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

    SAS drives showing as failed, not sure how to activate. Several years back I built a data server. I built it with the idea that one day I would need more storage. So I purchased 2x 24bay enclosures, put an Areca ARC-1880I card and MB in one enclosure and connected the other enclosure with an...
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    Areca card not showing up on new MB

    Tried some more troubleshooting, still no luck. The other user here with the same MB was running the Areca in pice slot 1. I was able to confirm slot 3 is working and got the system started with the Areca in slot 1 and gpu on slot 3. Tried about all the MB bios options, no luck. The MCbios...
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    Which 16TB NAS drive?

    I’ve always been a fan of the ultrastars we have a bunch of the 8 TB helium drives and haven’t lost one.
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    Areca card not showing up on new MB

    Thanks for the tips. I tried swapping the gpu and raid card. I had a gpu error on the MB with that. Tried the GPU alone in slot 3 still had a GPU error. I tried the legacy support options. I did find another user on here that uses one of the Areca sas cards on this MB with the same cpu. The...
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    Areca card not showing up on new MB

    So I upgraded my desktop to a new MB. AMD Ryzen on a MSI B550 Tomahawk. I have an nvidea GPU in PCIE slot 1 and the areca arc-1230 in pcie slot 3. I tried setting the pcie to gen 1 in the bios and split pcie1 into 8+8. Bios doesn't see the card and neither does win 10. It's been a while...
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    Hardest component to pick in a massive Home Storage Solution

    I have a supermicro chassis next to a bedroom. If you plug the fans into a mb to reduce the speed they won't be noisy. I would not replace them, you need fans that can make pressure, just reduce the rpm until the sound is OK. Not sure if you can fix the power supplies. I replaced the power...
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    Upgrade backplanes in Supermicro SC847?

    I changed to backplane in the 846. I went from the SAS1 with no expander to the SAS2 with expander. All mounting was identical. I would think it would be in their interest to keep the mounting the same, so it is highly likely this would work for SAS3. On ebay you will often see the metal...
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    Humble Request for Advice: Cheapest 60TB Redundant Array Needed

    The raid card has a web interface to allow the creation of the array. First you group the drives into a raid set(s) - pick the drives for each array, then on the raid set you create a volume set(s) - define the type and size of volume(s) you want on each raid set, ie raid 6 etc. You could do...
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    Humble Request for Advice: Cheapest 60TB Redundant Array Needed

    To run from your Mac Pro setup a chassis as a DAS (direct attached storage). This would work: 1. Supermicro 24 bay chassis, 846BE16-R1K28B or 45 bay 847E16-R1K28JBOD (E16 stands for single port 6Gb SAS2 expander) 2. if you get the 24 bay version you need the parts to make it a JBOD chassis...
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    Please help! Building a new 20+ TB system... Need some advice

    Once ZFS comes up most threads devolve like an internet discussion of religion or politics. There is a lot of FUD in the above thread about hardware RAID. I would take criticism with a grain of salt if that person does not have actual experience in what they are talking about. There are...
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    Please help! Building a new 20+ TB system... Need some advice

    I will give you my opinion on a few of your questions. I like hardware raid cards, specifically Areca cards, for a few reasons that seem to match your concerns. 1. The raid array is independent of the OS and Motherboard. The raid controller just presents the array as a large drive. If...
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    cascading SAS2 expanders

    I had read it is a bad idea to cascade sas expanders. Is this still true with SAS2? Specifically I am interested in using an areca 1882ix with built in expander connected to Supermicro 846E16 expander backplane. Also does anyone know if the 846E16 supports dual linking? Thanks Steve
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    ARECA Owner's Thread (SAS/SATA RAID Cards)

    Cascading Expanders? I had read it was a bad idea in the past to cascade SAS expanders like using a 1680ix with a supermicro expander, or daisy chaining expanders. Is this still a bad idea with the SAS2 expanders? Was the previous warning really FUD? Specifically a 1882ix with a supermicro...
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    So, I need 24 TB of storage...

    I second the use of a good case. We have used Hardigg rackmount cases in the field. 2U or 3U supermicro w/ Areca raid card and you are all set. The cases have good handles, wheels, and shock protection. If you decide to Fedex that case keep in mind hotswap drives are not intended for...
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    problem w/ 5K4000

    Interesting, Is it possible to spoof the model number and capacity or just reset SMART? I should have clarified. The run time is consistent with the listing of New Other and matches the story. I have to go with Occam's razor on this. Everything supports the idea that this drive died due to...
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