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I have a 2 TB mechanical HDD in a 4 disk software RAID array which keeps showing "Disk is OK, one attribute failed in the past (41° C / 106° F)" and then getting ejected from the array. This has been going on a while now and everytime I add it back in to the array only to check a few weeks later...

Retiring Apple TV2 as well as cable subscription and old Readynas NV+ in order to "streamline". Apple TV2 has given many years of decent 720p output with XBMC but wanting to move to a 4K TV Sick of paying for crap TV I never watch so cable subscription going and as for Readynas it just proves...

yes RAID 0 would I expect improve read performance. Some what worried though about how to get the write figure improved. I think I read that Raid 0 doesn't improve write speeds... I could well be wrong again though :(

whoops showed my noobishness again :o

Thanks for the replies. Yes I know bit lame a single disk - whole project is still a bit of work in progress.... I enabled the disk cache policy and reads are looking better: Disk cache policy OFF: Disk cache policy ON: As for writes is this degradation in performance explainable...

Hi - I am very "green" when it comes to RAID and SSD's.... recently put together a new machine which runs Intel 5500 with a dual Intel X5660 Xeons. I have also put in a RAID card M1015 and flashed it to LSI 9211 IR mode. I hooked up a new Samsung 840 Pro 128GB SSD (MZ-7PD128BW) and built a...

No one with any comment or similar experience ?

Hello all ! Building a new machine using a Supermicro X8DTL-6F. Still in the early stages and its going pretty slowly. Trying to nail down the reason as to why I hear six soft bleeps when the machine boots up. These sounds are not the same as the nasty aggressive memory error sounds...

I was hoping to get some advice on a PSU to run a new machine I am building which comprises 2 x Xeon X5660 Supermicro X8DTL-6F AMD FirePRO v4900 ASUS PCE-AC68 IBM M1015 OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 4 x SATA Drives Whats the least I can get away with ?

I have been mulling over a new build for a while whilst waiting for the new Intel processors (xeon E3's and E5's). I do some software development for which I need to run a number of VM's at once and when not working I might at times do some photo editing (RAW processing of 16 MP frames). Not...

Did u manage to try a bios reset ?

Any one know what case is shown in these pictures: http://www.icydock.com/icy_tip/icytips_images/Build_Premium_Enthusiast_HDD_Gaming_Media_Storage_Full_Tower_Case_ICY_DOCK_FlexCage_HDD_Cage.jpg Thanks!

Whoa CamptNumbNutz you have done your homework ! Many thanks !

Thanks Nenu !

(i know its kind of a lame question)