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>>>> I'm told it will likely be an "Adaptec 7000 series controller". |
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>> Can a controller like that handle a 6-drive RAID 10 array? |
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>> Is a hot spare handled by the controller or is it configured in the OS? |
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> The problem with questions of that nature is that the answer is always |
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> "It depends" |
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> With hardware, the vendor can release almost any imaginable |
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> configuration and it's up to them what they want to build into their |
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> product and the variations are endless. |
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> Typically, a Series designation is a bunch of products built to a |
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> certain form factor with the same basic silicon on board. The difference |
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> in the models if how many drives they support and the feature list. |
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> "Series 7000" tells us very little. You will need to get the exact model |
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> number from your hardware vendor then consult Adaptec's tech docs to |
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> find out the supported feature set |
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Yeah, that should have been a question for the host, sorry about that. |
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- Grant |
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