Recent content by qwkhyena

Good guess but no. We're employee owned small company. I do own over 2% but not much more. I typically get it up & running at home first then show them what I've done. Also helps that I've been w/ them for over 12 years now so I do have some pull there too. Plus let's be honest, no one...

My HCL is my house sadly. I spend stupid amounts on computer hardware to see what is compatiable and what isn't. But good question. I've been sticking w/ Intel S5520SCR boards recently and give them 2 thumbs up for vSphere 4.1 support. But I'm not sticking any HDs nor RAID cards in them. I'm...

What drives would you recommend then?

As far as remotely managing Dell PERC cards we do it via Dell's OpenManage Server Administrator webpages. I say webpages because it typically installs a webserver on your winblows box and accepts https connections on port 1311. It's fairly useless if you ask me because you have to log-in daily...

Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner! I deleted the multiple volume sets and created a single volume set that I then let the OS partition up. Got the same results (reads: 2MB blocks = AVG 140ish MBps, Max 190MBps.) I then moved all of the PCIe cards to the right one slot and presto! saw the...

Yep, I'll create a volume now that maximizes the entire raidset and retest :)

The reason I initially set it up that way was so it would be easier for configuring iSCSI using SCST (vmware's vSphere 4.1 doesn't see beyond a 2TB partition.) That having been said, I can easily create a massive volume though and carve it up w/ GParted w/ no problem though :) Also, I'm...

Really?? Cause I do have multiple volumes, 5 to be exact.

The ARC-1680ix-24 card w/ 512MB of ram arrived and I plugged her in. She's got 20 - 500GB Samsung HDs w/ 4 - 2TB volumes & 1 - 200GB volume. All volumes are striped 128K but the 200GB volume which is 64K. I also upgraded the card w/ the latest BIOS, Firmware, boot & MBRO to version 1.49 once I...

I tried various combinations but still wasn't able to get it to work. If I logged into the SAS Expander on the 1680's RJ-11 port I could clearly see the HDs using the "LI" command but the card itself wouldn't. I've gone ahead and ordered a 1680ix-24 card now w/ 512MB of ram. This is the...

Okay, I've read as many posts as I can regarding getting the two to work together but I'm still turning up nothing. I've upgraded to the latest version 1.49 & even figured out how to finally upgrade the 1680s expander w/ the newer firmware 5.89.1.39 from their ftp site. When I console into the...

I'm in the process of upgrading my SAN and was wondering if most folks still prefer SCST vs IET & STGT? I've seen several posts by Lizardking009 and about 3 or 4 posts on the vmware vSphere storage forum saying that IET does have some stability issues under heavy load and that SCST because of...

Excellent! That gives me something to work with. I had the 8N1 correct but not the 115200 nor the VT100 setting. I'll assume I don't have the beta and just turn the SES2 to disabled for now. I wish I hadn't bought the 1680ix just the 1680x w/ two external ports. :)

Are you talking about the Firmware/Bootrom beta? Cause I only see v1.48 as being the latest on the Areca ftp site. Or are you talking about the CLI Expander software? I noticed that the Areca 1680ix-12 came w/ a console cable but I can't configure minicom to connect :( I'm assuming I'll need...

Howdy Odditory! I've done a bunch of reading in the HP SAS Expander thread and also read the Areca 1680 thread but I'm still having an issue. I can't get the external ports to work when I connect the two together w/ an SFF8088 cable from Tekram. I've tried w/ the SES2 enabled & disabled. I've...