Comments on: 1 Terabyte Drives http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:37:55 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marzouq http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-115759 Marzouq Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:04:54 +0000 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/#comment-115759 3baid: The infrant has only 1 ethernet port. lfc-q8: how much, I just got mine for 90KD MBH: That happened to me, but I don't mind since the interface and the operation of the hardware is very simple and efficient. I know the limitations of hardware and software raid, but in this case I do prefer hardware raid. TRiPLE M: I went with WD, since its available. Rob Quarters: I know that they have Raid 0/1/5 and X-Raid. Raid 0 is the only configuration which allows you to fully utilize the hard drive space. All my hard drives are going to be 1 TB drives, so I don't have that issue. Thanks for the heads up, also I love the Drobo, I want to try it one day and now it has a network adapter. 3baid: The infrant has only 1 ethernet port.

lfc-q8: how much, I just got mine for 90KD

MBH: That happened to me, but I don’t mind since the interface and the operation of the hardware is very simple and efficient. I know the limitations of hardware and software raid, but in this case I do prefer hardware raid.

TRiPLE M: I went with WD, since its available.

Rob Quarters: I know that they have Raid 0/1/5 and X-Raid. Raid 0 is the only configuration which allows you to fully utilize the hard drive space. All my hard drives are going to be 1 TB drives, so I don’t have that issue. Thanks for the heads up, also I love the Drobo, I want to try it one day and now it has a network adapter.

]]> By: Rob Quarters http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-115525 Rob Quarters Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:23:31 +0000 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/#comment-115525 First off, you do realize that if you have 2 1TB drives in your Infrant, and any smaller drives, you won't get the use of the full capacity of the 1TB drives. Infrant uses RAID, and you will be bound to lowest common denominator. If you have 2x1TB and 2x500GB, all 4 drives will be treated at 500GB... The only system I know of that lets you use mixed drives is Drobo from Data Robotics. Drobo uses technology that is fundamentally different from RAID for this to happen. Just be aware. First off, you do realize that if you have 2 1TB drives in your Infrant, and any smaller drives, you won’t get the use of the full capacity of the 1TB drives.

Infrant uses RAID, and you will be bound to lowest common denominator. If you have 2×1TB and 2×500GB, all 4 drives will be treated at 500GB…

The only system I know of that lets you use mixed drives is Drobo from Data Robotics. Drobo uses technology that is fundamentally different from RAID for this to happen.

Just be aware.

]]> By: TRiPLE M http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-114242 TRiPLE M Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:01:42 +0000 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/#comment-114242 go with the Hitachi go with the Hitachi

]]> By: MBH http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-114237 MBH Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:52:08 +0000 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/#comment-114237 I'm building a NAS myself and have opted to NEVER buy any box that has a hardware raid option or force me to use that option only. If that raid card died, you MUST buy a box with the same card to be able to read your data from the disks. Another problem, is that with hardware raid, you have to have all disks to be of the same brand. These limitations are not faced when using software RAID. Currently, my solution is using a PC with OpenFiler installed (a Linux-based storage management OS). I have a post on that on my blog, but it's still a messy work in progress. Feel free to email me if you have further questions. I’m building a NAS myself and have opted to NEVER buy any box that has a hardware raid option or force me to use that option only.

If that raid card died, you MUST buy a box with the same card to be able to read your data from the disks. Another problem, is that with hardware raid, you have to have all disks to be of the same brand.

These limitations are not faced when using software RAID.

Currently, my solution is using a PC with OpenFiler installed (a Linux-based storage management OS). I have a post on that on my blog, but it’s still a messy work in progress.

Feel free to email me if you have further questions.

]]> By: lfc-q8 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-114229 lfc-q8 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:34:12 +0000 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/#comment-114229 WD u can find in kuwait with 1 year waranty but i dont think u can find the hitachi last week i got 2 of the 1tb WD WD u can find in kuwait with 1 year waranty but i dont think u can find the hitachi
last week i got 2 of the 1tb WD

]]> By: 3baid http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/comment-page-1/#comment-114226 3baid Sat, 02 Feb 2008 12:26:59 +0000 http://www.zdistrict.com/2008/02/02/1-terabyte-drives/#comment-114226 Dual gigabit ethernet should be fast enough. Dual gigabit ethernet should be fast enough.

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