Recent content by backontrack

I personaly went for the Areca because their Linux kernel support was better and I prefer not installing any extra software and using the LAN port on the Areca with a simple webbrowser. At least for me, that was worth the cost. Yes, there can be compatibility issues with certain motherboards...

I agree with Blue Fox, in most cases the difference is small. I actually returned the 1882 for an 1880 because I prefered the lower power usage and fanless design, wich might also be important for a home/media server. Of course, the price might also matters...

I also noticed the error recovery showing up disabled. But when checking the drive the controller seems to set/enable it: >smartctl -l scterc --device=areca,9/2 /dev/sg2 smartctl 6.2 2013-07-26 r3841 [x86_64-linux-3.13.0-121-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-13, Bruce Allen, Christian...

I am using IronWolfs 10TB with Areca 1880 firmware 1.54 as RAID6 since roughly 3-4 months. So far no problems or anything unnormal. Spindown when idle also works fine. Before installing in their final location, I had following issues: I run some checks with all drives before installing. One...

rock2me: Reporting reliable long-term experience would require using a larger amount of replaced batteries. I am sad, an unlikely find. Maybe I can provide a bit more info and describe what I use as replacement for the Areca T113 [I am afraid, being new in this forum I can't post links to the...