Experience converting Equallogic Array from RAID-50 to RAID-6
We recently found out that Dell no longer recommends RAID-50 on arrays utilizing 7200 RPM SATA drives 1 TB and larger. We currently have a PS4100E that fits the bill. I was told that I can change the...
View ArticleSAN Help!!
Hi all, I have been given the task to try to work out how to implement a SAN (Storage Area Network) to help improve our disaster recovery plan. All our servers are currently virtualised so the idea...
View ArticleStorage Options for Unitrends UEB
Hello All, We currently have a Dell Server with Server 2012 Hyper-V running Unitrends UEB and using an old Promise iSCSI SAN as storage. The SAN is not compatible with VMware's initiator or Unitrends...
View ArticleAberdeen AberNAS Linux box?
I need to put in a low-cost 36TB server to be used for Disk-2-Disk backup and archive storage. Other requirements are NFS, CIFS, iSCSI support with at least one 10GbE interface. It also should not be...
View ArticleBest Storage Analogy
Storage is like Nicki Minaj. Everyone is aware of it, but no one really understands it.
View Articlecombining disks to create an 8 disk RAID 10, what hardware?
Hi guys, first post here so go easy :) Great section of the community by the way - lots of knowledge here! So I should have 8-10 2TB enterprise class drives available soon from 2 old units. Any ideas...
View ArticleQuestion about RAID10 on older Dell Perc4/DC
I am trying to create a OBR10 volume on a powervault using 12 300GB drives using an older Dell PERC 4/DC RAID controller. After reading that the card is capable of RAID10 volumes up to 2TB I loaded up...
View ArticleAny benefit to separate LUNs for log/DB when using SAN w/ pooled storage?
We have an Equallogic PS4000 series SAN with 10K SAS drives. Whole thing is in RAID 50. Right now the SQL Server (MSSQL 2005) is virtualized and it's VMDK resides on a LUN with all our other VMs. The...
View ArticleVirtual Server Disks (300gb 10k SAS 6gbps 2.5in vs 500gb 7.2k SATA 3gbps 2.5 in)
We are looking to virtualize many of our servers. While shopping for a "big daddy" server to do the virtualization, we came to a crossroads regarding storage.Can we get away with 7200RPM drives (SATA2...
View ArticleBest Way to keep 3+TB of data always available to users?
I currently have 3 File Servers W2003/r2 using DFS to keep all of my data online and available. My network has both Linux & Windows servers. AD is used for file security, there is one site with...
View ArticleServer Hard drive question?
How can i tell what type of hard drive I have in my server can I go into dell open server manager? I have a punched hole in my array and am going to change it out. I have been told this is as easy as...
View Articleresellers, vendors and raid recommendations...
didn't want to hijack this thread... John773 wrote: I got thrown out of a client site for saying this, and they cited dell storage support as saying raid 5 with Sata was fine and that I was trying to...
View ArticleQuestion about file server HDD's? Looking for previous experience.
Hello all, I have a quick question about a couple of hdds that i have and whether or not anybody has had any experience with them in a file server application. They were scavenged from other...
View ArticleWhere do you see storage in 10 years? 20 years?
Given the rapid advancement of storage capabilities and features and the technology industry as a whole, I thought it'd be interesting to see your opinions.
View ArticleThin provisioning: When "enough" isn't enough
This is the 143rd article in the Spotlight on IT series. If you'd be interested in writing an article on the subject of backup, security, storage, virtualization, mobile, networking, wireless, DNS,...
View ArticleSSD prices continue to drop
I love SSDs and hope this article is true. Imagine SSD Raid servers at a reasonable price. Better fault tolerance, faster speeds, less heat, and less power...
View ArticleGood design for iSCI SAN redundancy/High Availability for VSphere 5.0
What are the things we have to consider for iSCSI SAN implementation for High Availablity.
View ArticleeSATA dock archival solution needed
I'm trying to get this new backup solution up and running but they don't have much in the way of good archival solutions. I want to do something that's 1TB media and rotate nightly. They initially...
View ArticleHP P2000 Max IOPS
Hello everyone, We currently have a HP P2000 G3 iSCSI SAN, with 12 7.2K RPM N/L SAS Disks. We have the SAN configured as a RAID6 with one hot spare, so there are 11 disks in the RAID6 array. I would...
View ArticlePersonal cloud storage @ home
Hi. Is it possible to create a personal cloud storage setup at home by adding a standard portable HDD to my wireless router instead of buying something like the WD My Book Live Duo 6TB NAS Network...
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