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    [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread

    wow , new thread ! Guess I will have to take some new pictures then ! I am now arround 67TB. I do have a youtube video with the system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miTWzCNTZ9E
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    [H]ard Sff Club

    So can I be a member ? Sorry for the bad pics :P Sorry for the bad pics will make some outside soon... Specs : i5 4670k @ 4.0ghz Corsair H100i 8Gb Ram 1866mhz 512Gb Crucial M100 2 x 2Tb Green 280x Sapphire Kraken G10 with H75 Stays really cool! gaming GPU temps stay around 45c ...
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    People reporting firmware issues with Samsung 850 Pro

    Indeed... and I currently have a 840 EVO 1Tb in my main rig , I was considering the 850 Pro , so it will be Corsair then.
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    The Offical - Who is buying a Haswell-E 5960X, 5930K or 5820K Thread

    Seeing some lovely rigs here, I ordered my 5960X + Rampage V Friday , the motherboard is still on backorder in Belgium so that sucks. Still not sure about the memory , It sooooo expensive compared to DDR3 , Not sure which kit to take , is the DDR4 frequency that important ? My 3930K was...
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    Cannot decide on CPU 5930K or 5820K

    5930K for sure! it made even more sense for me to get the 5960X because the 5930k doesnt offer much more then the 5820K
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    Is 1440 or 1080p best for gaming

    I just upgrade from a 32inch Fullhd tv to the new Ultrasharp 27 from Dell. I used to game a lot at a competitive level . and nothing comes close to a good old CRT for that! But the 120hz pannels are also a great choice , but lack colors and pixels! My lcd tv had an inputlag of +- 45ms vs a...
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    Hitachi Deskstar 5K4000, 4TB vs Western Digital Red WD30EFRX, 3TB

    Hi Guys, As a storage freak I would like to have your opinion on 2 drives. Western Digital Red WD30EFRX, 3TB Euro/GB : 0,043 Hitachi Deskstar 5K4000 4TB Euro/GB : 0,041 its going to be used with my Adaptec 31205 but not in a raid mode (yet) and will be...
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    Pictures of my new setup

    Nice setup , but the ram is in the wrong slots ;)
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    Dell PERC 5/i slows down...

    nobody any suggestions ? I already started transferring the 11Tb of data to various other drive´s... Took me almost 2 days of careful planning and transferring. Still have 500Gb to go and then Im done I think I am going to remove the Virtual Drive and individually test each drive... I am so...
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    Dell PERC 5/i slows down...

    Is there a program for it , while the system is running ? Or do I have to remove the raid drives and test them? and how do I do that without losing data? Thx guys ! I appreciate the response ! p.s: I am ordering two 3Tb EARZ drives for 170 each.
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    Dell PERC 5/i slows down...

    both BBU´s died recently , but my data is not critical , most critical data is backed up in the cloud. I also never have power outage´s here... already replace 2 UPS batteries and they never had to work. So i forced both cards to write through . I get : Sequential 595MB/s read and 111MB/s...
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    Dell PERC 5/i slows down...

    Damit! Damit! Thats not what I need with exams and high priced HDD´s :mad: So I did a Consistency check on the two raids (adaptec and the dell) both didn't warn me or fixed anything. Also did a HDtune test on all drives for errors, which was negative. :cool: Now is there a way to...
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    bike-commuting student in need of lightweight laptop or netbook

    ASUS Eee PC 1018P-PU27-WT just upgrade the ram to 2GB or if its possible 4GB
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    I want a mac.

    Im not an Apple fan boy , or a hater . But a mac pc just doesn't speak to me much. Sure its easier for a lot of people , but Im a power user. I like their uni body construction which is perfect in my opinion (except the sharp edges). And thats it ! I dont like their : non removable battery ...
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    For the wife...help

    I would go for a laptop... just bought a K53 for my misses relatively light, 4 hours battery and powerful enough I have an iPad , and only use it on the train and while Im eating lunch.
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    Display upgrade

    recently I was searching for a new laptop but couldnt find any with my likings . I love my current laptop, it was a compal barebook witch I configured myself. It has a T9400 CPU in it 8GB ram 9600GT 128Gb Corsair SSD ODD 2.5inch bracket with 1TB samsung HDD and a nice 1680x1050 display...
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    Dell PERC 5/i slows down...

    its now on Write through . Doing a Consistency check on it as we speak! 8 hours remaining... I am also doing one on the 9Tb array. I dont have an individual health indicator for each drive on MegaRaid manager... Would suck if a drive is failing. Im in my exams :(. Thanks for the info!
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    Need Help with 4tb external drive not working

    Try R-Studio , it can recover most raid setups
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    I also was thinking to use an SSD in my fileserver . but it makes no sense for me. Ended up with a 320GB 7200RPM 2.5inch bootdrive .
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    Dell PERC 5/i slows down...

    So I have this Dell PERC 5i in my file server for a year now. lately its slowing down drastically. When I transfer a File from another drive the raid will transfer the file for the first 10 seconds at a good 110mb a second. But after those 10 seconds it will fall down to 25mbsec. If I do 2...
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    The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - Post your 10TB+ systems

    Hi there! : I am Alexander from Belgium and here is my litlle home server :D Advertised storage: 38320 GB Formated and raid config : 31974.04GB Case : Chieftec Arena PSU : Corsair HX850 Motherboard: Asus P5B Ai AP series CPU: Intel Q6600 RAM : 4x 1gb Corsair DDR2 800 GPU: PCI VGA 2mb :D...
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    How much free space are you comfortable with?

    @ 3tb free space . Because of backup reasons
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