Will this operate under Windows 2008R2 server 64 bit in Raid 5?
1951197
Yes, as long as the controller (in the PC) driver is compatible with the win environment. We use the LSI Megaraid 9260-8I and it works like a champ. We use this under WINSERV 2012 Essentials (both original and the R2 just out) with no problem. If the PC provides the power from it's internal power supply use two different buss lines from the supply. A single line powering all 4 disks can cause voltage drops during high activity that may cause errors in the disks I/O and cause the raid to fall out of sync.Also use very high quality SATA lines from the PC controller to the backplane.
1951198
That depends if your controller supports it, if so then yes. I am running raid 10 on mine.
1951199
Yes. I installed two of these into servers running windows 2012 server 64-bit running raid 5. However, this unit doesn't have built-in raid. You would still need a raid card or have a motherboard that has raid built-in to achieve raid 5 however.
932816
Maybe you question is if this server support 32 or 64 bit the answer is Yes but cpu never are 32 or 64 bit who control that is The OS ( Software) and never the server
800516
Can you run RAID that way? Id like to install 2 2TB drives, for large capacity RAID.
1476792
You can, just make sure when u make changes back up your data first..... You can loose it, upon moving from say Raid 0 to Raid 5.
1372204
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
735279
I'm only using the one drive it came with right now. It might have software raid. You can ask the seller via their support link at deepdiscountservers.com.
441102
I have 5 WDC GREEN 3TB drives in mine and it works fine in Raid5 on Windows7 64
104429
Yeah, most likely. I've used a variety of drives since I've owned it, some listed as "supported" and others not. All have worked fine. The only thing I'd recommend doing is checking the Synology Raid Calc to make sure you get it set up with the specific RAID you want to maximize space: https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator
603168
I used it with WHS 2011 (now using 2012 Server) successfully by using software driven JBOD, specifically Stablebit. The hard drives on the controller are available just like, and in addition to, those connected to the motherboard SATA connections. I have also used this in a hardware driven RAID 5 array as a separate backup to Highpoint 2720 controller using software JBOD. Too complicated, but it did work.
1404505
Yes it does. I have installed a few of these in windows 2008 and 2008 r2 servers with no issues
603166
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.
1541879
It depends how you want to use it. In Raid 0 it will work, but in Raid 1 it will not work.
1419019
Its not that easy, If you had this enclosure already, yes, just drop in your disks and as long as you have not made any changes to the software it will be just like before. But based on what you are saying, you had a 4 Disk array, and not a 5 disk array as shown here. There is a way to salvage your files, you can create or set this device to raid 5 mode if that is what you had, and then put your disks in and let it rebuild the array, but only if the technology behind what you had is exactly the same as what this enclosure supports. With raid 5 you have to deal with parity bits, and not all raid 5 parities are created equal. But if you did not have a raid array configured on your old enclosure and each disks was treated as a single disk, then yes, you can make this work with no loss of files. If you could give a few more details, I may be able to tell you how to salvage your files. I had this enclosure, and my power went out, it was as simple as plugging in my disks and plugging it into my server. But I don't think you have the same situation. There are third party utilities that may help you to salvage your files either way. But I have had three of these units ever since the day they were first released, and that has been a few years. They even work great with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. Very fast, says it only supports up to 2 GB Drives, but I'm running 3GB, 6GBs, 7200 RPM drives with no problem. But I don't use the built in raid, I use windows Storage Spaces found in Server 2012 R2, Windows 8 and above. I have this unit distributed across 2 Servers with 8 Hyper V machines on each one. One on eSata and one on USB 3.0. Can't tell the difference, just make sure you have a solid eSATA card or equivalent if you decide to purchase this, if not you will need to run USB 3.0 for the performance.
923995
Jim, this card supports raid 0 and 1 and JOB, but I will concede no raid 1, as I could never get it to work, so in the end you are right.
578530
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.
166155
I don't really know.It could be, that this will work.I'm running mine with 4x3TB in RAID 5 with no problems.
1731448
Yes, you can just use it as a regular SATA controller, you don't have to set up RAID if you don't want to. That's how I use it.