[mythtv-users] BackBlaze hard drive study

Jay Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Wed Jan 22 17:15:49 UTC 2014


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Lytle" <support at drdos.info>
> To: "Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 12:09:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] BackBlaze hard drive study
> >> If you're really in this market, prowl the surplus sellers for an HP DL180g6
> >> with the 12x3.5 SATA/SAS front. Those machines commonly come with the
> >> fiberchannel card in them for free.
> 
> Actually,
> 
> I was given a:
> 
> http://www.nasi.com/rorke_galaxy-hdx2.php
> 
> But it only supports 1TB drives. I sent a support request to Rorke to
> find out if there is an updated firmware.

I should indeed have noted that some HP SAS controllers are picky about
which SATA drives they'll talk to, and some aren't.

Cheers,
-- jra
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