On 9/27/2011 8:53 AM, Lisa Kachold wrote:
Is anyone successfully using basic (Desktop class, aka
cheap) SATA drives with hardware controller cards?
I'm have a RAID6 with 6 x 1GB Western Digital Blacks
(WDCWD1001FALS0) on a Dell-branded PERC 6/i PCI-e card that supports
up to eight devices, as well as a RAID5 with a 4-port PCIx 3ware
card (SATA1) that has 4 x cheap 500GB drives. (The latter machine
is off and not near me, so I can't check!)
As I recall, rebuilds on the latter array take 3-6 hours, and 6-9 on
the former. It's a rare occurrence, so I don't don't fully
remember. I don't know the TLER status (nor capability) of the
drives.
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- Michael J. Astrauskas