Hitachi HDS722020ALA330

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ALpHaMoNk

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where can i find these drives? I no longer see them on newegg as active. i am running 8 in my home server in raid 5 with areca 1680 card.

i am out of space and need to expand... Frys has them but seems to be way over priced. ( i do understand that drives are up due to the flooding but not as bad as the website suggested price)
 
I would just get the 7K3000 models instead. I am not sure 7K2000s are still being made. And in either case the price should be a little over $205 US since the price of drives more than doubled (though coming back down slowly) as a result of the Thailand floods.
 
would there be any issues with me running my hw raid 5 with a mix of 7k2000 and 7k3000? or should all be OK? server has been running rock solid so i just want to be extra sure that things will work and expand with no problems.
 
I think you should be fine. The 7K3000s are a little faster than the 7K2000s. However I do not have your raid card.
 
drescherjm - thanks for the insite, i would still like to hear confirmation of anyone mixing and matching the 7k3000s and 7k2000s in a raid 5 or 6 on an Areca card with no issues. Would hate to start expanding with 7k3000s only to run into issues down the road.
 
i have my hardware raid 5 with 7k3000s and 7k2000s drives

Run fine and very very fast
 
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ALpHaMoNk said:
drescherjm - thanks for the insite, i would still like to hear confirmation of anyone mixing and matching the 7k3000s and 7k2000s in a raid 5 or 6 on an Areca card with no issues. Would hate to start expanding with 7k3000s only to run into issues down the road.
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I am doing this with an Areca 1680i / HP SAS expander / Norco 4220 case and have had no problems. One RAID 5 array with two 7K3000s and four 7k2000s and one RAID 1 array with one of each. Have had no issues at all. Arrays have been in use for about 10 months if I'm not mistaken.
 
GMcDonnell said:
I am doing this with an Areca 1680i / HP SAS expander / Norco 4220 case and have had no problems. One RAID 5 array with two 7K3000s and four 7k2000s and one RAID 1 array with one of each. Have had no issues at all. Arrays have been in use for about 10 months if I'm not mistaken.
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Thanks fo the confirmation, out setups are pretty close. I am running with a Areca 1680 8port card myself and will be ordering my HP SAS expander within the next two days. I am using the Norco 2040 case would have perferred the 4220 but it wasn't available when i ordered mine.

Thanks everyone for all the help.

No time for me to find these drives at a decent price:D
 
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