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Tag: Seagate 7200.11
Mixing 7,200rpm and 5,400rpm “Green” hard drives in RAID 0
The question of whether or not one can mix 7,200rpm hard drives with 5,400rpm (5,900rpm or other speed) "green" drives in RAID is one...
The Big WHS: May Update 60TB Edition
The Big WHS was originally supposed to house approximately 30TB of storage when the plans were first detailed on an Excel spreadsheet BOM in...
The Big WHS Update: Sorting Controllers and other Issues
Just as a quick update to those who are following this build. Some adjustments have been made ove the past week.
First, I finally decided...
The Big WHS Update: Prepping the Old System and New Parts
Just as an update. I installed the second Adaptec 31605 today, filling all 16 ports with 8x WD Greens, 6x Hitachi 2TB, and 2x...
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...
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...