On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Michael J. Astrauskas <trevie@gmail.com> wrote:

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.

-- - Michael J. Astrauskas