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    Any SAN experts around? (IBM v3700)

    Never mind... case closed! :)
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    Any SAN experts around? (IBM v3700)

    I think I've just had a long day and I'm clearly missing something. However, I've setup a new v3700. The problem is that I can't get two hosts to use the same volumes(two ESXi 5.1 hosts). They can both see the volumes, but only one can mount them at a time. Is there some sort of tick box I...
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    Intel socket 2011 motherboard recommendations

    Hi Everyone, I'm after recommendations for a motherboard. Basically, all it needs is the following: 2 x PCI-E 3.0 8x lanes Onboard video Onboard NIC (2 would be good) Socket 2011 Hex core support(Doesn't have to be too powerful) Basically, this new server will run 4 VMs which act as...
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Ah perfect. Thank you. I was going to go for the red disks(WD or Seagate) as they have ERC/TLER which should be a benefit in a raid controller setup
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Okay, I've decided to go for a 4 disk raid 6 as my requirements have dropped. 8TB will be more than enough. I was looking at WD red 4TB disks as they're designed to be on 24/7. What I don't like about them is that they can change their RPM rate. How does a raid controller deal with that...
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    I'd love to do raid 60, but I'm trying to keep this box low power. Dreams nice though haha
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Yep, if two disks in the same mirror fail, then you're screwed. I think I'll stick with R6, it seems like it should be fine for a small array
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Cheers :)
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    ah bugger Well spotted
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    I have also found that WD have put out 4TB disks that are 10^15 URE http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-771475.pdf I think these in a raid 6 would make me feel a lot better for a small array :)
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Thanks, I'm basically after a 9+ TB array that I can map to a single VM. I have an ESXi 5.5 host with an LSI 9260-8i raid controller. I would like to create an array that I can use for this VM as a backup location for other computers. I was going to(due to my lack of understanding) create...
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Thank you I understand the basic raid concepts. It was the URE that threw me off everything as I had been unaware of it before. I was about to create a 4 disk R5 with one hot spare (4 x 4TB) until I read the dangers about it
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Thanks, Would a raid 10 not be safer? Especially if I were to run a hot spare? I plan on having an old server that I turn on once a month running storage spaces as the backup(I won't need the performance etc for that one)
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    Raid 5 & 6 URE limitations

    Hi Everyone I was hoping to get opinions on the drive capacity vs Raid 5/6 issue. My understanding is that a URE will occur on a standard disk for around 12TB in a R5. (source: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/why-raid-6-stops-working-in-2019/805) Has anyone found issues with this...
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    Mini-itx board for Debian based PC

    Hi Everyone I was wondering if anyone has/had found a chipset on a mini-itx board that works well with Debian based distros? The only real requirement is that the PC can play 1080P streams from youtube and a plex server(where the transcoding is all done on the server) I was leaning...
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