Can arrays span multiple controllers (all 2720's), and are 5TB+ drives supported?
1175065
I think you are referring to RocketRAID 2720C2, 6TB drives should have no problem too.
1175066
No. They don't see each other's drives. what you can do is to create an array on each of them and then in the OS use them as a single drive.
1175067
I'm not sure you can span multiple controllers but you can have more than one in your computer. The card supports 5, 6 and 8TB drive.
1510554
Yeah, I fell for it, too. I thought I was getting 2x 4TB drives -- and it is TB, btw...not gb (which is 1000x less). I found it's only 2x 2TB drives. I believe you can change the Raid to 0, though...which will stripe data across both of them and you'll get nearly 4TB of storage. The only downside to this is if one fails, you lose the data on both. Make it more fun then...and add a 2nd one to the network and have them back each other up =)
554336
like everyone else said you will see 4 separate drives if you are looking to pool your drives though I would suggest StableBit DrivePool it isn't free but it works great and it is only $20
192215
I believe by default they come in a RAID 1, which would give you 2TB of total storage. If you set it to RAID0, you'll get use of all 4TB (probably 3.6 or so useable) but you will not have redundancy.
1327927
I've had problems with Greens on servers/RAID before (not on this machine, though), so I was wary of them and bought a bunch of 4TB Reds that work great so far (about 4 months in). Combined storage spaces over 6TB are no problem - my RAID 5 is just under 12TB total, and you could go much higher with larger drives and a different configuration.
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This card doesn't actually do RAID (it's all done in software) so there is not really any restriction in how you can use it. For instance I used mine with 4 drives connected to this card and another to the on-board controller, for a total of 5 drives in the array.
1084512
The Perc6I will not support larger than a 2TB HDD. In order to use a 4TB you would need to upgrade to a H700 controller.
847709
Yes you can. If you have a Windows PC you can have as many Hard Drives as your Controller Board will allow (Usually 4 or 5 - but I've seen as many as 16); this all depends on how many ports you have on your SATA Controller.
2005135
Last i read it will suppourt 3 tb drives. Dont know if it will take 4 tb drives.
699002
Yes,I use 3 sans digital 8 bays and added this one to the group and put 3tb drives in it.WORKS GREAT!
1024266
4 Drives. It fits in 3 bays. Or do you mean Hard Drive Capacity? That is up to the Controller you hook it up to. The back plate is just a pass-through.
1094855
Assuming you have the letters available for the drives and each drive is powered, you could but the transfer speed will be horrible. I don't think I've pushed harder than 5 drives hooked up
1956220
Yes, that's what I currently have it running with. However do NOT use the drivers that come in the box for the raid controller.
2041004
Right now I have a mirrored array on this PCI RAID SATA card with two 2 TB SATA hard drives. I am booting my Windows 7 Pro machine on a separate SATA controller on my motherboard from an SSD drive.
1032197
The Synology website says that 6TB drives are supported. Check the drive that you are planning on getting with their list to be sure.
628743
I have 3TB and 4TB drives in there. They are just straight pass throughs for the most part, depends more on the BIOS of your motherboard.
1273812
JBOD or even a mix of different RAID arrays (i.e. a 2 drive RAID1 and a 3 drive RAID5) is possible.