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    Motherboard choise for storage server?

    Hello Everyone on this amazing forum. I cannot thank you enough for all the help I've already gotten from this truly fantastic community, but I do need a little bit more help finding the correct hardware for my needs. I've gone away from the idea of making a combined workstation/nas/leisure...
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    2x4TB in RAID1 - or - 3x4TB in RAID5

    Hello, I'm looking for some advice on the best configuration to add more storage to my server. I have a HPE ML110, P440ar controller, with 4LFF, 2 bays are available. Is it better to fill the 2 bays with 4TB drives and put them in RAID1? Or should I buy another 4LFF cage, and then buy 3 x...
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    Upgrade HGST SAS firmware on Dell R710 RAID 1

    Hi, first post, hope this is the right forum. So I bought a couple of HGST s840 drives mentioned in this thread. The drives need a firmware update and I managed to obtain the upgrade files from the HGST website. I stupidly installed the OS on these drives when I got them, so updating the...
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    Solution to Supermicro/LSI/Intel RAID hell

    Hi all, last few months have been storage hell with RAID issues on a number of servers I look after. Clearly I am doing something wrong and I'm hoping this is a safe place to ask for some advice. Back story: I have looked after a dozen or so "small business" servers for over fifteen years with...
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    Home server architecture thoughts?

    In this thread, I posted pics of my recently-rebuilt home server. Now that the hardware part is done (maybe?), I'm thinking it's time to revisit the OS/software side. So I'm soliciting feedback. I don't think anything is really broken, but mostly non-optimal due to having grown up...
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    Moving a Windows RAID to a new machine

    Hi, I've been lurking here for awhile and have been upgrading equipment due to all the great deals that are posted here. Blessing and a curse... Thanks to all. Question 1: I have a 10 sata drive raid1 setup in a windows 8.1 generic machine. This raid is only data storage (OS is on a...