Released for publication

Kirchheim/Teck, March 30th 2016

Starline introduces new 12 Gbps Areca SAS/SATA RAID controllers.

The new Areca ARC-1216/-1226 RAID controllers provide up to two internal or external 12 Gbps miniSAS HD ports

for up to eight SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs.

Everyone looking for a affordable, high-performance RAID controllers the Areca ARC-1216 and ARC-1226 RAID controllers are the right choice.

The special storage CPU is equipped with a new high-performance Dual Core processor with 1.2 GHz. The

1 GB on-board RAM memory is integrated. These RAID controllers are low-profile models and they perfectly

fit into servers with 1 or 2 U.

Several ARC-1216 and ARC-1226 RAID controllers can be used simultaneously.

Features:

·  4 x 12 Gbps transfer rate per port:

o  ARC-1216-4i: 1 x internal miniSAS HD (SFF-8643)

o  ARC-1226-8i: 2 x internal miniSAS HD (SFF-8643)

o  ARC-1216-4x: 1 x external miniSAS HD (SFF-8644)

o  ARC-1226-8x: 2 x external miniSAS HD (SFF-8644)

·  Support for up to 8 SAS/SATA HDDs or SSDs

·  1 GB DDR3-1600 SDRAM with ECC

·  1.2 GHz Dual Core RAID-on-Chip processor

·  PCIe 3.0

·  RAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10 oder JBOD (ARC-1216/-1226) and additionally 30, 50, 60 (ARC-1226)

·  Redundant flash image for highest adapter availability

·  Multiple ARC-1216 and -1226 RAID controller can be used simultaneously

·  Supports current 10 TB HDDs

·  Backwards compatible with 6 Gbps and 3 Gbps SAS/SATA HDDs

·  Wide OS support for VMware, Windows, Linux, Solaris, Mac OS X and FreeBSD

Tech Tip:

All RAID sets of any Areca controller are compatible with each other. When replacing the Areca controller, the existing data are directly available.

Application examples:
The ARC 1226-8x RAID controller is perfect in combination with the ARC-4038ML. The external Areca enclosure provides up to 8 x 12 Gbp s SAS, 6 Gbps SATA HDDs or SSDs. In conjunction with the Areca RAID controllers, it provides very high data transfer rates and reliability.

The Areca ARC-1226-8x RAID controller supports the current 10 TB hard drives. The rackmount enclosure NA341B from Netstor offers 8 HDD bays, so you can reach a total capacity up to 80 TB.

In combination with the ARC 1216-4x RAID controller Netstor`s NS370B provides optimal performance. The NS370B is a rackmount enclosure with four "hot-swap" drive bays.

Model overview Areca RAID controller:

http://www.starline.de/produkte/raid-controller/areca-raid-controller/

Availability:
The Areca ARC-1216/-1226 RAID controller are immediately available from Starline Computer. We are more than happy to introduce end-users to a local reseller.

More information:

Go to www.starline.de/presse for more information.

About Starline Computer GmbH:

Starline Computer has more than 30 years of professional experience with data storage systems - having been in the storage and server business since 1982. We are one of the first companies to completely dedicate ourselves to storage and server solutions. This guarantees our partners a maximum of competence. Starline provides complete virtualization and storage solutions such as SAN, RAID, NAS, IP storage, servers, tape libraries and autoloaders, RAID controllers, FC switches, backup software, HBAs and more. For further information visit www.starline.de/en