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Sata backplanes and RAID by [email protected]
Hello I am going to build a small RAID 6 array for my school. I was thinking about using the SNT-2131SATA backplane for 3 disk, and use 2 of them for a total of 6 disks. Using 500GB disks this would give me 2TB and RAID6 for reliability. The problem is, on the site, only raid 0 and 1 are...
July 6th 07 02:30 PM
by Ernst S Blofeld Go to last post
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Calculating fibre overhead??? by ChrisW[_2_]
Hello So we've heard that a 2 gbps fibre can actually push about 100 megabytes a sec. We want to know how to calc this figure. So, like with a LAN, you can calc the maximum transfer by taking the total and subtracting the overhead of ethernet, ip, tcp, and smb. How can we do this with a SAN? What...
July 5th 07 12:16 AM
by Moojit Go to last post
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Failure of brand new drive... possibly due to staggered spinup? by Dan Lenski
Hi all, I've just experienced a mystifying failure of a hard disk that was literally only one day old. It is a Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 (80gb 5400RPM SATA) that came with my new Dell laptop. I had installed Ubuntu Feisty Linux, and everything seemed to be working fine, and I even checked the...
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July 1st 07 01:29 AM
by Hans-Kristian Go to last post
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1U SATA / SAS RAID to eSATA? by Will
Does any vendor make a 1U or 2U SATA / SAS RAID enclosure that uplinks to the host by a simple eSATA connection (i.e., RAID on the enclosure, not RAID on the host adapter). -- Will
June 30th 07 07:46 PM
by Nik Simpson Go to last post
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Network tape libraries by HangaS
Hi All, I turning to this group's expertise in order to find out if what I'm looking for realy exists.. I need a better backup solution then a external SCSI DDS tape hooked on a backupserver using amanda to backup remote servers in the LAN. This realy worked till the backups stoped fitting in a...
June 30th 07 01:34 AM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Can clusters connect to other clusters' drives? by [email protected]
Clariion SANS connect through a brocade switch a cluster of two hosts called ClusterA. Another connection is to another cluster of two hosts called ClusterB. Can ClusterA connect to ClusterB drives without changing the physical connection.
June 29th 07 09:30 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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Overhead of metadata block by [email protected]
If I have a 4K block size file system, what is the overhead of the space taken by the metadata block for a file? B
June 27th 07 03:23 AM
by Lon Go to last post
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StorEdge 3310: Which firmware version is installed? by Alexander Skwar
Hello! How do I find out, which firmware version a Sun StorEdge 3310 box is using? In sccli, I find: sccli show inquiry-data Vendor: SUN Product: StorEdge 3310 Revision: 0325 Peripheral Device Type: 0x0
June 25th 07 01:19 PM
by Alexander Skwar Go to last post
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StorEdge L25: Cleaning tapes not recognized? Cause for 2411? by Alexander Skwar
Hello. We're using a StorEdge L25 system with two mags and one drive. In both mags, there's one cleaning tape. We're using VERITAS NetBackup 6.0MP4 as our backup software. The backup software recognized those tapes as cleaning tapes (it's showing "HC_CLN" as Media Type). However, this morning the...
June 25th 07 09:58 AM
by Alexander Skwar Go to last post
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utility to zero fill slack space by Patches Forever[_2_]
I thought there was a Norton Utilities program that had the capability to write zeros on all the unused space on the hard drive. I looked at all the menu options in Norton DiskEdit and Disk Doctor and I don't see any such capability. Can someone tell me do you know if Norton has it anywhere? ...
June 25th 07 05:39 AM
by Patches Forever[_2_] Go to last post
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OPEN-E SAN Device - Anyone?? by The Computer Dood
I jut found out that there is a bootable USB device called OPEN-E, that is a "SAN IN A BOX". It basically boots on a bare-metal server, allows management of the drives, and allow you to set up a ISCSI TARGET server. I am getting a demo disk. I understand that several vendors are using this...
June 25th 07 01:20 AM
by Andy Go to last post
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setting MSA1000 and ACU by sallaboy
Hi, I connected my server to MSA1000 via a FC (emulex) and installed ACU. when I open the ACU on the server I can't see the MSA1000, it writes two messages: -a hardware failure occured. -using unsupported driver. When I installed the diadnostic tool on the server it showed me the status:
June 24th 07 02:40 PM
by Moojit Go to last post
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Netapp Filer perfomance.. by Nikunj Khakhar
hi , I am using netapp 980C filers . during midnight to 01:30 AM (for 1:30 minute) , filer uses the high cpu % its cpu utilization would reach up 99% . i want to know during these period which process/activities are running/execuate . how would i know from the filer..DFM has configured on the...
June 24th 07 05:52 AM
by Raju Mahala Go to last post
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FREENAS - Now supports ISCSI? by The Computer Dood
Just saw a posting for the new freenas (www.freeenas.org (BSD Based Storage Appliance). It has a new feature for ISCSI. Anyone used it before? How stable? Looking for SOHO/SMB use. Mainly Disk-Disk Backup. Thanks
June 23rd 07 02:56 AM
by The Computer Dood Go to last post
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Need help setting up Compaq TL891 mini library by [email protected]
I run a small business and was tempted to automate my backups and bought a used Compaq TL891 minilibrary from ebay. I thought it would be as easy to plug in as my earlier Compaq 15/30 GB tape drive. Boy... was I mistaken. In my excitment (and overconfidence) I bought the library without...
June 21st 07 10:35 AM
by Glenn[_3_] Go to last post
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Brocade Access Gateway or ISL trunks ? by Glenn[_3_]
We have two McData 4500 switches connected to CX500. We're adding an HP c-class blade enclosure with two Brocade switches. Should I use the Brocade Access Gateway or ISL trunks to connect them? Either way I have to buy some options/licenses; with access gateway included on the brocades I need to...
June 21st 07 10:30 AM
by Glenn[_3_] Go to last post
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SAS / SATA RAID to Fibre? by Will
Does anyone make a standalone 1U or 2U rackmount device that does RAID 5 and 6 for SATA or SAS drives, and exposes the logical drive upstream by fibre channel? I'm wanting to use one of these per server, so space is an issue and a full on RAID controller with added separate cabinet for SAS or...
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June 19th 07 11:31 PM
by Will Go to last post
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Some questions concerning defective sectors on an internal HD by Bernd Stelter
I bought a 300GB internal Maxtor drive in autumn 2005. It's not the system drive, I use it only for storing large files under XP and Linux. It's formatted as FAT32 with Linux mkdosfs (but I don't think that the high level formatting is relevant here). Today I looked into the Windows event protocol...
June 19th 07 02:36 PM
by Bernd Stelter Go to last post
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"Cable Tester" for fibres ?? by Nicholas Buckley
Hi all, Assuming such a beast exists, can anybody recommend a simple, inexpensive test tool for fibre cables ? I had in mind something like an electrical continuity tester, or something similar to that which my LAN colleagues use to test their cables. I don't want an all singing, all dancing...
June 17th 07 05:47 AM
by Will Go to last post
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External Tape Drive on SCSI RAID Card by steve[_2_]
Hi all, I have an Adaptec 29320ALP-R SCSI RAID card (http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/scsi/ultra320_pcix/ASC-29320ALP-R/index.htm) in my server. It has an external connector (VHDCI) that I would like to connect a tape autoloader to, however I have one question... Can I connect a tape...
June 15th 07 09:58 PM
by Anthony J. Albert Go to last post
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