I bought an IBM M1015 raid card. Which is actually an LSI 9240, containing a SAS2008 chip. It is a basic card, with no battery backup. It has two mini-SAS ports, that can be split to 8 SAS/SATA devices (four per port), and then configured to either RAID0 or RAID1. With a feature-key (some little […]
Read MoreSo all is now well and installed. The motherboard SATA mode is set to “RAID” (was “AHCI”). The configuration is now as follows: 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD – System drive for Windows 7 and Linux 2 x Western Digital Red 1TB in RAID1 configuration (using the built in RAID chip on the motherboard, an […]
Read MoreSo this post will be about my new hard drives, which arrived today. I got one 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD, and two Western Digital Red 1 TB drives. They will replace my current drives, which are a mixed bag, topped off with a 128GB Samsung 830 SSD. The 830 obviously is still one of […]
Read MoreThis Syria bullshit? It’s bullshit right? “Obama asks Congress to approve attacks!”. Based on what, I ask? Oh, we don’t need to worry about that. Russia is fuming, because they feel they are being shat on. And I believe they are. IF, and that’s a very strong if, the US has the proof they ‘need’ […]
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