Re: RAID HBA options

Uh-oh. At the time, the Barracudas were being touted here and there as one of the best around. I happen to have bought 8 of the "fiascoed" model of Seagate Barracudas, although my serials are outside of the range of serials published by Seagate as the problem drives. One has failed, and I got a free replacement. And it was swell how the HBA secured my data and started rebuilding the RAID the instant I installed the fresh drive.

Is there a way of determining if I'm having an issue with latency?

Other than the total system lockup I was having with my bad HPT HBA card, the unit has been behaving itself, and giving me satisfactory results with the AJA disk speed tests.

The main issue I'm having with my replacement card is that the date gets confused when I reboot, and I have to set the time manually if I want my programmed Verify and Health Inspector tasks to run as scheduled. That's not a deal killer in itself, but may be a portent.

I looked at the ATTO R380 on their site, and they do indeed say they offer a "User friendly GUI-based configuration utility," which I'd much prefer over an EFI-boot scheme. Areca has a Web browser RAID manager as well. This is all very encouraging.

I appreciate everybody's advice, including the stern lecture. :0)

Bob, no offense, but your tone reminds me of some of the nuns who terrorized me into excellence as a youngster. It's something I didn't appreciate at the time, but came to many years hence.

Thanks again, everybody.

Jim Curtis
jamesphilipcurtis.com


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