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SSD in early 2008 Xserve Apple Drive Module
Pretty much the title: it possible to use a modern, 2.5″ SSD in an Apple Drive Module on a early 2008 Xserve? This would be replacing a 15k RPM SAS drive, and in most places I've looked that HDD is ...
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Database server is better to have SAS than SATA, also preferable RAID1?
I want to know if it's better to hast DB server by SAS hard disk than SATA hard disk?
And it's also better to use RAID1.
I don't know much about RAID.
If the server is RAID6 default. Can I change ...
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Apple tower Server internal SATA to external eSATA - good or bad idea?
I am running out of available ports on an Apple server. I would like to attach 4 external eSATA devices to the currently open internal SATA connections (2 open hard drive bays and 2 SATA allocated for ...
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How to connect drive array to redundant motherboards?
How should one connect a small storage array, four 3TB SATA drives for now, to two motherboards or controllers as a failover system? This means avoiding adding another single point of failure such as ...
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Dedicated server - do SAS disks make a noticeable difference? [closed]
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What are the merits of SAS vs SATA drives?
I am running a linux centos dedicated server. Basic specs are a Intel Dual Core Xeon X3065with 2GB ram and 2 x 160GB Sata ...
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Connecting 8 x 500GB SATA drives to HP Smart Array P800 controller on 2 external mini ports
I have already 8 drives hooked up the the P800 RAID controller internally. I would like to attach 8 more SATA drives externally. I looked in the documentation but the only thing mentioned for the ...
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Installed 2TB disk in ubuntu server, dmesg reports it as 9444732965540666 MB
I've have an ageing Linux server running on Dell PowerEdge hardware, with a SAS 5IR RAID controller. It has a pair of SAS 146Gb disks in a RAID 1 configuration that has the OS and other software. I ...
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Optiplex 755 hangs when AHCI mode selected [migrated]
I can’t get AHCI mode to work on a Dell Optiplex 755. I’ve installed the drivers, but when rebooted in „RAID Autodetect/AHCI” mode, the system hangs. No Windows logo, no BSOD, nothing. Only a blinking ...
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configuration for max read throughput on ssd: pcie vs sata vs raid
I'm looking to configure a storage setup, using ssd's, that will deliver the fastest read throughput on large (2+ GB) files on a 24 core (12 physical core) system.
The data is static for the most ...
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Mirrored HDD on Windows 2000 Server become invalid on Windows 7
I have a situation:
I had two SATA HDD, on mirror (soft mirrow by Windows), on Windows 2000 Advanced Server x86
then I remove it, throw away the server and keep the disk.
Now I want some data on ...
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“zpool replace” hangs and locks up the pool
Given my four disk RAIDZ1, one disk has become physically noisy, not producing errors yet, but not sounding healthy either. So I've chosen to pre-emptively replace it.
I have done:
zpool offline ...
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SATA RAID or SCSI RAID Old IBM Server
Need your help on this one.
One of my SCSI HD failed in RAID 1, thinking about replacing it, but can no longer find 73gb drive on the market (only used available).
Option 1:
Clone remaining SCSI HD ...
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So you really can push a SATA2 disk into a SAS backplane?
There's only one SAS, right? Serial attached SCSI?
The female connectors:
SATA2 looks like: ------------| |-------
And SAS looks : ------------+-+-------
For me, the SATA2 male connector looks ...
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Windows Server making hard disk accessible after moving to a new installation
I have a serial ata disk running windows server 2003 in an old setup and now our company wanted to upgrade the system. We got a new computer and I transfer the hard disk from one setup to the other. ...
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How can I locally analyze SMART logs from a server?
I have Ubuntu 10.04 server running on a desktop at home. I rebooted, and the machine was unreachable after 10 minutes or so. At this point I should have connected a console (monitor using VGA cable). ...
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Best performance: 1tb vs larger drives in app using only sequential read/writes
I have a custom app that is multi-threaded; each thread runs on its own logical core (the workstation is a dual xeon, with 12 physical and 24 logical cores). So there are 24 threads running ...
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Rule of thumb: SATA for storage & serving static content, SSD/SAS for databases?
The question says it all. But, is it true? Can someone explain what's the differentiating factor here (how one type of disk is better than another for a specific purpose)?
(FYI, I've tried searching, ...
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Need advice on which PCI SATA Controller Card to Purchase [closed]
I have a major issue with the build of a machine I am trying to get up and running. My goal is to create a file server that will service the needs of my software development, personal media storage ...
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PCI SATA Controller Card Locking Up at Boot
So I have the following setup -
ASUS M2N4-SLI Motherboard with AMD Chip of some kind with 4 GB Dims 2 CD/DVD ROM Drives
1 320 GB SATA Drive containing the CentOS Operating System and 2 250 GB SATA ...
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How can a single disk in a hardware SATA RAID-10 array bring the entire array to a screeching halt?
Prelude:
I'm a code-monkey that's increasingly taken on SysAdmin duties for my small company. My code is our product, and increasingly we provide the same app as SaaS.
About 18 months ago I moved ...
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SATA Raid 10 vs SAS Raid 1
I need to setup a small dedi for a few VPS. Obviously the more IO, the merrier. Given these condition, what would you choose? 2 SAS 15k disks in Raid1, or 4 SATA 7.2k in raid 10?
Would the answer ...
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What speed are the internal drives in a PowerEdge R515
Not much obvious information on the net on this one - in fact, it was a surprise to me that the 12-bay R515 even had internal 2.5" cabled drives.
We're considering sticking in a couple of high-speed ...
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Running Ubuntu off a USB drive?
I was wondering if a USB 2.0 Thumb drive has enough bandwidth to act as a primary system drive in an Ubuntu Linux server. More specifically an SAN server. I am running an iSCSI target, ZFS and ...
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SAS drive to SAS/SATA backplane then SATA cables to SAS/SATA RAID card?
I just got a Supermicro chasis:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101241
That has a backplane that supports SAS and SATA drives but the backplane has SATA ports to be ...
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Switching from RAID Card attached JBOD to SATA connected disk?
We have a FreeBSD storage server, listing the specs:
Server1:
3Ware 9500S-12 RAID Card
12 x WD20EARS (2TB WD Caviar Green) SATA Disks connected to it via
JBOD export (Not as single units due to the ...
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1 TB SATA HDD on a Dell Poweredge sc1420?
Can anyone tell me if I can use an standard 1 TB SATA HDD on a Dell Poweredge SC1420?
Let's say this one: http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=61389&CatId=2459
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Replacing a PERC S300
The PERC S300 card that came with our Dell PowerEdge T110 servers is Windows only (see here). As a result, we're looking for an alternative that works under Linux.
We had planned to use software RAID ...
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“Transparent” SATA RAID Controllers [closed]
I'm looking for a true hardware SATA RAID controller that can do levels 0, 1, and 5 and is, for a lack of a better term, "transparent" to the OS in that it requires no software drivers whatsoever. ...
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RAID10 degrading error in BIOS
Having a big problem setting up RAID 10 on a barebone server. I have (4) 2TB hard-drive. I am using a AMCC/3Ware 9550SX-4LP SATA2 RAID Controller. I am setting up a RAID 10. In the BOIS it listed all ...
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How to enable SATA in Centos 5?
I have a centos 5 linux box which is currently running off an IDE drive. I want to install a couple of SATA drives as backup drives for now. I have googled that there can be complications with SATA ...
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RAID - Multiple drives on one channel
I plan on building my first real RAID server soon. My idea is to have 8 to 12 hard drivers in RAID 5 or 50. It will serve as a storage server. I would prefer to have real hardware RAID. When looking ...
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Use of 2.5" Laptop Drives in a Server?
We're acquiring several 1U servers with (8) 2.5" drive slots. Although we can use either SATA or SAS, there is a large price variance as soon as you order 16 or 24 of these drives, so we are looking ...
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SAS or SATA for 3 TB drives?
We are looking to purchase new 3 TB enterprise-grade drives and can buy either SAS or SATA models.
AFAIK, SAS generally gives better performance than SATA, but searching for benchmarks I found ...
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Anyone seen a meaningful SAS vs SATA comparison/benchmark?
I hear lots about SATA being slower than SAS but I've only found 1 decent benchmark.
http://blog.whitesites.com/SAS-RAID-0-VS-SCSI-RAID-0-VS-SATA-Benchmarks__633689244191943184_blog.htm
In this, SAS ...
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What can I do about the 2 SATA harddrives no longer showing up even in BIOS?
I've been trying to setup Ubuntu but have been running into countless issues. Both the 500GB drives has now become undetectable and don't even show up in BIOS. I've detailed below the process I've ...
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PERC 6i With external Enclosure Raid Questions
Okay so I am buying some used hardware on ebay and found a few poweredge servers for a good price. These servers come with a PERC 6i card and 4x 146gb internal SAS drives.
I want to purchase a 8 Bay ...
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How do I power SATA drives in my DELL poweredge 2850?
I have a Dell 2850 which I've been fairly happy with. It runs RAID 5 to 6 Hot-swap SCSI drives, but I'd like to add some cheap storage. So I bought an Intel PCI-X SATA raid card and tried to install ...
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Can I move a single disk from one esxi to another esxi server?
I can't seem to find an answer on google...perhaps I am using the wrong query.....
I have an ESXi test system that is in production and is using a single SATA disk for the VM's datastore. I would ...
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ESXi onboard SATA passthrough Solaris vm cannot see disks
Usings an Asus Z8NA-D6, Xeon 5200... I believe they're on the HCL.
Attempting something similar to this: http://www.napp-it.org/doc/downloads/all-in-one.pdf
ESXi 4.1 U1 as hypervisor
Hypervisor ...
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Smart Array P410 RAID controller fails creating logical disk with 2x1TB WD drives
I'm trying to build a new box with
an Intel DQ670W Motherboard (8GB RAM + i5/2500)
an HP SmartArray P410/512 RAID controller (with battery)
2x WD10EALX 1TB SATA drives
I'm falling at (almost) the ...
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Can I connect a SATA III drive to a SAS controller and get the SATA III performance?
Can I connect a SATA III drive to a SAS controller and get the SATA III performance? Will I see slower performance from the SATA III drive by using a SAS controller than a SATA III controller?
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Nearline SAS on SATA controllers
I know that SAS drives cannot operate on a SATA controller.
I know that SATA drives can operate on a SAS controller.
But can Near-Line SAS drives, being SATA drives with a SAS controller, be used on
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Disable ESXi passthrough on SATA controller
I have a newly built ESXi server with two SSD's hooked up to the motherboard primary SATA controller. Everything was working until I made the mistake of enabling passthrough on that SATA controller. ...
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MFSYS25 and SATA 2.5"
We have an Intel MFSYS25 (TA# D1400-003) and we want to use SATA drives with it. At the intel.com we read this requirements:
The AXXTM3SATA accessory (MM# 903639) must be used
You must purchase the ...
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Raid Ready Hard Drive vs Standard Hard drives
What is the difference between normal data hard drives and Raid Ready Hard Drives?
I am planning to build a server with 6x2TB hard drives and i have been quoted raid ready Hard drives nearly at 250$ ...
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detect specific device is USB / SATA apart from dmesg output
Suppose in a linux machine you have both SATA and USB devices present, and if they are all detected properly, how do you know whether a specific device(sda1/ sdb1) is USB device OR SATA device.
Note: ...
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SAS vs SATA vs SSD: How to measure performance difference between SATA and SAS?
SAS drives can address multiple IO operations from a single platter revolution if the data happens to be where the head is already positioned. How can you measure whether this actually makes a ...
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Making SATA disk write cache safe
Supposedly (see, e.g., a question about it here), with NCQ enabled drives, the drive write cache is supposed to be safe, as in it doesn't like to the OS about data being committed to the platters when ...
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Does the PERC 5/i Integrated controller support SATA II/III?
I have a refurb 2950 with a PERC 5/i Integrated controller. Currently, there are 4x 3.5" SAS drives in use, with two slots available. I want to add two SSDs (using a 3.5" ICY dock) in RAID1 in the ...
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IBM ServeRAID M5015 how do I view info from Ubuntu?
I have an IBM x3620 M3 server that has
root@web26:~# lshw -short
/0/100/9/0 scsi4 storage LSI MegaSAS 9260
/0/100/9/0/2.0.0 /dev/sda disk 1990GB ServeRAID M5015
hardware raid controller.
How do I ...
