Samsung with Areca? Compatible?

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Bigzaj

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Samsung 2TB drives are $94.99 right now on Newegg and I am strongly considering buying 8 of them. Has anyone used them with Areca raid cards? The older drives are listed as not compatible, but I can't find any information on newer drives. Thanks.
 
I just got eight 2TB hitachi for $105 each that are compatible. I think I would go with what is known to work well considering they can be had for only slightly more and the hitachi are 7200 RPM.
 
I was hoping the new 1880 with the LSI ROC would be compatible with Samsung drives, aren't LSI controllers?
 
Since the architecture/chipset has changed, Areca really should run the HDD compatibility tests again for all HDDs on the 1880 series. But judging from the HCL on their website, they have not done so. I think Areca probably lacks the resources for such a task, since they are a relatively small company.
 
Any word? I was looking to buy a 1680IX-24 with about 10 of the F4 2tb drives for starters (they are real cheap right now).
 
Bigzaj said:
I was hoping the new 1880 with the LSI ROC would be compatible with Samsung drives, aren't LSI controllers?
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The fact the 1880 has an LSI ROC means very little for compatibility, the bigger issue is implementation (firmware). Just like Linux and Windows can both utilize the same Intel CPU let's say, but obviously their approaches are night and day different.

That said I've experienced no problems with Samsung 2TB F4's on Areca 1880 in RAID6 arrays. I'm testing them on a 1680 now.
 
odditory said:
The fact the 1880 has an LSI ROC means very little for compatibility, the bigger issue is implementation (firmware). Just like Linux and Windows can both utilize the same Intel CPU let's say, but obviously their approaches are night and day different.

That said I've experienced no problems with Samsung 2TB F4's on Areca 1880 in RAID6 arrays. I'm testing them on a 1680 now.
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Great, thanks for that info!

If no awesome deals pop-up in the next few hours on 2TB drives (that don't rhyme with PeaDate), I'm going to grab 10 Samsung F4's for a new project.
 
The F4s are back to $99 on newegg. Worst Cyber Monday EVER. I was hoping they'd drop from 79 to 69. Kinda reminds me of NVIDIA's 24 days of christmas last year and how big of a joke each days "special" was.
 
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