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    I need some help test a new WD20EARS drive

    I just got a couple of WD20EARS drives and I want to test them before putting them in. I got a bad batch of WDs a couple of years ago, so i generally try to burn them in now, when I first get them. I would generally use the WD Data LifeGuard tools from their website, but the DOS bootable...
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    Areca RAID and data safety

    I'm playing around with my new Areca 1260 and I've already hit a data corruption issue. I have an 9 drive raid group (500GB each) that I've carved into a 2TB R5 lun. I presented the LUN to my ESX guest using Raw Device Mapping and all seemed to go pretty well. It's as fast a i need (200MB/s...
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    What's the fastest Linux FS for media files?

    I've built a new HW Raid volume and it's pretty fast with ext4, but I was wondering if I should be considering some other FS for media files (mostly music). I've tried Reiser before, but I'm not really hot on that anymore. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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    ARECA ARC-1260 and Hitachi HDS7250KLA360 drives

    Hi guys, I'm wondering if anyone might have some insight into a strange issue I'm having with my ARECA raid card. I have an ARC-1260 plugged into an HP DL380 G5 server. I'm connecting a bunch of Hitachi HDS725050KLA360 drives. All of the drives are identical and I've tested each of them on...
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