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Product Specifications

• Mfr Part Number: ARC-1280ML
• Features:
• Write-through or write-back cache support
• Multi-adapter support for large storage requirements
• BIOS boot support for greater fault tolerance
• BIOS PnP(plug and play)and BBS(BIOS boot specification)Support
• Intel RAID 6 inside to support extreme performance RAID 6
• NVRAM for RAID configuration & transaction log
• Redundant flash image for adapter availability
• Battery Backup Module(BBM) ready (Option)
• RAID Features:
• RAID level 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6 or JBOD
• Multiple RAID selection
• Array roaming
• Online RAID level/stripe size migration
• Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
• Online Volume set growth
• Instant availability and background initialization
• Automatic insertion/removal detection and rebuild
• Greater than 2TB per volume set
• Support S.M.A.R.T, NCQ and OOB Staggered Spin-up capable drives
• Support spin down drives when not in use to extend service life (MAID)
• Support NTP protocol to synchronize RAID controller clock over on-board Ethernet port
• RAID Processor: IOP341
• Host Bus Type: PCI-Express x8
• Cache Memory: 1x DDR2 DIMM (Default 256MB/ Upgrade to 2GB)
• Driver Support: 24x SATA2
• Connector Type: 6x Min SAS 4i
• Performance: (Sustained Rate / All-in-Cache)
• RAID 0: Read - 885 / 1624 MB/s; Write - 847 / 1295 MB/s
• RAID 5: Read - 846 / 1624 MB/s; Write - 816 / 1295 MB/s
• RAID 6: Read - 811 / 1624 MB/s; Write - 776 / 1295 MB/s
• OS Support: Windows 2000/ XP/ Server 2003; Linux; FreeBSD; Novell Netware 6.5; Solaris 10 x86/x86_64; SCO UnixWare 7.x.x; Mac OS X (no_bootable)