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Unread 04-30-2010, 05:44 PM   #6
HarryC
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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Default Re: Large >1TB drives in GOS unit

WD may have changed the drive BIOS so desktop drives won't work in raid 5 but I doubt it, I have WD's (desktop) running in a Promise raid box (14 drives raid5) for more than a year zero problems. I havs a Snap550 with 4 1gb caviar black drives raid 5 running for two weeks now with heavy iscsi traffic from backups...zero problems. I also have two HP XW8400s with caviar black 1gb in raid 5 again no problems. NOTE from my reading the new WD 2tb drives have a new block size(I believe that is what it was) that is incompatable with most raid controllers. Susposedly the drive can have a conversion program run on it. I'll see if I can get one, convert it on a PC then try it in a Snap550 as a single drive, if recognized I'll format and use it. If it tests out good then add more for raid5
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