ARC-1203 series internal PCIe 2.0 host RAID controllers are the cost-effectivesolutions for connecting 4/8 6Gb/s SATA peripherial devices. Areca s ARC-1203 series entry-level RAID controllers cover the spectrum of wild range storage requirements for cost-sensitive applications that require robust data protection. The 4/8 port configurations are aimed at high-availability and capacity oriented applications, such as security systems, surveillance, multimedia content generation, large-volume data capturing, mail servers and entry-level database systems.
| Ports & interfaces | |
| Supported storage drive interfaces: | Serial ATA III |
| Host interface: | PCI Express x4 |
| PCI Express slots version: | 2.0 |
| Performance | |
| RAID levels: | 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60, JBOD |
| RAID Level Migration: | ![]() |
| Data transfer rate: | 6 Gbit/s |
| SSD support: | ![]() |
| Internal memory: | 512 MB |
| Internal memory type: | DDR3 |
| Memory clock speed: | 1066 MHz |
| Logical block addressing (LBA) support: | 64 bit |
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| Online Capacity Expansion: | ![]() |
| Management protocols: | SNMP, SMTP |
| Certification: | RoHS FCC CE |
| Processor | |
| Built-in processor: | ![]() |
| Processor frequency: | 1066 MHz |
| System requirements | |
| Windows operating systems supported: | ![]() |
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| Server operating systems supported: | Windows Server 2003 |
| Operational conditions | |
| Operating temperature (T-T): | 5 - 50 °C |
| Storage temperature (T-T): | -40 - 70 °C |
| Operating relative humidity (H-H): | 10 - 85% |
| Storage relative humidity (H-H): | 5 - 90% |
| Weight & dimensions | |
| Width: | 168 mm |
| Height: | 64.4 mm |