AMD System issue with 8 bay storage enclosures

[Airbander]

Hello

Just wondering if anyone here actually using 8 bay storage enclosures with AMD system ?

See i got one and i run into so many problem but some other users who have intel where able to use same unit with no issue

also can you recommend me a good 8 bay or 10 bay storage enclosures based on your AMD System and brand name of unit and if it is connected via eSATA or USB 3.0

do you get good transfer speed ? does it work fine or goes offline ?

Thank in advance

[MysticRiffs]

My first port of call would be to see if your motherboard has a BIOS update, and then go into your Power Management and turn off pretty much everything related to USB powering down.

Can you provide a few more details, though? Motherboard model, OS, and enclosure model, would be a great start.

Hope this helps.

[Artemis]

If you can give some details of the enclosure you have (brand/model) but more particularly the make and model of the hard drives that are installed and whether they are in an a RAID array i.e. RAID 1,2,5,6 or JBOD and whether the drives are the same size and from the same manufacturer.

[Airbander]

Hi

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Case:
Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 ATX Full Tower Gaming Computer Case
http://store.antec.c...45-15238-9.aspx
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Ram:
Kingston Technology HyperX 16 GB Kit (4x4 GB Modules) 16 Quad Channel Kit 1600 (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX
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Motherboard:
ASUS M5A97 Evo - AM3+ - 970 - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX AMD ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards
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Sata Card 1:
Rosewill RC-209-EX PCI 2.3, 32bit, 33/66Mhz SATA Controller Card
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sata card 2:
Rosewill RC-212 VIA PCI SATA 1.5G / IDE ATA 133 Controller Card / Supports Raid 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD, non-RAID mode
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SSD:
SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

I have second 120 or 128 GB SSD as spare just in case something happen anything to sanDisk Extreme
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CPU Color:
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+
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CPU:
amd phenom ii x4 945
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Power Supply:
RAIDMAX RX-850AE 850W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
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Hard drives
23 TB in Total between 3TB and 2 TB drives and one 4TB drive
===========================
Hot Swap Module for DF-85 4 of them or mybe 6 not very sure need to open the box to see
http://store.antec.c...45-30757-4.aspx
==========================
Antec Easy Swap USM External Hard Drive Dock + SSD bracket using 1 at this moment and i have 2 spare not in use in original box
http://store.antec.c...45-30750-5.aspx

Hi

so I got this unit Sans Digital 8-Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD Tower Storage Enclosure w/ 6G PCIe Card TR8M+B (Black)
http://www.newegg.co..._-16111168-LM2A

But i returned now i dont have it anymore i got my refund from newegg.com so i am going to look for a new unit soon

See my system is An AMD system and i was looking for something to use as JOBD , i dont have Raid for data drive i am running my OS on Raid 1 with 2 SSD and i am running software raid f with FlexRAID and parity drive so when i get a new unit then i can added to my pc either via eSATA Card or USB 3.0

Thanks

[Artemis]

I need to know the makes and models of the hard drives, in particular I need to know if any of them are Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives.

[Airbander]

Hi

======================

Case:
Antec Dark Fleet DF-85 ATX Full Tower Gaming Computer Case
http://store.antec.c...45-15238-9.aspx
=======================
Ram:
Kingston Technology HyperX 16 GB Kit (4x4 GB Modules) 16 Quad Channel Kit 1600 (PC3 12800) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM KHX1600C9D3K4/16GX
=======================
Motherboard:
ASUS M5A97 Evo - AM3+ - 970 - SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 - ATX AMD ATX DDR3 2133 Motherboards
========================
Sata Card 1:
Rosewill RC-209-EX PCI 2.3, 32bit, 33/66Mhz SATA Controller Card
=============================
sata card 2:
Rosewill RC-212 VIA PCI SATA 1.5G / IDE ATA 133 Controller Card / Supports Raid 0, 1, 0+1, JBOD, non-RAID mode
=============================
SSD:
SanDisk Extreme SDSSDX-120G-G25 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)

I have second 120 or 128 GB SSD as spare just in case something happen anything to sanDisk Extreme
=============================
CPU Color:
COOLER MASTER Hyper 212 EVO RR-212E-20PK-R2 Continuous Direct Contact 120mm Sleeve CPU Cooler Compatible with latest Intel 2011/1366/1155 and AMD FM1/FM2/AM3+
==========================
CPU:
amd phenom ii x4 945
==========================
Power Supply:
RAIDMAX RX-850AE 850W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
===========================
Hard drives
23 TB in Total between 3TB and 2 TB drives and one 4TB drive
===========================
Hot Swap Module for DF-85 4 of them or mybe 6 not very sure need to open the box to see
http://store.antec.c...45-30757-4.aspx
==========================
Antec Easy Swap USM External Hard Drive Dock + SSD bracket using 1 at this moment and i have 2 spare not in use in original box
http://store.antec.c...45-30750-5.aspx

Hi

so I got this unit Sans Digital 8-Bay eSATA RAID 0/1/10/5/JBOD Tower Storage Enclosure w/ 6G PCIe Card TR8M+B (Black)
http://www.newegg.co..._-16111168-LM2A

But i returned now i dont have it anymore i got my refund from newegg.com so i am going to look for a new unit soon

See my system is An AMD system and i was looking for something to use as JOBD , i dont have Raid for data drive i am running my OS on Raid 1 with 2 SSD and i am running software raid f with FlexRAID and parity drive so when i get a new unit then i can added to my pc either via eSATA Card or USB 3.0

Thanks

Hello
Western Digital Caviar Green Hard Drives 4 drives , 2 are 2TB drives and 2 are 3TB drives , rest are normal 3TB, 4TB, and 2TB non green
Everything i have is Western Digital and segate models

Thanks

[Artemis]

This is actually a problem I have run into quite frequently in non PC applications. The Western Digital 'Green' drive is so named because it is 'supposed' to be more eco-friendly. It achieves this by powering down after 20 minutes of inactivity. The fun part of this is alot of devices that these are installed into, don't send the correct signal (like a PC does) to resume operation. I have seen this same problem in D-Link DNS 320 NAS devices, AC Ryan media players and others.
Having WD Green drives and other drives in a JBOD RAID configuration will only make the problem worse, since the RAID array will fall over with some drives powering down while others stay active.

[anon]

I can attest to that. My new laptop has a WD Green hard drive, and it took me a while to find out why it kept having lag spikes when nothing was hogging the system, and how to fix that by disabling Idle3 and APM. By then, the disk heads had been parked over 40000 times.

[Airbander]

Hi

I am running Raid F with FlexRAID on 8 drives at this Monet and one parity and i am using two 3TB Green drives with no issues
off-course i am using my computer and not NAS or Mass Storage system. The parity was built in 30 Hours and the entire configurtions and setup took about 2 Hours give n take and i am back online with Media Broswer3 but again as i said i have 5 drives that are setting and i need to buy either Mass storge system or get NAS with 1GB nic but i dont have funds for expansive NAS system at this moment

Thanks

[Artemis]

Well, since you have vastly more experience than I, I wish you luck in your future endeavours.