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    Interesting cheap JBODs available

    I had the exact same question (http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1813939). I was assured the ears were fine, mounted by the ears and have had absolutely no problem.
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    Rackable System 3U 16 drives chassis SAS2 upgrade

    This is anecdotal evidence only, but I'm running one SE3016 with 12x 2TB drives, a mixture of HGST Ultrastar, Deskstar and the newer Toshiba version of the Deskstars, in RAIDZ3. The other SE3016 has 10 Fujitsu MBA3300RCs in what amounts to ZFS RAID10 (5 mirror zvols in one pool). Until...
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    Rackmounting SE3016?

    Yep, sorry, I'm talking about the popular rackable/SGI/omnistor 3U 16 drive SAS disk shelves, I had forgotten about the Linksys switches with the same model number. I'm perfectly fine with mounting them by the ears, (yes almost all of the weight is right at the front), I was just wondering if...
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    Rackmounting SE3016?

    Looking to mount my SE3016's in my rack. They came with rack ears on the front but no rails, and I'm not finding any mention of rails online. Am I just screwing the rack ears to the front rack posts and moving on with my day or are there rails that work with these?
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    Interesting cheap JBODs available

    Sorry if this has been covered and I missed it. Some (including me and a friend now) have had trouble getting the trays to slide in and out easily and have had trouble with the drives connecting unless you push hard on the tray. I realized you need to use 3 screws per tray, not 4 like you...
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    Yet another HDD choice question

    IMO it's a bad idea to use RAID5 or RAIDZ1 with 4TB drives. If you lose a drive and then there are UCEs or another failure when you're rebuilding now you've lost the vdev or at least some amount of data. Single parity is obsolete when you get into something as big as 4TB drives. I've seen...
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    Interesting cheap JBODs available

    > BIOS of the enclosure How are you getting into the enclosure "BIOS"? Serial port on the front? I just want to clarify this, if you're seeing the 9 drives and/or the expander target in your SAS card BIOS config, that's something different and would lead to a different analysis. I saw 12...
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    pre-emptively replace hard drives?

    IMO far more important than hours is any reallocated and/or pending sectors.
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    PC blew 15A breaker, options?

    Even something with an isolated ground would have a serious problem, pretty much anything designed for 120v. But it would blow up right away, not slowly degrade and start a fire in his wall.
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    PC blew 15A breaker, options?

    That's why I very carefully wrote about replacing the receptacle with one keyed for a 240v plug and being sure it was the only endpoint of the wire besides the other end at the circuit breaker. Based on the caveats, what I described is exactly how you would wire a 240v circuit with a NEMA 6-15R...
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    PC blew 15A breaker, options?

    Consider this, and this would 100% be at your own risk, I assume NO responsibility, but I think this would be safer than a 14ga or a long 12ga run from a 20a breaker at 120v which is what you have now. Honestly, no kidding, this isn't out of meanness, people are telling you it's dangerous...
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    Need advise on tape backup for large home office data (50TB+growing)

    Sorry for contributing to the thread necromancy... From almost 20 years in IT, LTO is fantastic IMO and depending on media quality and storage conditions can archive up to 30 years. I seriously doubt writeable blu-ray lasts that long. Another thing that will suprise you is just how fast LTO...
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    SE3016 - Read the eBay description carefully

    I'm likely stating the obvious here, but read the details carefully on the SE3016s on eBay. Yesterday digitalmind2000 posted what initially appeared to be a smoking deal on SE3016s populated with various numbers, sizes and types of drives. An SE3016 with 4 250GB drives for $129.99 + fairly...
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    How to determine SGI/Rackmount SE3016 Expander Firmware?

    > How do you update the firmware? Assuming it's something nobody is going to figure out at least easily without an SGI support contract. These are unreasonably expensive for SOHO, since their product line and support is targeted for enterprise. Based on my actual experience with the clowns...
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    ZFS system... socket 775, nvidia chipset, AMD graphics card... bad idea?

    If you want to stay with the socket 775, here's my suggestion. Look for a Supermicro X7SBE and 8GB of DDR2 unbuffered ECC RAM for it. Your CPU should work with that board. You're really limited with the 775, I have been unable to find any solid information about 775 boards supporing any more...
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