FS-CONUS: Areca 8050 32TB RAID with Thunderbolt at DVinfo.net

Jon Roemer · April 23rd, 2019, 09:35 AM

Selling an Areca ARC-8050 8-bay RAID box with Thunderbolt 1 interface. $450 CONUS

Currently has 32TB via 8x 4TB drives and is set to RAID 5 [28TB storage]. Read/Write is 826 MB/s & 720 MB/s respectively as tested in the BlackMagic app (5GB block.)

The box has seven Western Digital HDDs and one HGST drive.

See the 8050 here along with a screen grab of the speed test: https://www.dropbox.com/home/Areca8050

Additional specs: 1GB of on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protection. Hardware RAID.

Areca 8050 with same specs just sold on Ebay for $460 plus shipping:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Areca-8050-...-/153450566030

Has been a great RAID box for my working drive & my archive of projects from the past few years. Extremely reliable. Selling because I upgraded to T3 setup.

Jon Roemer · June 18th, 2019, 09:47 AM

Price drop - $300

Is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 via Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.

Jon Roemer · June 19th, 2019, 01:01 PM

Item is sold.

April 23rd, 2019, 09:35 AM	#1
Jon Roemer Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 123	Areca 8050 32TB RAID with Thunderbolt Selling an Areca ARC-8050 8-bay RAID box with Thunderbolt 1 interface. $450 CONUS Currently has 32TB via 8x 4TB drives and is set to RAID 5 [28TB storage]. Read/Write is 826 MB/s & 720 MB/s respectively as tested in the BlackMagic app (5GB block.) The box has seven Western Digital HDDs and one HGST drive. See the 8050 here along with a screen grab of the speed test: https://www.dropbox.com/home/Areca8050 Additional specs: 1GB of on-board DDR3-1333 SDRAM with ECC protection. Hardware RAID. Areca 8050 with same specs just sold on Ebay for $460 plus shipping: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Areca-8050-...-/153450566030 Has been a great RAID box for my working drive & my archive of projects from the past few years. Extremely reliable. Selling because I upgraded to T3 setup. __________________ Site Last edited by Jon Roemer; April 23rd, 2019 at 10:18 AM.

June 18th, 2019, 09:47 AM	#2
Jon Roemer Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 123	Re: Areca 8050 32TB RAID with Thunderbolt Price drop - $300 Is compatible with Thunderbolt 3 via Apple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter. __________________ Site

June 19th, 2019, 01:01 PM	#3
Jon Roemer Regular Crew Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, NJ Posts: 123	Re: Areca 8050 32TB RAID with Thunderbolt - SOLD Item is sold. __________________ Site