Comments on: Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 first impressions http://jakebillo.com/highpoint-rocketraid-2320-first-impressions/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:31:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Windows Backup Doesn't Play Nicely with TrueCrypt | Index Out of Bounds http://jakebillo.com/highpoint-rocketraid-2320-first-impressions/#comment-18235 Windows Backup Doesn't Play Nicely with TrueCrypt | Index Out of Bounds Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:16:28 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/?p=321#comment-18235 [...] backup techniques that reduce the space required for full system backups. Short of installing a RAID array in my personal machine, I feel that this is the easiest and most secure way of creating full [...] [...] backup techniques that reduce the space required for full system backups. Short of installing a RAID array in my personal machine, I feel that this is the easiest and most secure way of creating full [...]

]]> By: Argh, more than 2TB disk causes problems? | Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog http://jakebillo.com/highpoint-rocketraid-2320-first-impressions/#comment-13261 Argh, more than 2TB disk causes problems? | Bus error: Jake Billo's weblog Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:50:30 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/?p=321#comment-13261 [...] scenario: I now have seven active Seagate Barracuda SATA2 500GB drives in a RAID5 array, using a Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 card. This setup gives a total capacity of 3TB and can survive one drive completely [...] [...] scenario: I now have seven active Seagate Barracuda SATA2 500GB drives in a RAID5 array, using a Highpoint RocketRAID 2320 card. This setup gives a total capacity of 3TB and can survive one drive completely [...]

]]> By: Jake Billo http://jakebillo.com/highpoint-rocketraid-2320-first-impressions/#comment-12107 Jake Billo Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:54:31 +0000 http://jakebillo.com/?p=321#comment-12107 For reference, I added a fourth Seagate 500GB SATA2 drive to the array today, bringing the total storage space in the pool to 1.5TB. The process was fairly easy to complete: in the management console, selecting the existing array and clicking the OCE/ORLM (Online Capacity Expansion/Online RAID Level Migration) button prompted me to create a new RAID5 set. I accepted the default options and added the four connected drives. The capacity migration shows up as another branch of the original array until completed. The process is fairly slow - it effectively involves a full format of the new drive, then striping the parity information to the new disk. Initially the process was quoted to take almost eleven hours; I started the migration at 11:21AM and received the "expansion complete" notification at 10:55PM. During this time, though, the array was fully accessible and the priority of the process may have been changed. Here's how the management utility appears with the new disk added: <img src="http://jakebillo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/picture-1.png" /> The disk in My Computer: <img src="http://jakebillo.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/picture-2.png" /> For reference, I added a fourth Seagate 500GB SATA2 drive to the array today, bringing the total storage space in the pool to 1.5TB. The process was fairly easy to complete: in the management console, selecting the existing array and clicking the OCE/ORLM (Online Capacity Expansion/Online RAID Level Migration) button prompted me to create a new RAID5 set. I accepted the default options and added the four connected drives.

The capacity migration shows up as another branch of the original array until completed. The process is fairly slow - it effectively involves a full format of the new drive, then striping the parity information to the new disk.

Initially the process was quoted to take almost eleven hours; I started the migration at 11:21AM and received the “expansion complete” notification at 10:55PM. During this time, though, the array was fully accessible and the priority of the process may have been changed.

Here’s how the management utility appears with the new disk added:

The disk in My Computer:

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