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Simple way to extend server disk capacities
What's the least cumbersome way to extend existing server's storage capabilities?
I have a SuperMicro custom server and a Dell PowerEdge 2950 and I would like to extend their storage with budget hard ...
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Why are enterprise SAS disk enclosures seemingly so expensive?
I will begin by stating that I do not believe this is a duplicate of Why is business-class storage so expensive?.
My question is specifically about SAS drive enclosures, and justifying their expense.
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Intel 1200BTS only sees 15 out of 20 drives on Areca card in JBOD?
I am setting up a NAS device using an Intel 1200 BTSR motherboard and an Areca 24 port SATA/SAS card. Booting up into the Areca card's BIOS, I'm able to see all 20 drives that I have configured in ...
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Can I cascade 2 HP MSA60 enclosures and create a RAID1+0 array over all disks
I have a DL380 G5 (p411 SmartArray Controller) with a single loaded MSA60 (12x2TB SATA)and am purchasing a 2nd to cascaded as illustrated above. If I do this with identical disks (another 12x2TB SATA) ...
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Preventing h/w RAID cards from dropping slow JBOD disks
I'm considering buying a used SAS h/w RAID card for externally attaching HDDs to an HP ProLiant I'm setting up.
However, I only require RAID functionality on some of the drives. Theoretically it ...
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RAID0 vs Separate Disks for Heavy Read Perfomance
I was wondering if there will be any noticeable difference in read and write performance (99% read, 1% write) between the 2 approaches. The server would be pushing 1-3Gbit.
The stripe size is 2MB ...
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Strategies for detecting corruption in Greyhole pools [closed]
Are there any good strategies for proactively detecting data corruption in a Greyhole pool.
Suppose the following chain of events happens.
c:\> copy swiss_bank_account.txt ...
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3WARE 9650-4LPML JBOD DISK to RAID - 1 Mirror Migration How To?
It is possible to migrate a single disk, to Raid 1 as per Table 10 in the User Guide Page 122:
http://www.3ware.com/support/UserDocs/3ware9650SE-UsrGuide.pdf
I am trying to find what the best method ...
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SAS Expanders for DIY JBOD Arrays
I am researching making a DIY SAS array much like the Dell MD1000. My understanding is that these devices do not contain a RAID controller, instead they present all the drives on in SAS domain to the ...
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Recommendations for a replacement for a failing JBOD array [closed]
I currently have a simple solution for my storage needs. I a rosewill esata enclosure set up as a JBOD. It has 8 2TB disks
However, the enclosure is beginning to fail after 2 years.
I primarily use ...
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Why should I choose an Enterprise Storage Vendor?
I have been basically psyched out by some of the sales consultants from enterprise vendors such as EMC and NetApp.
We have a new requirement to store around 30 TB of unstructured data, and around ...
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Hadoop JBOD disk configuration on HP Smart Array 410/i disk controller
I'm in a evaluation phase of some hw that could be used for setting up a hadoop cluster. This hw is refurbished (hp G6 servers w/ Smart Array 410/i controller) and probably we should/must use it... we ...
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btrfs: can i create a btrfs file system with data as jbod and metadata mirrored
I am trying to build a server that will be my NAS/Media server as well a the XBMC front end. I am planning on using Ubuntu with btrfs for the NAS part of it. The current setup consists of 1TB hdd ...
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Rosewill RSV-S5 and it's transferespeeds
I have just bought a Rosewill RSV-S5, I have installed 5x1,5Tb Western Digital Green disks in it. After that have I created a Raid5 on them all with the software that followed with the hardware.
Not ...
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Rosewill RSV-S5 and WIndows Server 2008 RC2 Software Raid
I have just bought a Rosewill RSV-S5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132015 because i want to move the hardisks out of my case.
I have 5 disks now in a software raid 5, made ...
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Is it possible (and how if it is) dump two concatenaded disks in a new disk using DD?
I have a Lacie enclosure that has a setup with 2 500gb disks configured as 1 drive of 1TB, the only partition created for the whole drive is HFS+ journaled, but the controller in the enclosure is gone ...
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Can I get redundancy with a JBOD storage subsystem
I have a Promise Technology J610S. This is a JBOD subsystem. Is it possible for me to buy a SAS hardware RAID controller and provide some type of redundancy for these drives?
I am unsure whether I ...
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LVM spanning over multiple disks: What disk is a file on? Can I lose a drive without total loss?
I have three 990GB partitions over three drives in my server. Using LVM, I can create one ~3TB partition for file storage.
1) How does the system determine what partition to use first?
2) Can I find ...
