Tag: iStar BPN-350SAS
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Heat problems with iStar BPN-350SAS 3×5.25″ to 5×3.5″ SATA Trayless Backplane
Recently I posted about the use of an iStar BPN-350SAS in my RAID 6 array, well due to Australia’s extreme summer temperatures I have had a number of drives in the enclosure fail due to overheating. Whilst I like the design and build of the BPN-350SAS there are some extreme flaws in the cooling design…
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Dell PowerEdge SC430 with 8x WesternDigital 1TB drives in RAID-6
Sometimes a man just wants to show of; this is one of those times. My latest project was upgrading my full 2TB server (Adaptec 2410SA with 4x Seagate 750gb drives in RAID-5) to a 6TB server (Adaptec 3805 with 8x Western Digital 1TB drives in RAID-6). Obviously, the Dell PowerEdge SC430 wasn’t designed for 9…