8 Port Gigabit Switch, HP 1810-8G, Netgear GS108Tv2 and Dell PowerConnect 2808, which one is better for LACP Link Aggregation?
The Netgear GS108Tv2 has more function than the other two, but I don't know the Netgear is stable or not?
May be a Single drive (non-raid) connect to a HBA or a Single drive (Raid 0) connect to a Raid card, so I want to know what is the difference step between to remove a single drive on a HBA and a Raid controller?
Some questions about the Dell PowerConnect 2816 and 2824 gigabit switch:
1. Does the Link Aggregation work correctly between two Dell 2800 series gigabit switch to provide connectivity, redundancy, and expanded bandwidth?
2. Can Link Aggregation be set up with multiple NICs between a...
Some question about the 1810G-24:
1. Does the Link Aggregation work between two HP 1810G-24 switch?
2. Can Link Aggregation be set up with multiple NICs between a server and 1810G-24 to provide increased total bandwidth, i.e. 2Gbps or 4Gbps?
3ware has the remove feature in the 3ware management software?
Because I can't find the remove feature in the LSI or Adaptec management software, so I can't confirm if I can disable or remove the hard disk before I hot-swap the drive.
I want to build a storage server with LSI MegaRAID 9260 or LSI HBA 9211 or Adaptec RAID 5805 (no sure now), may be using some SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B 5-Bay Hot-Swapable SATA HDD Enclosure or Icy Dock MB455SPF-B 5-Bays SATA II Enclosure, but I can't sure that does this HDD enclosure support power...
Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) 9.6 also can't support TRIM under SSD RAID 0, if I using 2 x SSD RAID 0, how to use TRIM under RAID 0?
Do I need to reformat the SSD manually?
LSI MegaRAID 9261 and 3ware SAS 9750 also based on LSISAS2108 RoC and seem to have identical Hardware, does the firmware between the LSI MegaRAID 926x controllers and the 3ware 9750 controllers are swappable?