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--- systems:harddrive [2015/07/25 17:22] – [Western Digital RE vs SE] superwizard
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+====== Raid Reliability ======
+From: https://www.servethehome.com/raid-calculator/raid-reliability-calculator-simple-mttdl-model/
+<code>
+It took a lot of back and forth but the basic idea is this, the calculator is “directionally” correct
+but is not the most accurate way to model all of that stuff. We did evaluate a much faster model but on
+an AWS m1.small instance it was taking over 15 minutes to complete with only one user. Simply put, this
+RAID reliability calculator will give you a fairly good idea regarding which RAID level is the most
+reliable given a number of drives.
+</code>
+====== Fixing Disk Signature Collisions ======
+From: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrussinovich/2011/11/06/fixing-disk-signature-collisions/
+<code>
+Method 1: If you right-click on the disk, the utility offers an “Online” command that will cause
+Windows to analyze the disk’s partition table and mount its volumes:
+Method 2: With the disk signature in hand, open an administrative command prompt window and run
+Diskpart, the command-line disk management utility. Enter “select disk 2”, replacing “2” with
+the disk ID that the Disk Management utility shows for the disk. Now you’re ready for the final
+step, setting the disk signature to its original value with the command “uniqueid disk id=e9eb3aa5”,
+substituting the ID with the one you saw in the BCD:
+</code>
+====== M.2 SSD ? HOW TO TELL WHICH IS WHICH ======
+From: https://rog.asus.com/articles/maximus-motherboards/buying-an-m-2-ssd-how-to-tell-which-is-which/
+From: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/
+^KEY	^CARD MEASUREMENTS	^INTERFACES	^COMMON USES ^
+|A	|1630, 2230, 3030	|PCIe x2, USB 2.0, I2C, DisplayPort x4	|Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, cellular cards|
+|B	|3042, 2230, 2242, 2260, 2280, 22110	|PCIe x2, SATA, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, audio, PCM, IUM, SSIC, I2C	|SATA and PCIe x2 SSDs|
+|E	|1630, 2230, 3030	|PCIe x2, USB 2.0, I2C, SDIO, UART, PCM	|Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, cellular cards|
+|M	|2242, 2260, 2280, 22110	|PCIe x4, SATA	|PCIe x4 SSDs|
+From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2
+<code>
+Legacy SATA - Used for SATA SSDs, and interfaced through the AHCI driver and legacy SATA 3.0
+PCI Express using AHCI - Used for PCI Express SSDs and interfaced through the AHCI driver
+AHCI has some inherent inefficiencies when applied to SSD devices, which behave much more
+like DRAM than like spinning media.
+PCI Express using NVMe
+At a high level, primary advantages of NVMe over AHCI relate to NVMe's ability to exploit
+parallelism in host hardware and software
+</code>
+<code>
+M.2 SSD Buyers Checklist:
+Whether your motherboard/notebook supports
+   M.2 SATA or M.2 PCI-Express (hint: check the specs page!)
+The type of keying
+   (B/M/B+M) supported by the motherboard/notebook socket
+If it is PCI Express, whether it supports
+x or 4x PCI-Express
+The maximum length of SSD drive supported
+   (2232 2242 2260 2280 22110) (hint: it should say on the PCB)
+</code>
+====== How to Upgrade Your Laptop’s Hard Drive to an SSD ======
+From: http://www.laptopmag.com/articles/ssd-upgrade-tutorial
+<code>
+Clone to USB
+Install disk cloning software. For this tutorial, we're using EaseUS Todo Backup Free, which
+is free for personal use, has a user-friendly interface, and also optimizes the migration to
+an SSD.
+</code>
 ====== Western Digital WD VelociRaptor ======
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 </code>
+====== Support for WD desktop drives in a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration ======
+From: http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/996
+<code>
+WD desktop hard drives (WD Blue, Green, or Black) have been tested and are recommended for consumer
+RAID applications when using the drives in a RAID 0 (Stripe) or RAID 1 (Mirror) configuration.
+However, there are several things to keep in mind when setting up a RAID with these drives:
+WD only recommends using a Desktop drive in a RAID array with no more than two (2) drives
+(Raid 0 or Raid 1 only).
+</code>
+**Further reading**
+From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error_recovery_control
+<code>
+In a stand-alone configuration TLER should be disabled. As the drive is not redundant, reporting
+segments as failed will only increase manual intervention. Without a hardware RAID controller or
+a software RAID implementation to drop the disk, normal (no TLER) recovery ability is most stable
+Western Digital Time Limit Error Recovery Utility - WDTLER.EXE
+http://www.smartmontools.org/
+</code>
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