3TB x 2 - I did it!

[BearCubinNY]

Originally Posted by BearCubinNY

Hi Jeff,
Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a current solution without some compromises. As you've stated, RAID0 w/o some sort of clustering relies heavily on mission critical drives. I'm not sure the current batch of available mfgrs are producing consistent enough product. I have seen posted many accounts of premature drive failures and drives being delivered DOA. That being said, RAID1 is orders of magnitude better if

Sorry writing this on my iPhone at the gym. FWIW, I have banged the 3Tb drives pretty hard and they're still ticking. I have successfully booted from each drive individually. Given that you need more than 3Tb of storage, your solutions are limited. Given M doesn't officially support the 3Tb drives yet, I'm not even sure they'd even give a go to convert to RAID0.

On a side bar, Jerry (JSSC) had issues previously with drives that were the 'Green' version. I'm not thoroughly convinced that the power-save aspect was ultimately the culprit given the number if other variables that exist (network connectivity, RAID Card stability etc).

Reg

[BearCubinNY]

I didn't answer your question though, nothing further in the RAID0 solution.

Reg

[rgbyhkr]

Originally Posted by BearCubinNY

I didn't answer your question though, nothing further in the RAID0 solution.

Reg

I appreciate the in depth thoughts. You know, maybe what I could just do for now is get one MD600 and move over the content on 2 of the Store units to that device using 3TB drives left in RADI 1. That way, I get the benefit of the new unit for part of my collection alongside 2 redundant Store Ones that have not given me any trouble. If I manage the free space properly, I can force any new rips to go to the MD600 and when 4TB drives become stable, I could swap out for those under RAID 1 and discontinue the remaining Stores. Separately, I could switch over to RAID 0 if and when the tech issue is addressed. I realize that any of these moves would require a backup and subsequent restore, but that's ok.

Jeff

[Victor]

Someone on another forum comfirmed 3tb drives working in his Twinstore with nothing needed other than swapping drives. The drive that worked is:
3TB Seagates ST33000651AS Barracuda XT 7200RPM SATA
Here is the Amazon link: Amazon.com: Seagate Barracuda XT 3 TB 7200RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch Internal Bare Drive ST33000651AS: Electronics
The Amazon description says it has Seagate DiscWizard software to break the 2tb limit on legacy Windows XP products. I think I might try these once drive prices come back down.

[JSCC]

Originally Posted by Victor

Thanks for this great info Reg!

One thing that concerns me is Jerry put some "green" 2tb Western Digital drives in his Twinstore and after a few months his Twinstore crashed. The drives powering up and down to save energy was given as the cause of the failure. Hopefully Jerry will respond to confirm I'm remembering this correctly. Just in case, make sure and keep a full backup on an external drive.

Hi Victor,

Confirmed this was the case. Drove me mad at that time as I was so worried I could never recover the contents! The dealer told me this after a week of "scratching his head" on WHY this had happened. In fact, he made me spent $1k changing all my network connections arguing its NOT the drives, or the Twinstore's fault BUT network's. I was so furious about this unnecessary spending that I though the dealer was a farce at that time, not really knowing the actual problem enough to fix it.

Cheers!