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What's the difference between the Adaptec Hybrid RAID and MaxCache Using SSDs? [closed]
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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Switching BIOS SATA RAID/AHCI setting causes BSOD at Windows Start - Why?
I just changed my disk setup from:
1 SATA HDD Primary OS Disk
2x SATA HDD Backup Disks in RAID 1
TO:
1 SATA SSD Primary OS Disk
1 SATA HDD Backup Disk
[No RAID]
Everything worked great, no problem....
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GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 or GA-Z170X-Gaming G1 (2x M.2 NVMe) + SATA
I have been considering building a new system with dual Samsung 950 NVMe SSDs and I am slightly confused about how the firmware on GIGABYTE supports this setup.
Reading the manual for the Gaming 7(...
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PCI-E SATA Controller
i'm trying to find a SATA Controller that has a PCI-E connecction of at least 4x, and has also at least 4 channels for SATA disks. I need it to make a real raid 5 system, the fakeraid on my ...
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SATA Card/RAID Controller - Covering Both Economically
I have been researching RAID (specifically RAID 5) for the last couple weeks. I have seen arguments for both sides, whether to use it, whether to use software versus hardware, and some arguments in ...
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Use sata splitters in a software RAID setup?
I'm looking at setting up NAS using FreeNAS. I'm working on a parts list that would be that NAS system. I'm looking at the MiniITX motherboard form factor for compact-ness. The big down side is that ...
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Can't install windows - setup can't see my hard disk (RAID1)
I am trying to install win8 x64 on my machine. The machine has two hard drives connected in RAID1 I have just created : image
I have inserted the USB containing the Windows installation media and ...
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2 RAID Arrays on Z390 chipset (M.2x4 and SATA)
I need to know if this is possible. To have two RAID arrays on a z390 platform. The first being a boot drive composed of two M.2x4 pcie SSDs in RAID 1 and the other being composed of two SATA III SSDs ...
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How can I connect more than 2 drives to the Highpoint Rocket Raid 620
The raid card in question has only 2 sata ports on the card. I'd like to connect 5 drives to this, and I was wondering how I could achieve that.
The highpoint website states that up to 10 drives can ...
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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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Disk Read Error whenever i install XP pro
I have a computer which has a raid 0 with 2 hard drives
When i installed Vista on the computer it worked fine, saw the raid setup and allowed me to install quickly
But like most people i hated vista ...
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SATA Card Blocks On-Board RAID Controller
I have a PCI-Express two-port SATA card (from SSU).
It is model SU-SATA3-T2.
I'm installing it in a Dell Optiplex 990. The Dell motherboard part number is 06D7TR.
The card seems to work, but with one ...
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LSI HBA Enable Partial or Slumber Low Power Mode
I have a SATA disc connected to a LSI 9207-8i HBA
which uses the LSI SAS2308 controller. I am trying to put this disc in slumber by enabling device initiated power management. Disk sends a PMREQ_P / ...
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What are following sata raid drivers for?
I've been installing raid 1 based server and the first time i did it. I didn't know which one to choose to I chose at random (I think ICH7R/DH one). Everything worked, but disk access times were ...
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Does a SATA III controller for PCI-e 1.0 (x16) exist?
I'm trying to hunt around for a solution to a disk issue I have with my home server. Basically, I started to use it to stream video (going from a virtual host, it now does alot more). I see alot of ...
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