
RAID Features
RAID level 0, 1, 10(1E), 3, 5 and JBOD
Multiple RAID selection
Array roaming
Online RAID level/stripe size migration
Online RAID capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
Automatically and transparently rebuilds hot spare drives
Hot swap new drives without taking the system down
Instant availability and background initialization
Automatic insertion/removal detection and rebuild
Disk Bus Interface
Ultra ATA/133 compatible
5 channels, operating in parallel
5 hot-swap drive trays (with lock mechanism)
Host Connectivity
Ultra 160 - Wide LVD SCSI; Transfer rate up to 160MB/sec
Tagged Command Queuing
Concurrent I/O commands
Monitors/Indicators
LCD Control Display Panel for setup and configuration (option)
5 drive LED indicators and 3 environment LED indicators
System Status indication through LCD, LED and alarm buzzer
RAID Management
Bootable CD VT-100 utility for X86-based system initialization
Web browser-based RAID management via ArcHttp Proxy through RS-232 for Windows & Linux system
