Wow, I can get 4 1TB drives for $64.99? ;) I've been hearing lately about "Time Limited Error Recovery" (TLER) feature in WD drives, which is disabled by default in their "desktop drives". It should be enabled to allow the RAID controller to handle recovery, else the RAID controller will timeout the drive and drop it from the set. I've had a pair of WD10EADS green drives in RAID 1 for about a year with no trouble, but I'm wondering if I should try to tweak the TLER before there is trouble. WD provides no means of tweaking it, but the community has provided a utility, WDTLER, that can tweak it on some drives but not others.
Anyone else using WD desktop drives in RAID and messed with TLER (or regretted not messing with it)? Carl -----Original Message----- From: Matthew W. Ross [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 11:52 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Home RAID enclosure recommendations? 3TB Raid on the cheap: 1x SansDigital 4-Bay enclosure (eSATA or USB) in raid 5 - $169.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816111159 4x Western Digital Green 1TB drives - $64.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136490 --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Slattery [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 05:56:55 -0800 > I recently started taking a lot of photos and videos, and I'm realizing that > my current storage solution at home isn't going to cut it very soon. > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a good price/performance RAID > enclosure (or populated solution) for home use? I'd like to have 3-4TB > available if possible. > > Thanks, and Happy Holidays! > > Jim ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
