Areca ARC-8050T5U 176TB 8-Bay Thunderbolt 5 RAID Storage – 8x 22TB Ultrastar SAS + 22TB Spare

176TB of Enterprise SAS Storage + 22TB Matching Spare

The Areca ARC-8050T5U is a professional 8-bay Thunderbolt 5 RAID storage system designed for high-capacity, high-performance workstation storage, video production, post-production, photography, content creation, backup, and data-intensive applications.

This configuration is fully populated with eight 22TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 enterprise SAS hard drives, providing 176TB of raw installed storage capacity.

An additional matching 22TB Ultrastar DC HC570 SAS drive is included as a dedicated spare, giving you a ready replacement drive without having to source a matching enterprise drive after a failure.

176TB Installed + 22TB Spare

Included storage:

• 8 × 22TB Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 SAS HDDs
• 176TB raw installed RAID capacity
• 1 × additional 22TB Ultrastar DC HC570 SAS HDD
• 198TB total drive capacity included

The ninth drive is supplied separately as a spare and is not part of the eight-drive RAID array.

Enterprise Ultrastar DC HC570 Drives

The included Ultrastar DC HC570 drives are 22TB enterprise-class hard drives using a 12Gb/s SAS interface, 7,200 RPM rotation, 512MB cache, and CMR recording technology. The 0F48052 is the Base SE SAS version.

Drive specifications:

• Capacity: 22TB
• Series: Ultrastar DC HC570
• Part Number: 0F48052
• Interface: SAS 12Gb/s
• Form Factor: 3.5-inch
• Rotation Speed: 7,200 RPM
• Cache: 512MB
• Recording: CMR
• Sector Format: 512e / 4Kn
• Sustained Transfer Rate: up to 291 MB/s
• Projected MTBF: 2.5 million hours
• Workload Rating: up to 550TB/year
• Designed for 24×7 operation

Thunderbolt 5 Professional Storage

The ARC-8050T5U provides high-bandwidth Thunderbolt 5 connectivity between the RAID system and compatible workstation.

This makes the system particularly well suited for workflows involving very large media files and projects, including:

• 4K video editing
• 6K video production
• 8K video workflows
• Professional photography
• RAW photo libraries
• Video post-production
• Content creation
• Digital media production
• Large project storage
• Workstation expansion
• High-capacity backup
• Data archiving

Hardware RAID

The ARC-8050T5U provides hardware RAID functionality, allowing the eight installed drives to be configured according to the user's requirements.

Depending on the RAID level selected, the system can be optimized for:

• Maximum usable capacity
• Data redundancy
• Drive-failure protection
• Storage performance
• Capacity and redundancy balance

Actual usable capacity depends on the RAID level, filesystem, formatting, and controller configuration.

Approximate RAID Capacities

With eight 22TB drives:

*Before filesystem overhead and decimal-to-binary capacity differences.

22TB Spare Drive Included

This configuration includes a ninth matching 22TB Ultrastar DC HC570 SAS drive.

The spare drive provides a convenient replacement for one of the eight installed drives in the event of a failure. Because the spare matches the installed drives, customers do not need to immediately source another compatible 22TB enterprise SAS drive.

8 drives installed + 1 matching spare = 9 drives included.

System Specifications

What's Included

RAID System

• 1 × Areca ARC-8050T5U 8-Bay Thunderbolt 5 RAID Enclosure

Installed Storage

• 8 × Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 22TB SAS HDD
• Part Number: 0F48052

Spare Storage

• 1 × Western Digital Ultrastar DC HC570 22TB SAS HDD
• Part Number: 0F48052

Total

• 9 × 22TB enterprise SAS drives
• 176TB installed raw RAID capacity
• 22TB dedicated spare
• 198TB total drive capacity included