http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com Storage Solutions for Real World IT Professionals Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:37:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Question to the Storage Advisors: I have a really nice HP server to install exchange 2010 into. it is running ms server 2008 r2. it is a HP DL 370 G6 with 16-146 gb drives. they are attached to a P410i raid controller with 512 mb of cashe having both ... http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com/2010/03/14/what-is-the-right-stripe-size/ Question from Ernst: I have installed an Adaptec 5445 and 3085 together running with WinXP Professional (32bit) on my workstation (an IBM IntelliStation Z-Pro). Both cards have the latest firmware BIOS installed. The driver is version 5.2-0 (17544). This driver is not available for the 3085 card. At least not ... http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com/2010/03/12/multiple-cards-in-the-one-machine/ In one of my recent posts I mentioned the grey cable that is part of our standard mini-sas to sata cables. You can go and find that post if you want to find out more about that one, but … I pointed out our integration guide to one of our readers ... http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com/2010/03/11/one-thing-leads-to-another/ I was discussing a customer’s configuration the other day and noted, just as a matter of course, that he should update all firmware involved in his system … motherboard, backplane, card and drives and OS driver. What surprised me, I presume because I’m used to this stuff, was the customers reaction ... http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com/2010/03/11/credibility-i-suppose/ I spend a lot of time rabbiting on about using the correct RAID type to suit your data. RAID 5, 6, 50 or 60 (parity RAID) for streaming data and RAID 1, 10, 1E for random data (database). However, it has come to my attention that not a lot of ... http://storageadvisors.adaptec.com/2010/03/10/what-sort-of-data-do-you-really-have/