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    Consumer 4TB drive in server (hw RAID) environment?

    So I'm a bit hesitant to jump on the red drives, if you look at newegg reviews, that drive has absolutely been shat on.
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    Consumer 4TB drive in server (hw RAID) environment?

    I remember in the good old days, this used to be possible with Hitachi and Samsung drives. Now that these two companies have been acquired, are there still consumer drives (e.g. lower priced drives) which can operate in a server 24/7 hardware raid environment? Specifically, the drives would...
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    Script to check data integrity?

    nice, forgot this can be done using checksums. hopefully the performance is tolerable for 12TB of data....
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    Script to check data integrity?

    Does anybody know the best way to check data integrity on Linux? In my situation, I need to keep approximately 12TB of data constantly online (4x3TB). The system will be JBOD since each 3TB disk holds static data that is backed up offline on another 3TB disk. Is there a way in Linux to...
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    Ummm... right angle pci-e to sata adapter?

    actually, i don't think that card can actually work...there's a number of things wrong with it. first, pcie supplies 12v only but sata drives also need 5v second, you usually need some on board chip to convert sata signals to pcie
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    okay, problem finally resolved! the solution is a modified version of the PeDA card mentioned earlier with the last drive slot cut off and to transform it into a 3 drive solution that fits.
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    Just a quick update. I managed to get the 2xUSB hack to work and effectively power a single drive. However, I have become a bit more ambitious and am now seeking to power two drives. Some things I found during my research. First, the Apricorn PeDA. This add in card would have been...
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    ocz vertex...has the situation improved?

    From another thread: http://blog.macsales.com/9438-not-all-ssd%E2%80%99s-are-created-equal-the-story-continues#more-9438
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    ocz vertex...has the situation improved?

    Yea, its starting to look like I'll have to go for the Intel 320 series as they are really the only reliable current gen drives out there right now.
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    ocz vertex...has the situation improved?

    These things have a pretty terrible rep. Prolific DOAs and bricking after a few weeks/months of use. For people who keep up with the current status of SSD's, have these problems gone away or is it still best to avoid these drives? I know the Vertex 2 series was quite unreliable, are the...
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    40TB Build Log

    Is this just for data storage? Or is there a reason you need 12 cores?
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    is a HDD a cd drive?

    i actually lol'ed, but i guess you have to start from somewhere...and HardOCP is a good place to start...
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    Got some bad GSkill

    I've experienced a high number of DOA G.skill dimms from newegg. On a recent build, I purchased a 2x4GB kit and only 4GB was detected. I requested the RMA, but instead of waiting, I went ahead and purchased another kit. Same thing happened, on 4GB detected. I took the working 4GB from...
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    Yea, but I'm doing this with a 2.5" laptop disk. That only requires the 5V rail (USB) and if I use two ports, I can get up to 5W.
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    Is it possible to power sata hard disk through PCI-e?

    i think the ones on newegg are more exceptions rather than the norm. most servers in production environments today are dell, hp, sun, etc systems which use the hot-plug power supplies without any wired connectors. there are no connectors whatsoever inside the machine which is why this...
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