Recent content by cruzader

Ive never had a problem running sas and sata on same hp controller aslong as seperate raids. But ive never "played" around with anything below p400. The B110i is listed as SAS/SATA controller. Id try asking the vendor/store nicely to change the 2tb sas for a 2tb sata, a bit cheaper and more...

Specs of server you got out of the box: So it comes with HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller. From the B110i specs So you have a controller (hp calls all their controllers with raid ability for "smart array", sounds more fancy i suppose). Id start with checking if the controller can...

Scored myself 5 of these with a 150$ each offer, havent decided on a controller yet tho. "only" came out at 500$ shipping to norway for the 5 of them, something im fairly happy with as its normaly in the 200$+ range just for a empty case. Im looking at doing a simular setup like this one exept...

any day now and its my time to join the 10tb+ in 1 system club :) had to RMA my first norco-4020 as it started burning on one of the backplates and 3 others shorted out, but got a new one and time to start building! if anybody has ever wondered how a toasted norco backplate looks like here...