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Yearly Archives: 2009

OCZ Vertex v. SAS 15k RPM Raid 5

Question: How does a OCZ Vertex 120GB compare to an 8 drive 15k RPM 2.5" SAS Raid 5 array with a fast Adaptec 5805...

Windows Home Server Supported Memory (RAM)

Recently I received a question regarding how much memory (RAM) is supported in Windows Home Server. The answer is fairly straightforward. Microsoft built WHS upon...

Windows Home Server Remote PC Backup

How easy is it to use one PC to initiate a manual backup of another PC using Windows Home Server? Extremely. This guide will...

iStarUSA BPN-350SAS-Black 3x 5.25″ to 5x 3.5″ SATA SAS Trayless Hotswap Backplane

As one's storage needs increase, eventually even large 4U server cases need to pack higher hard drive densities in order to fit all of...

Athena Power BP-SATA1842C 4-in-1 1x 5.25″ to 4x 2.5″ Hot swap Backplane Enclosure

As high-performance hard drives move to the 2.5” form factor, a form factor that has been common in the SSD and notebook space, mounting...

Icy Dock 3 in 2 SATA/SAS Hot Swap Hard Drive Enclosure/Backplane Review

The ICY DOCK 3 in 2 SATA/SAS Hard Drive enclosure allows for higher storage densities and hot swapping drives.

Troubleshooting Slow Read/ Transfer Speeds for a Windows Home Server

After recommending WHS to a friend I got a note saying it was running really slow for pulling data off the server, even though...

3x Seagate Cheetah 15k.5 Raid 5, Adaptec 3085

Just to check some additional 15k rpm SAS numbers, I used three Seagate Cheetah 15k.5 300GB drives in Raid 5 to see what the numbers...

Issue: Adaptec 5805 with Savvio 15k.1 Drives

Did some testing this weekend with the new Adaptec 5805. Since I wanted to see what this card could do, I decided to try...

7200.11 1.5TB Raid 5 Benches on a $120 Perc 5/i 512MB

Although more will follow, here's a quick glimpse of what a cheap, but quality hardware raid solution can do with cheap, and large SATA...
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