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Connecting multiple hard drives through one sata input
There is a surveillance system with one sata input, there are several hard drives that I would like to connect through this port with that
sata hub
After a careful reading I came to the conclusion ...
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Changed from AHCI to RAID and now Windows won't boot
I've got 2 SSDs, one for Windows and one for Linux Mint. I have another 4 HDDs I turned into a RAID 0 array via my BIOS. Mobo is ASUS TUF X570.
I had the 4 HDDs in a Microsoft storage pool but started ...
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Which SD Card spec satisfies Sata 2?
So I have this old MacBook from 2010 whose internal HDD can be swapped. Because the old HDD died, I bought a cheap 1TB SSD and threw it in there. Not even a brand I know or anything but I really just ...
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Dell XPS 15 (9550) dual SSD
I recently opened up my Dell XPS 15 9550 to blow out some of the dust, and was surprised by the presence of an empty SATA bay next to the smaller 56 Whr battery. I only opted for the 256GB M.2 drive ...
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How do I set up a raid configuration in a separate case from my computer?
I want to set up a RAID 5 configuration with a bunch of drives but my current case has no hot swap bays and doesn't have enough bays or sata ports to connect them all in the same case. I want to put ...
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How to Switch from RAID to IDE/SATA without BIOS acces
At the company we have a Laptop HP Elitebook 8770w which has some problems with booting. We had an SSD to boot from and a 2nd HDD. The Windows 7 OS is installed on the SSD. Now we have removed the SSD ...
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Can connecting multiple SATA HDDs increase throughput?
AFAIK, SATA HDDs are limited due to the rpm of the discs.
A typical 5400 rpm HDD gives you about 100 MB/s read/write but a SATA II supports 375 MB/s read/write speed.
Assuming all the power supply ...
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Which of these drivers do I need? (RAID controller for Asus P5BW-LA)
I've been looking for drivers for my Asus P5BW-LA motherboard (running Windows XP Pro SP3) that will allow me to use RAID and/or AHCI SATA mode instead of IDE. I found two different candidates:
https:...
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Home HDD Storage - Internal (SATA) vs. External (Gigabit)
I've been considering setting up a fileserver for my home storage.
Would an external HDD setup at Gigabit speeds be slower then just staying with internally installed, SATA III-speed drives in my ...
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Windows 10 Couldn't boot, replaced HDD, only recognized in bios using SATA0 or SATA1?
Suffered some sort of failure where my computer wouldn't boot (Windows 10). After trying a few recovery methods unsuccessfully, I figured it was a bad drive, bought a replacement (WD Blue 1TB), but ...
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R900 with Discs larger than 4TB
My Hardware
Dell PowerEdge R900 with LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04)
R900 Technical Specifications
About Hard Drives it says maximum for 3.5” 2.0TB SATA.
This is an older ...
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Low speed on an 850 Pro RAID-0 array
I recently bought two Samsung 850 Pro 256GB SSDs in order to replace an old SSD and build a RAID-0 array on my PC. So, the configuration of the PC is the following:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU X ...
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How to setup Raid0 while having a ssd has main boot
i tried setuping this up.
SSD with windows to boot on
2 x 2T Hard Drive
When i switched my sata configuration in my bios to Raid to configure the other disks, my main boot ssd stoped working. It ...
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How exactly do you hook up 16 drives to this RAID card?
http://www.lsi.com/products/raid-controllers/pages/megaraid-sas-9240-8i.aspx#tab/tab1
I'm utterly confused only because I'm not versed as well in enterprise storage capability and solutions. The ...
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Bootable RAID1 instead of extra SATA drive
Here's the deal as a web developer I am total rookie in the hardware stuff, but since we make more money now and tried to experiment some stuff.
I got this Raid1 (4 SAS Drives) and extra 3TB Sata ...
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