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Hello all, System info: Ubuntu 14.04.2 and Areca 1680ix My home server has recently started acting flaky and I strongly suspect a disk in my array is going bad. The below messages have recently started showing up in the syslog. Jul 2 01:48:49 rodolfo kernel: [ 1932.763702] ata3.00...

Hello, So I bought a Areca Raid card open box a while back and never got any 8087 cables with my purchase. Am looking to finally expand and was hoping someone might have some spare cables around. PM if you are interested in unloading some. Very respectfully, Garrett

Anyone come across these yet? http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/257217263/SAS_SATA_SGPIO_4_Bay_Mini.html Looks like they are upgraded backplanes for the 4X20 series to support SGPIO.

Hey guys, Hoping for some help. I've been working with a co-worker to spec out a large capacity SSD storage server which will be used to facilitate large database queries. Right now its taking multple days to do these queries but were hoping some new hardware technology would alleviate that...

Went looking for these posts after recieving a PM and found them buried and hard to find. For those interested new fanboards are now available. Here are relevant threads... http://hardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1471040 http://hardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1470982 Note: Looks like...

Hey guys, been installing my rails and I know the instructions are crap but noticed I could only get about 3 screws to match up on the case. Searched through the threads here and on AVS for about 40 min with no luck. Was hoping if you guys have any spare time and a camera conveniently located...

Hello everyone, Just got my Norco system built and powered on. VERY HAPPY! I ran into a problem though... I wasn't anticipating having any issues with the noise of the system as it was going to reside in the basement and in a rack... well... I anticipated wrong. Turns out the fans are so...

Hey guys, So ordered the wrong set of rails and RMA'ing them to newegg but before I order my next set I figured I would ask you all what you are using. I have tried to search the forums as I recalled seeing some discussion on them previously but didn't find much at all. I found some info...

Hey for those who may have been holding off on purchasing that new RAID card... a load of Areca's just went open box on Newegg. Get em while you can! http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2000150410%204809&bop=And&SpeTabStoreType=99&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICED

I have been looking around for information on how to alter TLER equivalents (CCTL, ERC, Etc.) but haven't been able to find much information. Does anyone have any pointers to some good info about this topic? I understand (I think) that the WD drives TLER is able to be altered because a tool...

Does anyone know of any sites that measure Gib/$ as one of their criteria? I've always found myself doing this calculation myself. (best I've found so far is between 14 and 15 Gib per dollar) I also know that newegg is not always the best place to find the deals. Where do you guys buy...

So after watching the chenbro sas exapander thread I saw some mentions of SAS 2.0. I tried googling but other than a few references to it in wikipedia I wasn't able to come up with much. I was hoping you guys here might have some better reference material or information about it. When is it...

Hello everyone, While spec'ing out a new build I came across a product that I would love to know if it was compatible with another. The product in question is this areca single SATA/SAS 8087 port card: http://www.areca.com.tw/products/sasnoneraid.htm (updated link to a manufacturer site)...

Hey guys, Been piecing together a 4220 build for a few months but am having problems picking a processor (and for that matter mobo). I have included some details about the machine and what it might do below but also am trying to pick a processor with value in mind. Being less saavy than most...

Hey guys, Searched the forum but couldn't find any definites. quick question... I am getting ready to purchase a 4020 but found out I need to run SAS drives in the future. I was hoping someone here might be able to verify that the 4020 backplane can run SAS drives (because they have...

Hello everyone, I Believe this may be my first new post. I have been lurking quite happily for a long while and intended to for a while longer while I soaked up the wisdom here. I looked long and hard for a knowledgeable forum before finding this one and have been very happy since. I...