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What's the difference between the Adaptec Hybrid RAID and MaxCache Using SSDs?
From this line of controllers
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/products/controllers/hardware/
Explained further here
http://www.adaptec.com/nr/pdfs/product_overview.pdf
My interpretation is as ...
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Can Adaptec's MaxCache and/or LSI's CacheCade SSD Caching solutions be set up from the BIOS alone?
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I'm speccing out a server for work, and one of the requirements is that it will have a bunch of SATA HDDs RAID 5-ed together. We need some sort of SSD caching solution for high performance, ...
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How to use a SAS Expander
I would like to hookup my mother board to the backplane. Th backplane requires 5 minSAS connectors, for a total of 20 hard disks. My motherboard only supports 2 miniSAS connectors, for a total of 8 ...
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SAS or SATA-> Does SAS offer better random IO over SATA?
I am pondering a difficult question. Should I choose SAS or SATA? I ask, because I building an IO intensive application, and would like to know if the benefits of SAS outweigh those of SATA (enough to ...
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Determining if motherboard has SAS compatibility and SAS software RAID compatibility?
What specs are you supposed to look for in a motherboard to determine if it has SAS compatibility and SAS software RAID compatibility built into it?
I'm looking under the details of this:
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Is it possible to run a program through FTP prompt?
I'm relatively new to Unix or shell scripting (a total novice to speak the truth), here is the deal: I have BI software that runs on a remote UNIX server.
Through SAS client on Windows i run some ...
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How can I combine similar rows in SAS?
I have data in SAS like this:
Role Answer
A -
A Diabetes
B -
B Diabetes
B ...
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Where can I find a HOWTO for SAS connectors, cables and expanders?
I'm building some data storage machines and want to use SAS disks. The backplane I've choosen has some iPass connectors (SFF-8087) channeling up to 4 HDDs. There are 6 of these channels. The problem ...
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Intel SASWT4I SAS/SATA Controller
I want to assemble a cheap storage sytem based on the Norco RPC-4020 Case.
When searching for controllers I found this one:
Intel® RAID Controller SASWT4I
This is a quote form the Spec Sheet:
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Running out of space on a SAS-based workstation
first question on superuser - pls excuse if asked elsewhere.
I have a Dell Precision 690 with one 73GB (15000RPM) SAS drive in it. Running Windows 7 (x64) with a bunch of apps means it is running ...
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Performance SAS vs SSD
When it comes to speed of development, a very important thing is your hardware.
I need suggestions to help me choose between hard drives. What is the best solution?
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SAS instead of SATA 2 for my hard drives?
I am building a new system soon, I will have multiple 1-2tb hard drives for storage in it. I only have experience uasing the sataII drives but I saw somewhere that I should be using something like ...
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Can I use a SCSI Ultra 320 drive instead of SAS
I have a bricked SCSI hard drive that I need to replace. It has a SAS interface
Model ST373455SS
Can I replace it with this one Model ST373455LC that has an Ultra320 interface?
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Sas(not mini) to Sata cable
I've been thinking of getting a Dell SAS card to use in a server and I understand that normal SATA drivers are usable. Seeing that these Dell cards don't have mini-SAS, what sort of cable do I need to ...
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“Raid 0 SAS” versus “2nd generation SSD”
i was planning to buy a SAS system made of two 15k RPM disks in Raid 0 configuration to give a boost to my s.o. and my apps... but after i saw that article on Coding Horror, i've started to thinking ...
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How can I convert SAS data files into something simple like CSV data?
There are gov't data files: http://www.cdc.gov/EpiInfo/
Available in this weird SAS format. How can I convert them into XML/CSV, something much simpler that can be read by scripts/etc.???
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What is the max length for eSata and/or mini-SAS cables?
Does anybody know what is the maximum acceptable length for eSATA cables, and for mini-SAS cables?
I'm looking into buying a RAID enclosure but I'd like to be able to keep it in a different room than ...
