Areca Releases 10Gbps USB 3.1 RAID Storage

25 October 2018


Areca Technology, a leading provider of internal, external and Thunderbolt RAID storage, have announced the release of their new ARC-8050U3-6, a 10Gbps USB 3.1 compact tower RAID storage tower. Using USB3.1 to PCIe 3.0 Bridge and existing high performance Areca hardware RAID engine, the ARC-8050U3-6 delivers 10Gbps USB3.1 connectivity allowing enhanced end-to-end 10Gbps transfer speeds between the storage enclosure and the host system.

The 6-bay RAID storage tower supports both USB 3.1 Gen 2 and 12Gb/s SAS interface. USB 3.1 Gen 2 is a leading-edge technology which can increase the bandwidth of USB 3.0 from 5Gbps to 10Gbps. Using the ARC-8050U3-6, users can expect R0 transfer speeds to reach up to 1046MB/S in reading and 1055MB/S in writing and R5 transfer speeds to reach up to 1046MB/S in reading and 936MB/S in writing, making the ARC-8050U3-6 one of the most effective cost per performance products on the market. It is also fully backwards compatible with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 connectivity.

An OS independent storage tower, with no additional software or driver installation required, the ARC-8050Ue-6 can also be used on any Thunderbolt™ 3 USB-C port and supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 1E, 3, 5, 6, Single Disk or JBOD. Configuration and monitoring can be managed either through the LCD control panel or LAN port. The intelligent cooling continuously adapts to environmental conditions by automatically controlling the speed of the cooling fans to insure the system doesn’t overheat. With support for battery backup option, all data is protected in the cache memory in the event of an unexpected power outage. The controller-level ROC hardware encryption manages any types of drives attached to ARC-8050U3-6 without impacting the performance for even higher levels of security.


Available now from TMC Technology.

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