Storage


Thunderbolt Solution - Adapter

ARC-4050T3 series

(Thunderbolt™ 3 Adapters)


ARC-4686T3: Thunderbolt 3 to Tri-Mode Host Adapter
ARC-4607T3: Thunderbolt 3 to 16 Gbps FC Adapter
ARC-4886T3: Thunderbolt 3 to Tri-Mode RAID Controller

Host Interface

2 x Thunderbolt 3 ports

Management Interface

Thunderbolt port

External Ports

[ARC-4686T3] 2 x tri-mode SFF-8644 ports
[ARC-4607T3] 2 x 16 Gbps Fibre SFP ports
[ARC-4886T3] 2 x tri-mode SFF-8644 ports

Thunderbolt™ 3 to Tri-Mode/Fibre RAID Storage


ARC-4050T3 connection

The ARC-4050T3 series are Thunderbolt™3 expansion chassis with one PCIe 3.0 slot to fit a low profile adapter for high-performance 4K video editing and networking. By supporting Thunderbolt-compatible low profile PCIe adapters, the ARC-4050T3 expansion enables professionals to use high-performance PCIe adapters or RAID adapters on the lacking PCIe expansion MacBook Pro. Supported adapters include Areca 16Gbps Fibre Channel, tri-mode cacheless RAID adapter as well as tri-mode cache RAID controllers. Designed and leveraged with Areca’ existing high performance internal PCIe adapters, Areca’s family of Thunderbolt 3 products provide a perfect outside-the-box solution for your 4K deployments.

ARC-4050T3 series connect with high performance RAID solution to deliver true hardware RAID for the video editor working with real time multi-stream HD and 4K workflows. It runs efficiently without disruption or major drops in performance to meet the requirements of 4K data workflow. The Thunderbolt 3 Solution from Areca provides the supreme performance so quick that it allows 4K video at the same time while daisy chaining storages devices and doing a simultaneous 4K in/output file transfers.

With an ARC-1686-8X inside and dual 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 ports configurations, the ARC-4686T3 is an ideal solution to connect a high- performance external RAID controller subsystem for users looking to achieve the highest I/O and data throughput for 4K workflows.

With dual 16Gbps Fibre Channel ports and dual 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 ports configurations, the ARC-4607T3 is an ideal solution to connect a high-speed Fibre Channel SAN for users looking to achieve the highest I/O and data throughput for 4K workflows.

With an ARC-1886-8X inside and dual 40Gbps Thunderbolt 3 ports configurations, the ARC-4886T3 is an ideal solution to connect the JBOD enclosure for users looking to achieve the highest I/O and data throughput for 4K workflows.

  Thunderbolt™ 3 to PCIe Expansion Solution
ARC-4686T3 ARC-4607T3 ARC-4886T3
Form Factor Mini Box
Host Connection Dual 40Gbps Thunderbolt ports
- Dual-Protocol (PCIe and DisplayPort)
- Daisy chaining device support
Controller Inside ARC-1686-8X Tri-Mode Host Adapter ARC-8607 16Gb/s Fibre Host Adapter ARC-1886-8X Tri-Mode RAID Adapter
Ports 8 x external 2 x external 8 x external
External Connectors 2 x Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 2 x SFP+ 2 x Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644
Data Transfer Rates Up to 12 Gb/s per port Up to 1600 MB/s per port Up to 12 Gb/s per port
Cooling Fan 1 x 2700rpm
Power Supply/In/out 100-240V AC/65W
Physical Dimensions
(H x W x D)
4.97 x 2.13 x 6.35 in
(150 x 64.4 x 191.7 mm)
Weight 2.64 lbs / 1.2 Kg
OS Support macOS 10.12 or later, Windows 8/10 or later

Downloads


File Version Date
ARC-4050T3 series Specification 2.0 2022/07/21
ARC-4050T3-DB User Manual 1.0 2017/10/18
ARC-4686T3 Specification 1.0 2022/07/25
ARC-4886T3 Specification 1.0 2022/07/25
ARC-4x86T3 Quick Installation Guide 1.0 2022/07/25
ARC-4607T3 Specification 1.0 2017/10/19
ARC-4607T3 Quick Installation Guide 1.0 2017/09/18
ArcSAP_QFC Manual 1.0 2017/12/06
File Version Date
ARC-4686T3 firmware 1.66 download icon 2022/12/26
1. UEFI shell virtual disk is generated only UEFI in non-secure mode
2. UEFI dual shell support requirement for X64/ARM64
3. Add HTTP user:root
4. Set CPU fan to full speed
ARC-4607T3 firmware 8.0.3 2017/02/02
ARC-4886 series firmware 1.66 download icon 2022/12/26
1. Add UEFI Shell virtual disk for UEFI BIOS to enter controller setup
2. Add support of unmanaged pcie switch (Supermicro's backplane)
3. Fix NVME direct IO problem in win11/2022
4. Add ARM UEFI BIOS support, 3 BIOS images (INT13+x64 UEFI+arm64 UEFI) included
5. Fix seagate SAS mach.2 hdd error handling problem