2012-10-02, 11:15
*** Sorry, can one of the MOD please move this post to the hardware section ****
I had built a media server with 36 TB of storage on 16 disks in an Antec 1200 storage. Overall, I am quite happy with it.
Having said this, I am occasionally facing two issues:
1) Sometimes the computer crashes with no apparent reasons and "just" restarts automatically. This happens around 1-2 times per week. Not the worst thing in the world, but annoying.
2) Some of the harddisks are running VERY hot (>50 C) and I have already harddisk failing on me. These are a few years old, but would not have expected. The 8 out of the 16 harddisks that are running hot are (co-incidentally?) the ones that are at attached to a SATA card rather than the motherboard directly.
3) My SATA card does not support 3 TB disks and also I cannot read S.M.A.R.T. info from the disks attached to the SATA card
When I put the components together, I basically took the "best" except for the SATA card, where I "only" spent around $200. Could the three issues be related to the SATA card? Any recommendation on a SATA card if I would like to replace it?
I had built a media server with 36 TB of storage on 16 disks in an Antec 1200 storage. Overall, I am quite happy with it.
Having said this, I am occasionally facing two issues:
1) Sometimes the computer crashes with no apparent reasons and "just" restarts automatically. This happens around 1-2 times per week. Not the worst thing in the world, but annoying.
2) Some of the harddisks are running VERY hot (>50 C) and I have already harddisk failing on me. These are a few years old, but would not have expected. The 8 out of the 16 harddisks that are running hot are (co-incidentally?) the ones that are at attached to a SATA card rather than the motherboard directly.
3) My SATA card does not support 3 TB disks and also I cannot read S.M.A.R.T. info from the disks attached to the SATA card
When I put the components together, I basically took the "best" except for the SATA card, where I "only" spent around $200. Could the three issues be related to the SATA card? Any recommendation on a SATA card if I would like to replace it?