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    3ware 9650se raid disappears

    changing power settings seems to correct issue; however if doing restart i still need to refresh driver before the raid appears.
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    3ware 9650se raid disappears

    also should add that if i reinstall the driver in windows the raid appears to come back. this leads me to believe that the card is actually going through initialization during power on/restart but for some reason the drives dont show up.
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    3ware 9650se raid disappears

    hello, i have a 3ware 9650se raid card that has 2x2tb wd drives attached to it. my problem is that if i do a fresh power on the card will initialize and work fine except when i come back to the machine a few hours later the raid doesnt show (windows 7); the card still shows but not the raid...
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    Inexpensive dedicated storage without ZFS?

    in the end it is the simplicity of the whole process that won me over. copy files to usb / run file / change bios / unit boots... i know you can do any os from usb but certainly more steps then the "prebaked" so to speak method that unraid uses.
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    Inexpensive dedicated storage without ZFS?

    agreed although talks of having additional parity in future the inability to add a drive that already contains data is certainly a downfall but i wouldnt rule it out solely because of this with the frequent permission issues i experiences with various versions of windows and the fact that...
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    Inexpensive dedicated storage without ZFS?

    have you considered unRaid? i personally just built a fairly cheap/basic unRaid machine and it is working great for media serving/storage purposes. i choose to use a cache drive to help with write speeds and read speeds are more then enough for me and able to support 3+ streams at a time.
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    ontrack unable to recovery data....options?

    long story short. 2.5" laptop hdd clicking. wouldnt read. sent to ontrack. recovery failed. head crashed into platter and small debris inside caused damage so severe unable to even get partial read. any other options/solutions?
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    bare metal restore options - simple is key

    hello, hoping to get some recommendations on the best option to backup data on a windows pc so that you could restore to the last backup state if the hard drive were to be replaced... something comparable to time machine but for windows 7 primarily. simplicity is key i am thinking...
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    budget build

    updated first thread / added components
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    budget build

    thanks. if need be i can certainly add one of these.
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    budget build

    10/8 update components case - reuse coolermaster wavemaster psu - corsair hx650 cpu - intel e3-1220 systemboard - supermicro x9scl+-f hba/raid - ibm m1015 memory - kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G (8gb ddr3 (4x2) ecc) have been reading the forums for a while and i am trying to decide on what...
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    freenas/zfsguru build

    thanks for pointing this out. guess its back to comparing the to. having boot drive part of the zfs pool would eliminate an expense...
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    freenas/zfsguru build

    im not against possibly using something else i am just looking for something simple and easy to use. ive used linux before and while i understand nix systems can be very powerful i just dont have the time or experience to commit to learning all the commands and looking for individual packages...
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    freenas/zfsguru build

    thanks for memory tip... i was pretty much decided on freenas till you suggested zfsguru. after doing some reading it seems as tho the dev for zfsguru is mia? the website lists 0.2 as early 2011 yet we are basically q4 now..... while to the best of my knowledge freenas is still being actively...
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    freenas/zfsguru build

    browsed these forums for the last few weeks trying to find out some information about building a data storage system. i have currently decided on using freenas or zfsguru as the os other then storage it will be used to stream content to other pcs (laptop and desktop) and also wdtv live plus...
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