Core Data Recovery

Posts Tagged ‘RAID’

I’ve reviewed a 4 TB External RAID (Redundant Array Of Independent Disks)

For backup purposes, Or high speed storage these rock.

These Raid array boxes come complete with (4) 1 TB Western digital 7200 rpm drives.

They can be configured with striped mode (4TB high speed with up to 3Gbps transfer) great for high speed backup or video editing.

Or they can be setup with raid 0 + 1, Striped and mirrored (for High speed & mirrored operation (2 TB size))

Below are the specs, I’ve ordered one in for myself, if anyone out there needs one of these, just call

520-861-1673
Specs:
4TB Quad Bay RAID SATA to USB & eSATA

RAID 0+1, 0, JBOD RAID Subsystem

USB 2.0 (480mbps)/eSATA (3.0Gbps)

Windows ME/2000/XP/Vista, Mac OSX

Package Information:

• 4TB eSATA & USB Quad Bay External RAID Subsystem x 1
• eSATA Cable x 1
• USB 2.0 Cable x 1
• Power Cord x 1
• Manual x 1
• 3 Year Warranty

Dell Poweredge SC420

I thought I might write some generic instructions that might be helpful if anyone attempts this on their own.

Here are the steps:

1. With the computer off, mount all hardware ( in this case 2 500 Gigabyte Seagate Sata Drives)
2. Boot the computer and press F2 to enter the Bios.
3. under drive controllers, set the RAID to ON.
4. Esc key and save & exit
5. Press Ctrl-A on boot to enter the Adaptec Raid Controller Software.
6. Select the two appropriate drives and then,
7. Create a RAID array (RAID = Redundant Array of Independent Disks.)
8. Select Mirrored (Writes to both hard disks at the same time for redundancy)
9. Select yes, Ok and your raid array will build.
10. Reboot and insert the Dell System manager disks and install your server software.

Hope this helps any techies listening getting the raid configured and setup correctly.