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Luis Rodriguez
April 25, 2012 at 5:57 pm in reply to: RAID5 possible with SONNET FUSION D500P?

Bob is right on the money in regard to Highpoint’s support department. It just doesn’t exist. On the other hand, if you absolutely need RAID 5 and are not in a position to ditch your Sonnet array for MiniSAS or Thunderbolt, you will have a hard time finding a reliable and well supported alternative in the market. You can also check with vendors such as Promax to see what they offer in terms of RAID 5 in eSATA. It may be worth your while to purchase the controller from a vendor that will back the product with support.

Luis Rodriguez
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Luis Rodriguez
April 25, 2012 at 5:29 pm in reply to: Basic sATA drive setup for raiding and backup

The WD RE4 will definitely meet your performance requirements without sacrificing reliability. We use the RE4 drives in our mission critical, SATA-based solutions with excellent results. I personally do not have any experience with the Velociraptor models. I would stay away from drives labeled as GP (Green Power) or LP (Low Power). They are known to be flakey when used in RAID configurations.

Luis Rodriguez
Proavio
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Dir: 562-777-3498
Main: 562-777-3488 X109
Fax: 562-777-3499
Email: luis@proavio.com
Luis Rodriguez
April 25, 2012 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Basic sATA drive setup for raiding and backup

Budget will be the determining factor. I would recommend a reliable drive model such as the WD RE4 enterprise-class drives or Hitachi. Both offer top performance and reliability.

Luis Rodriguez
Proavio
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Dir: 562-777-3498
Main: 562-777-3488 X109
Fax: 562-777-3499
Email: luis@proavio.com
Luis Rodriguez
April 24, 2012 at 11:51 pm in reply to: Basic sATA drive setup for raiding and backup

I would think about installing two 2TB internal drives and setting those up in RAID-1 (mirror). You can then RAID-0 your external LaCie drives and perform incremental backups to your mirrored drive set.

Luis Rodriguez
Proavio
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Dir: 562-777-3498
Main: 562-777-3488 X109
Fax: 562-777-3499
Email: luis@proavio.com
Luis Rodriguez
April 24, 2012 at 7:38 pm in reply to: RAID5 possible with SONNET FUSION D500P?

Thomas,
You can use up to four Port Multiplier arrays (or single eSATA drives) at the same time with the RR2314. The Highpoint RR2314 will allow you to create multiple RAID groups (R0, R5, etc.) as well as single drive JBOD volumes.

Luis Rodriguez
Proavio
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Dir: 562-777-3498
Main: 562-777-3488 X109
Fax: 562-777-3499
Email: luis@proavio.com
Luis Rodriguez
March 23, 2012 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Portable drive advice

If you are planning on shipping a bare drive you should think about getting a protective “anti-static” case and wrapping that in bubble wrap. The case will run you an extra $10 but worth the price if do not want the added risk.

https://www.dinodirect.com/hard-drive-protective-carrying-case-anti-static.html

A good anti-static bag wrapped in bubble wrap would also do the trick.

Luis Rodriguez
Proavio
12221 Florence Ave.
Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670
Dir: 562-777-3498
Main: 562-777-3488 X109
Fax: 562-777-3499
Email: luis@proavio.com

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