On a 32-bit Dell XPS 600 with 2 drives in RAID, will Linux install okay? Will it preserve or remove the RAID configuration? Thanks.
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The answer is probably yes. It will definitely install on a 32-bit Dell XPS 600. I 've had good luck with installing linux based operating systems directly on Dells without having to reconfigure the boot order as you have to do with non-Dell PC's. In terms of RAID configuration, I have no expertise in this area. It probably will preserve the original set-up but I've never encountered this dilemma myself. If you decide to install please let me know how it goes.
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Hi, you can to use in Raid SHR or Raid 5. You can go to this website and choose the best Raid for you. http://www.synology.com/support/RAID_calculator.php?lang=us
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Yes, I am running Windows Home Server 2011 (which is actually 2008 r2 if you go deep enough into the specs) on a Dell PowerEdge Server. The rocketraid is Configured as a storage RAID 5 with 4 "Red" WD HDD's, inconjuction with an operating system Raid using SSD's with the onboard OEM raid config from the Manufacturer. Its been running this last year now without any problems.
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Yeah, this is a low cost solution. Those Pegasus RAIDs from Promise have the more serious enterprise architecture. This is a basically a box that allows you to have four individual drives hooked up to a SATA controller, and linked to a Thunderbolt port. The default setting is as individual drives, and then you can impose a software RAID on that. I use RAID 0, and I back-up on other drives.
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No, I am using it in a non-raid setup. I did try to use it with a 2 TB drive as a 4th drive. It didn't work. I then put a 500 MB drive on it and it worked. I put the 2 TB directly on a standard sata port.
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My off-the-top-of-my-head remark is that if your RAIDing is software RAID, so the jumper in the enclosure is in the JBOD position, then yes. If you used the jumper to set RAID1 in hardware then I am doubtful, because it's difficult to know whether extra information gets written to the disks that might confuse the PC. The fact that you say "PC" suggests you mean Windows and I should add I know nothing about Windows: I use my enclosure under Linux.
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This card offers: 2 - 3.0 external USB ports and 2 internal SATA III without the ability to configure RAID your BIOS must be set set to AHCI otherwise you get an error message that scrolls down the screen upon startup that says something like "Not enough space to configure RAID" or something like that. If your not going to use the SATA III ports you should buy the Transcend PDU3 card instead.
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Yes. That's exactly what I bought it for - extra ports. There is a message that pops up on booting about RAID but extra ports work as intended.
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The XPS 1340 states it uses a solid state drive not a SATA drive, for more info check Dell website, support,specs.
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It depends on the type of raid setup you use. There is a hybrid setup that makes use of all the drives and maximizes the space available. This way you can have different size drives. I accepted this as the default. I can't verify how it works though as all my drives are the same size. It's a bit slower than I would have liked also, but hey, it does the job.
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This model does not have RAID 0. Only the very top end model has tha(UX301-XH71T I think)--Edit: Apparently I was incorrect, as the person in the comment reply below said this model does in fact have Raid 0 (according to "Properties" of the 2 partitions, OS and DATA). There is no option in the BIOS to disable this, which is unfortunate. Although RAID 0 using SSDs is not nearly as dangerous for your data as with a normal hard-drive since a failure is so unlikely.
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Yes, I have two internal drives running off this card, paired in a RAID 1, set up through Win 7. If your motherboard and OS supports RAID, it's not a problem.
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You can configure it as JBOD (just a bunch of drives) and consolidate your various drives. If you configure as RAID, you'll need to replace bad drives with exactly the same size and possibly type of drive
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No idea but Google around. I see lots of comments about SSD and RAID setups on the net. Good luck!
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The maximum amount of drives that I was able to hook up without any other cards is 3... An SSD for the OS, 2 HDD for storage. I'm not too familiar with RAID setups, but I think you may need a separate RAID controller.
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No, this isn't a RAID (although there is a version of this that does support RAID). I bought it as a replacement for a couple of hard drive docks that were giving me trouble and it worked perfectly and other than Windows having to re-recognize the drives Windows never even made a blip.
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Use the Intel Raid Controller that is on your motherboard if you are going RAID 0, that's what I would do. I am using the card for an SSD which was perfect for my computer, big jump in performance. Not sure how it would work under RAID 0, seeing how I have never used it for that. Hope this helps.