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I have been tasked with finding a cheap storage solution for development that can present LUN's over Fiber channel to ESX hosts as well as windows. Does anyone have any experience with these, reliability, support...
I got one of these from Geeks a while back.. they doo make great little servers, but they are loud! I threw some 246's in mine and run a couple VMs on it.. I might just have to pick up 1 or 2 more.. I would really love to get a zmaxd2 though...
The driver is not for the raid, it is for the controller the array is built on. All disk controllers require drivers, it's just that most non-raid controllers are natively supported in the OS. Without the driver, the OS will not recognize that disks exist raid or not. Software Management of...
You can look arround for used LSI i4 Megaraid cards, which are also sold as Dell IDE raid controllers. They are 4 channel PCI cards for up to 8 drives. Not sure about linux support, but they are pretty old tech, so there should be.
The last 3 times I've bought these drives on an outpost deal I recieved 7200.9's. They have been running in R5 just fine. I just bought 2 more to add to the array.
I don't think an enclosure exists, but you might be able to work something with these. they are basically the same, just choose the manufacturer you prefer.
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If I understand correctly, there was only one array. If so, the problem is the disk signatures are messed up on the 2 drives. If one drive was a hot spare, then the original array should only be missing 1 drive? I would remove the 2 drive array in the controller, wipe the drives and try to...
The 2 array thing is pretty interesting.. It looks like the hot spare became part of an array. Looks like the controller fouled up. Not sure you could do anything to recover without a restore. You might try disconnecting the drives then boot into the array config. and clear the controller...
I guess its good to know that your system can withstand a pump failure. I had a hydor l20 that the impeller blades broke and though the pump was running no fluid was moving. I noticed my temps were steadilly in the high 40's insead of the high 20's-low 30's. I had no idea how long it was...
I have heard of issues before with some backplane's/trays, but I have not experienced it myself. I use SuperMicro 5in3's Not the cheapest out there I guess, but they work well for me, and I know others around here use them too.
I couldn't resist the price, the red ones are $239+ship ($257 for me).. I can't wait to play with it, and figure out what the heck I'm gonna use it for.. maybe i'll stick it at a friends, and make a dr site for home.
The mag II should be fine to start with, I used one with just a swiftech storm and BIP 120x2. As you expand and if you find you need more, just buy a second mag II. they should work very well in series.
I don't think you will find many if any that have tried this.. There is another thread where someone is going to try with 2 sata and 2 pata with converters on a highpoint controller. The best I could say is maybe. It will depend if the raid controller is compatable with the converters and...
As long as the sata controller works with the bridge cards you should be ok. Though in general its not a good idea to mix drives in raid arrays. I have an array of 6 wd 120gb sata drives and have had no issues with the array.
I've been using these bridges in my systems, though not on raid...
Any std ATX psu should fit. I know its not a great psu, but I have a coolmax ezwire modular in my sg01. It is tight with my dvd burner, but not problematic. I bought mine from outpost when they were on sale a few months back and it was the sg01e.
I have tried others, but always end up back with robocopy. It is super reliable, the logging is great, its small, I keep it and a standard bat file on my keychain, and its free.
That should work just fine.. I use a skt 754 3000 with 512mb. ram and an ATI 9500 for vid. and mine works well so yours should be too. I second the 2 drives.. or at least 2 partitions. started with just one big drive and the first time I filled the drive up and the system crashed, I changed it...
With the limited requirements you're specifying, it looks like your only option is a 3ware card. I don't think anyone ever made a non-raid controller with more than 4 ports, and even in raid controllers, I think 3ware is the only one that you'll find a 12 port controller, and maybe the abillity...
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"The most reliable fitting to date. Uses an O-Ring to seal. Large ID bore for high flow and lower pressure drop compared to other fittings.Uses a G 1/4 BSPP straight thread or 9/16-18 with O-Ring Seal."
So it depends on if you ordered them with the G1/4 BSPP or the 9/16-18...
what I do is put a nut between the rad. fins and the fan mount on the rad and use screws that go through the lower fan ears and into the rad mount. just make sure the screws are not too long and go into the rad fins! I use some angled pliers to hold the nuts though the fan blades. you could...
If the drive had issues for you and is failing.. RMA it!! They will not question it and will replace it for you.. I have not heard of any MFR. these days that repairs and sends back the same drive. They recieve your drive and do a quick look at it to see if it has been tampered with, then ship...
If you look just in front of the brass fitting you can see where part of the hump has been removed. The hole actually goes into part of that center hump.. I then dremmeled n front of the hole smooting it out. its really hard to get a pic of it since its all clear and shinny.. I can't take any...