Recent content by kpbadger

I'm testing/evaluating the Adaptec 52445 RAID controller. After having problems with drives being kicked out, I have standardized on Seagate 7200.11 750GB drives. I am now playing with the online capacity expansion feature of the controller. I started with a 4 drive, RAID6 array in optimal...

I've done a little further testing here and my results seem to suggest that the drive itself is probably fine but it does not get along at all with the controller. Here's what I did (after the above post): 1. Use the Adaptec card's "secure erase" function - not that there was any data on the...

This is a new setup with an Adaptec 52445 controller and a SuperMicro SC846TQ case & backplane. Just for testing, since I had a couple drives lying around, I have attempted to set up a RAID-5 with a Samsung HD753LJ (750 GB SATA) that I bought a couple weeks ago from Newegg and two other 750 GB...