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Tag: SATA 2.0
The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 2) Hardware Selection
First off, this is not a typical WHS build, and it was not meant to be. For the majority of users, a HP MediaSmart...
The Big (30+ drive) Windows Home Server (Part 1)
About 10 months ago I decided to enter the world of the Windows Home Server. My storage arrays had outstripped my Cosmos S's capacity, and...
Dell Perc 5/i Raid Controller: Cheap Raid 5
Introduction
For Small Business Servers and home servers, one thing becomes apparent, the need to use raid with large data sets. Raid 1 and software...
Patriot PS-100 32GB SSD
A 32GB SSD drive for $60 after MiR sounded like a good idea, especially since that would be great for a Windows Home Server...
The SSD Drive and Controller List
SSD's are becoming more commonplace and are available from a multitude of vendors. Despite a high level of vendor diversity for the drives themselves,...
iStarUSA BPN-350SAS-Black 3x 5.25″ to 5x 3.5″ SATA SAS Trayless Hotswap...
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...
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...
The ICY DOCK 3 in 2 SATA/SAS Hard Drive enclosure allows for higher storage densities and hot swapping drives.
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...
7200.11 1.5TB on ICH10R in Raid 1
Two 1.5TB Seagate 7200.11 drives on the ICH10R in raid 1 make a nice setup. The ICH10R is an on-board semi-hardware raid controller making...