RAID
TagChanging 3ware Storsave Profile Without Rebooting
If you have ever had 3ware cards underperforming before you have probably found out about the storsave profile and how it can effect..
How to add a hotspare drive to a 3ware array/controller
You can add a hotspare drive to a 3ware controller using the tw_cli utility. Example:
tw_cli /c0 add type=spare disk=14
Where c0 is the..
Using smartctrl to view drive errors in a 3ware RAID Array
If you have ever had to deal with failed drives in a RAID array, you will know how painful it can be. We encountered a strange error..
Creating a jbod in 3Ware 8000/9550
3Ware cards do not always make it easy to export drives as JBOD, or for single drives. To get this working it needs to be done through..
Write IOPs for RAID Levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 (RAID Performance Sacrifice)
When building any RAID array you need to consider how many IOPs you require, and what impact different RAID levels have on the number of..
Backups, I’m ok aren’t I?
Too many times I see friends and customers lose their work, photos, music and movies (legal cough) because they didn’t have a proper..