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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    Thanks pjevens. I might put my order in for a couple of those coolers today!
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    The cases are so expensive because they are targeted at businesses. You could use the sans digital case like that, but it would be a more elegant solution if you used a bracket like this and then an 8088 to 8088 cable. How many internal drives do you have connected at the moment? I'm not...
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    The Areca card only has one 8088 external port. With the sans digital case you would only be able to use 4 drives. You would need something with a SAS expander built in to be able to access more drives. These external cases are quite expensive. Here are some examples, you might be able to...
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    Will the chipset coolers mentioned fit on my 1680ix-16? I still haven't had a chance to bring the temps down and this might be a good quick solution. There are two chips on the card. Which one is the CPU and which on is the Expander? My first guess would be the one on the left (closest to the...
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    New build - Supermicro X9SRL-F

    Not much room for the ram next to that heatsink. Do you have problems fitting sticks into the slots closest to the CPU?
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    I have picked up an early model 1680ix-16. The card works great but it only has the heatsink, no fan. The areca cpu temp get up to 75-80 degrees celcius. I have mounted on a small fan I had lying around and the temp has dropped to 60. Is it ok to run at these tempuratures? Does anyone know of...
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    New build - Supermicro X9SRL-F

    Thanks, and yes Areca does have drivers for esxi. I have tested them and they work fine. Does anyone have a Supermicro X9SRL-F? How is it for ram compatibility?
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    New build - Supermicro X9SRL-F

    Sorry if I wasn't clear. 1) I'm not keen on running the typical all-in-one solution. This is where the vm sotrage is provide by another vm (freenas, nexenta etc). I have tried this in the past and the performance wasn't great. I have the hardware raid card and would like to find a solution...
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    New build - Supermicro X9SRL-F

    I am planning an upgrade to my ESXi box. I plan on reusing the norco case, areca card and the HD arrays. I have an exsi licences from work and want to run as much ram as I can afford! Current specs running HyperV: Norco 4220 Intel S5000PSL Xeon E5405 @ 2ghz 16gb DDR2 ECC Areca 1880i HP...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Bad new for the blue card! The firmware is only version 1.00 If I can find someone with an HP card in melbourne, I what the highest version that can be flashed is.... http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/205/unlede.jpg/
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    Look like ESXi 5 drivers have been released (non-beta). I'm testing it this weekend, will let you know if they work! ftp://ftp.areca.com.tw/RaidCards/AP_Drivers/VMware/
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Thanks mwroobel - I'm at work now, but will post some screen shots when I get home. I took a gamble and bought one of the 'blue' pcb cards. The components and layout are the same as the 'green' pcb but it probably has a much earlier firmware revision. This card only cost aus $180, which is a...
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Im running an areca 1880i and just received my HP Sas expander in the mail. Is there anyone in Melbourne Australia who would like to help try upgrade the firware as my hard drives are only negatiting at SATA150? Also, how can I tell if dual link is working?
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    Is there anyone in Melbourne Australia who would be willing to flash an HP Expander? - whoops, wrong forum....
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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    Here is the blue card on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130582837126 After close comparison to this card it appears the blue pcb is the same the new designas the green pcb but has lower component numbers and serial numbers.... any clues what this is, how this will run?
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