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Hello, I have Areca 1680 with 4gb of cache. How do I know I am really using it, is there a way to tell ? I know the system display that I do have it, but I want more proof that I am actually benefiting from the 4gb cache. System Memory 4096MB/533MHz/ECC Thanks !

Thanks Treadstone, it's clear to me now. But in my situation, say that I am using starwind iSCSI targeting to dash out iSCSI targeting does it still work the same way ? I guess I have to play around with flexraid to see it right..

Says if I have 24 drives available, I would need to assign 2 for global HS ? or one for each array ? How do you join them together in volumes under Windows without using FlexRaid ? By creating a spanned volume ?

Btw, what's the reason behind 3 x 8 Raid 6 setup , is it this way is more durable ? I thought if I do a raid 60, it is faster than a Raid 6 setup.

What happened if the FlexRaid storage pool crashed ? Since it is a software based program, does that means my file system would go down as well ?

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Sorry, let me be more specified.. I am currently using Starwind to make my setup as a mirrored SAN environment, HA setup, so data would be sync back and forth and iSCSI target would be highly available. Well, I am the professional that's making that decision :P but I am seeking public...

Hi there, I have two Areca 1680x24 raid cards in my system, each has its own battery backup module. This is going to be used as a data storage for our backup/vms/shared folders. Currently I have it at raid 60, Two arrays of 11 Drives Raid 6, 2 GHS, for total of 24 drives. With Raid...