Areca ARC-8050 Thunderbolt RAID 8-Bay

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Price: $1,499.99 $1,435.00   

Product Feature

• 1GB on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protection
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• 800 MHz Dual core ROC for RAID core and SAS microcode
• Multi-RAID storage support for large storage requirements".
• Support 8 internal 6Gb/s SAS ports

Product Description

ARC-8050 is the most complete 6Gb/s SAS 8-bay Thunderbolt box with RAID control capabilities solution for both PC and Mac. Thunderbolt host interface make ARC-8050 RAID box well suited for SOHO group professional who work at home and or in the office. Thunderbolt technology developed for high speed data transfer at the speed of 10Gbps per channel. Thunderbolt port is shared by multiple devices and can transfer data equally distribute to all connected devices. The ARC-8050 incorporated on-board high performance dual core 800Mhz ROC storage processor and with 1GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM memory on-board 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-8050 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 10Gb/s. Data can be backed up and restored more quickly, so there's less waiting for achieved content to transfer or copy. 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 10 Gbps channels. A single cable attached to one of the ports provides 2 channels able to achieve the 10 Gbps 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.

Areca ARC-8050 Thunderbolt RAID 8-Bay Review

After taking 28 hours to transfer 1.5TB of data from a pokey drobo (15MB second via fw800) this could not be more welcome! My solid state drive tops out at 500MB a second and the ARC 8050 seems to want to sail through this barrier (in a RAID 6 configuration). When you unplug the thunderbolt cable, the drive goes into sleep mode - it seems like it is off. When you plug the cable back in the unit wakes. The ARC 8050 is silent in sleep mode and has a moderate to low level of noise when it is on. The versatility to use your own desktop drives in this unit is so very welcome. I recently did a 16 channel hd multicam edit in Prem and it sailed through it. I only regret not buying this unit sooner. The speed and ease with which you can work with large video files through a fast, redundant drive is a game changer. The unit itself seems like a quality piece of gear. When you stock this enclosure with desktop drives, the per GB cost drops to less then .10 cents.

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