Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.
Do you guys think 16 * 3TB Hitachi 7k3000 drives in raid 6 is too many with an Areca 1880 series card? I'm currently at capacity with 12 * 3TB and am about to add four more drives, but I'm struggling with online expansion vs. starting a new array. FWIW, I have full offline backups of all my data.
Does anyone have any experience ordering from kaleidonet/ArecaDirect?
I can't find any feedback on sites like reseller ratings, and I also don't see any mention of areca direct on the areca website.