Hello, I have some problem in re configurating the Volume of the mentioned RAID solution after OS crash. Maybe there is someone who has the same hardware and can help me. The OS is FreeBSD und I need information about the config-file that is gone. Thanks in advance Boris

Anyone using a DakotaRAID device for simple file storage. Hadn't heard of them until a vendor suggestion. Thought I'd see how they really perform. tM

In the past I've had instances of the following problem. During backup operations to a tape, I'd get an error such as this: "An inconsistency was encountered on the media in miniQIC. Do not append to this media." I finally solved this problem, and wanted to pass the solution on to others. If I...

EMC has recently updated its animated product review of Centera and CAS Technology. http://www.emc.com/interactive_center/media/centera/cen_tour.jsp You can learn more about Centera and CAS technology at the Centera Tech Group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CenteraTechGroup/

I have a 2-year-old Dell Dimension from an old job that I beefed up with a new SATA board and 2 new Seagate 320GB 7200rpm SATA-2 drives. I sometimes hear a vibration/buzz coming from the case. It's noticable, although not scarily loud. This seems to happen when I'm accessing the main drive. It...

I want to change the email server from the one that was defined during install. Where is it done?? Thanx.

Juk with 20k mp3's. Try typing something into the search bar and wait, and wait and wait and wait for the cursor to catch up. This is on a P4 3.6ghz machine. Amarok Has ANYONE been able to make this POS work? It crashes all the time and seems to want to scan my collection of mp3 files every time...

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I was advised that in addition to fdisking and formating a hard disk drive I should do the following, then fdisk and format again. Are the following instructions a sure-fire way of erasing data? Many thanks. ----- Enter the following lines at the debug prompt (-) followed by the enter key. Note:...

We are planning to setup a cheaper SAN using ATA based disk arrays from NexSan for nearline/archive/disk based backup storage. These NexSan's come with 2GB FC ports and hence wanted feedback on Vixel's 9000 fabric switch. How easy is it to configure and maintain? We anticipate about 3 arrays and 2...

I've found a couple of products on the market (from Marvell and Exar - not clear whether they're chips or pluggable products), but not much other information - e.g., whether these, or any others which may be available, are something close enough to enterprise-grade to use in a serious storage...

I am looking for any experiences/opinions with the EMC NS501 or NS502 series. In particular in using the NAS gateway for CIFS/NFS and ISCSI connected to a CX300 with a mixed shelf (1 shelf FC, 1 shelf ATA). I also heard that the EMC takes a overall performance hit when trying to rebuild a broken...

I was wondering if anyone here knows of a forum/bbs where people discuss SAN's ?. I'm having trouble finding info on this subject, specifically about EMC hardware. Thanks. Clive.

I'm looking for a good 4G fiber SAN SATA raid array. Any suggestions?

I would to find out if anyone is currently running HSSM in an HDS storage evnironment. Or anyone who is running any AppIQ OEM'd product. We are running into an issue with the host agent on a linux distribution that we are using. Isaac

I recently acquired a Clariion DPER unit, (so i've been told it's a.k.a. FC5600?) it seems to be complete with exception to drives to populate its 10 slots. I plan on getting the drives soon but I want to first find some actual information on the thing before I drop a decent chunk of money...

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Are there reasons to prefer the HP branded LTO3 native fibre tape drive over the IBM LTO3 native fibre tape drive when used with the HP Omniback tape backup software on HP-UX? I would expect that HP has some proprietary differentiated features and that HP Omnback exploits those to...

Hi, I have an application where digital data is streamed to me at a rate of 20 MB/sec. I have 6 250GB disks totallying 1.5 TB of storage. I want to store as much data as possible and age off old data as new data arrives. I need to allow "readers" to pull from the 20 MB/sec data stream at any...

any users report for Nexsan ATAboy storage systems ? Albert