raid

I've got a synology 2-bay DS720+, currently with 2 x 4TB drives (IronWolf) in it and running with SHR raid. I recently got hold of an 8TB drive (IronWolf NAS drive). If i swap one of my existing 4TB drives with the 8TB I'm assuming i would still only have 4TB of available storage. Is that right...

Hey after some great help on the forum i have finally ordered the sad card and cable and its arrived i have ordered the following LSI SAS 9210-8i 8-port 6Gb/s PCIe HBA RAID SATA Controller card= 9211-8I 9220-8I i have an issue that the server i am installing it in to. The server is a...

Hi all, First off I guess this isn't technically hardware.... Apologies if its the wrong place but it did seem the best fit. Somehow (probably user error but I really don't think so) the os of my media server drive is showing offline in my raid bios tool (not sure of the correct term). Now I...

Hi, I bought a PC from here moon's ago for a client and it's been brilliant - however (we are talking 6 years!) the CMOS battery died and the RAID config has all been reset in the BIOS and so, guess what, the PC won't boot now. It's a long time since I configured it and whilst my background...

Hi everyone. Had an Asus AM3 m/b fail, so invested in a MSI B450 AM4, with a Ryzen 5-2600. Everything seems OK, I can set up the RAID 1 with the original pair of 1Tb WD drives, using both the Ctl-R setup, and also the Ex-RAID in Bios Settings - Advanced. I can install Windows OK, from an image...

Hi guys, As mentioned in the title, I think it's about time to upgrade my storage (which I installed in 2011) to the RAID setup I've always wanted, and I need some advice as I'm a bit out of my depth! I currently use an old Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black HDD (as seen in the hyperlink) for...

Hi guys Have a Thecus N500pro that has a failed motherboard, the PSU works. Was in raid 5, 4 disks in use one marked as spare. We have a few of these Thecus N5200pro NAS boxes at work just sitting around. Now to the main question.... Will it be safe for me to put those disks (in the same order)...

Hi all, I have been having issues getting a win10 pro machine to see its RAID drive when a windows update broke stuff. I plan now to temporarily run a fresh Win10 OS from a pendrive to access the raid and back it up. I can get win10 to run on USB using the Win_To_USB app but.... With win10...

Hi everyone, I have windows 10 Pro (64bit) OS installed on an SSD which is my boot drive (non raid). I have 4 HDDs bound as RAID members for my data. The machine has been working without fault for a long time. Post a windows update today my machine borked out. Windows reported...

Hello all, Long time lurker looking for some opinions on upgrading the HP Microserver Gen8. So I've got a Gen8 which I've upgraded to 8GB RAM and installed an Intel Xeon E3 1220 V2 + Cooler and an SSD running in bay 1 for now. Its only used to run Sonarr, NZBget and Plex on Windows Server 2012...

Hi everyone, I am in need for extra storage and I have two laptops that I have pulled the hard drives out. They are 250GB Crucial SSD's, identical models. The laptops themselves were throwaways, I will not be buying additional storage. I'd like to set them up as RAID 0 as I do not need the...

I'm looking to purchase a portable, ideally bus-powered enclosure which will house 2x SSDs in RAID0 configuration and am struggling to find a suitable solution. Thunderbolt2 would be ideal connectivity but would also accept USB-C as long as there is compatibility with USB3.0 for MacBook Pro 2015...

Hi all, I’m looking for some advice and guidance as we contract ‘in’ a local IT company to sort IT issues. Recently the server: had a single raid HDD failure, but when the ‘new’ HDD was put in to rebuild, it seems the Domain Controller (catalogue of all PCs and users accounts) also packed in…...

So I have a 970 pro nvme and I am looking to increase my nvme storage on a new build by adding a second drive, So my question.. Has anyone done NVME / m.2 raid and is it even worth it / noticable in day to day use? or would I be better off just adding a second drive and using it as seperate...

Hi All I bought 2 6tb WD Red drives to run in RAID1. After a bit of faffing on my motherboard I manage to get them to boot showing as RAID. I seemed to have to switch to raid mode where windows failed on my SSD, then put back into AHCI to successfully boot and to recognise Raid. Anyway, these...

What I am after is as follows: Let's say it's a 4 bay NAS box. In bays 1 and 2 I have 4TB drives in RAID 1. I'll store my docs and photos there. Maybe get them backed up and synced there from my devices automatically. In bay 3 I stick an 8TB drive. Here I put, software & game...

HELLO Im looking for help with installation Raid drivers to Ax370gaming5 with ryzen 1600x Any one who cpuldgive useful informatio n please

Hi, I'm trying to work out what storage to buy for a Datawarehouse SQLServer server. It needs to run SSIS, SSAS & SSRS and both production and test. As its a DW, the logging is simple, and not critical. Hoping there might be some gurus to shed some light. Size wise, the DW is about 250GB, but I...

This is the new thread in which to organise Raids in Destiny 2 on the XB1 platform. Clan Information: We currently have a clan running, I have linked this below: OCUK XB1 Destiny Clan We are currently at 89 members, all of whom are active. Forum Based Organising: An example formatting...

This is the new thread in which to organise Raids in Destiny 2 on the PS4 platform. Clan Information: We currently have 2 clans running, I have linked these below: Clan A Clan B Both clans are active and have active members attempting the Raid on a weekly basis. Clan A at present has 78...