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  1. J

    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    The various tools that can do this with most drives are SmartMonTools os/controller compatibility table here... http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki/Supported_RAID-Controllers hdparm source-code only http://hdparm.sourceforge.net/ hdat2 real-mode dos only...
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    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    Cheers mitgib, but I've already seen the various tools that can issue a command. None of them is compatible with Windows and my Areca controller. Further, non of them survives a power cycle, so implementing them isn't really a solution. As previously mentioned, I'm not going to engage in...
  3. J

    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    I've offered evidence - my experience of firmware flashing, and a common-sense explanation of why if I was a drive manufacturer I would try to use the same hardware, or very similar. If you want to assert the opposite perhaps you can offer some evidence for your assertion? Maybe they do...
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    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    I already raised that issue at the start. I also linked to my blog where i've made the same point - I don't care how the problem is solved but I need to find a solution. Windows Server and Client are almost entirely the same codebase - Microsoft would be crazy NOT to do that. Just like CPU...
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    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    2 Areca 1220's. No expanders. That's fair enough, but I have had problems with drives dropping out of my array when there is nothing wrong with them. Having used WD TLER tool on 2 of the WD drives, those 2 drives have NOT dropped out since, wheras before they frequently dropped out. So...
  6. J

    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    Its more a case of just haven't happened to buy hitachi. I switched to seagate for my first couple of SATA drives, and since then have had WD's, mainly raptors. I know there haven't been issues since IBM sold the biz to Hitachi That's reassuring confidence :) I've had drive dropout issues...
  7. J

    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    They were kicked out with TLER ENabled? Really useful information, cheers! If I can't get any cheap-drives with ERC then I'm inclined to gamble with Hitachi drives. I've already had drop-outs from WD, Seagate and Samsung, so might as well try Hitachi. Haven't bought Hitachi drives since...
  8. J

    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    I don't have much spare cash myself. And more to the point the drives are for a home-based storage server - for the family's backups, photos, music and recorded tv - it's not a heavy-usage environment requiring enterprise grade drives. I only have the Areca card as it was saved from a server...
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    TLER / CCTL / ERC thread

    I've been having this nightmare too (as detailed on my site Jons Guides). I too would be interested to know what controllers allow you to set the timeout value - I can't find any information about any such controllers. My Areca 1220 doesn't seem to offer any option to configure this. I...
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