Take a look at Nexenta and FreeNAS too! Julian
Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial.... But not in that ishort bus kind of way... On Jul 4, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Chris Reeves <tmse...@rlrnews.com> wrote: > Tim- > > I'm weighing redoing my home NAS I'm thinking about either going with > FlexRAID or Storage Spaces. Right now it would be two pools, about 30tb > each. > > I'm just going to demote the old whs and convert it to NAS4free and make it a > backup target. > > I'm somewhat drawn to Flexraids logic of if multiple drives die you can still > just pull the disc drives out and read them on another machine. This > wouldn't necessarily be true in storage spaces. > > Just thinking on it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Tim Lider" <timli...@adv-data.com> > Sent: 7/3/2013 8:57 AM > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> > Subject: Re: [H] External drives (USB) and power requirements > > The reason is that the ROM/ROM Modules (Specifically ROM Module 47 > (Adaptives)) > have information on it that is specific to the HD it is mated to. Some times > you > can be lucky to get a PCB to work with a HD, but do not run it too long, bad > things will happen. > > > What the Adaptives are is information on head weight, voltage needed to spin > HD > up, voltage needed to for thermal assist metals inside the HD (Gimbal) and the > exact spindle rate (7211rpm). There is more, but those are the main issues. > > Regards, > > On July 2, 2013 at 4:16 PM Thane Sherrington <th...@computerconnectionltd.com> > wrote: > >> At 05:49 PM 02/07/2013, Tim Lider wrote: >>> You have a point there. In most cases, the jobs that go through our shop >>> here, >>> the HD fail due to power problems. These power problems are either >>> power spikes, >>> power drops, or shorts. Keep in mind HD's can not be repaired by replacing >>> the >>> PCB anymore, there is so much more involved. >> >> Why can't you replace the PCB? >> >> T > Tim Lider > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > http://www.adv-data.com > timli...@adv-data.com