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At first report we had the customer connect the drives directly to the Areca RAID controller and everything worked. This narrowed the issue down to the backplane.
Now, I just received a call from another customer with the same issue. We mentioned that Norco switch his backplane and everything works flawlessly now. So it seems that some Norco backplanes have signal or other issues.
So if you have this issue, please contact Norco. This is not related to OS or controller because the drivers installed correctly. MRAID GUI is working properly with the controller detecting the missing drives and RAID array the way it’s designed in the event log.
Raid is meant for data redundancy. Always make a back up of your data!
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We have seen multiple reports with RAID arrays running slow and losing drives with Norco’s solution. We are working toghether with Norco on getting the solution resolved. In the meantime, I have had two customers switch to another chassis (not Norco) and reported no issues.
Raid is meant for data redundancy. Always make a back up of your data!
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Hello Uli,
Areca is well known in the OEM market for several years now and is also known as the pioneer of RAID 6, with their introduction of the first RAID 6 PCIe RAID controller back 4 years ago. Just recently, when Areca introduced MAC drivers did Areca show up in the Mac and video market.
All the Areca RAID cards are supported by Mac by either PCIe or PCI-X envornments. Drivers are available for MAC 10.4 and drivers are allready included in the latest 10.5 (leopard)OS.
A 4 drive RAID 5 is expected to deliver 250+ MB/sec Read Perfomance.
Raid is meant for data redundancy. Always make a back up of your data!