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    HP SAS Expander Owner's Thread

    would any one be near vermont that has one of these expanders? i hope to get a p600 soon and would love to find a way to test it
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    Disk Vibration is a serious issue

    they arent end of story. some situations can survive desktop drives but i bet after about 8-10 drives your pushing your luck with vibration. you may be able to get away with more by adding a rubber pad between the drive and cady but thats just a workaround. I did see some wd? sas drives i think...
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    Got a new rack! Now questions

    im in the process of moving all my equipment over to racks the stations around the house wont be but the several systems I use daily including my desktop will. found some old 2u server cases im going to hack up so I can put the systems in to :) just fyi the twistlock usually are for 30A...
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    Got a new rack! Now questions

    @treadstone sorry but no, curcit breakers are in place primarily to protect the wire in the walls and the rest of the system. afci/gfci have additional protection to assist the end user/equipment from shock/fire. the purpose of curcit breakers is to keep you from mealting your wires in the...
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    eSATA so difficult?

    have you ever tried a live linux cd? I have had really good luck testing hw that way i havent messed with the duets yet but standard esata on a dell was no issue. this would atleast tell you if the issue is a windows thing or if its a hw issue. the portmultiplexers can be a pain to trouble...
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    WD bought Hitachi for 4,3 billion USD

    that ruins my day to. back in the day WD used to be the golden standard... back in the 1gb day that is.... I have had more wd drives crap out then i care to. many more then seagate and maxtor combined. i have about 15 drives laying around the house 2 are wd 1 being a old 1gb ish drive that...
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    SAS raid controller selection [ HP P600 ]

    I am looking for a decent budget raid controller sas raid6 pci-x. I plan to eventually upgrade equipment to something nice but need that as a minimum. The P600 seems to fit the bill decently for a <100$ card. does any one know beyond the 3 storageworks what expanders are compatible with...
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