Areca PCIe 3.0 12Gb/s SAS RAID Controller - 12Gb/s SAS - PCI Express 3.0 x8 - Plug-in Card - RAID Supported - 0, 1, 10E, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, JBOD RAID Level - 6 x SFF-8643, 1 x SFF-8644 - 28 Total SAS Port(s) - 24 SAS Port(s) Internal - 4 SAS Port(s) Ext

The new third generation ARC-1883 family offers advanced technology for increased performance and improved enterprise data protection. They were designed with 1.2 GHz dual core ROC processor, DDR3-1866 memory architecture and PCIe 3.0 interface for the most performance-hungry database and IT applications. The ARC-1883 family includes 8 ports low profile as well as full height 12/16/24 internal ports with additional 4 external ports with mini SAS HD connectors for 12Gb/s throughput on each port.