BCM 400 Redundancy 1

[jmalachi]

Could someone tell me what my company needs in case te drive on our BCM goes down. We want it so that if the drive goes down a mirror drive will just pickup and everything will continue to run. any suggestion are appreciated.

 

[Deweyhumbolt]

You can buy a kit that will add HDD and Power supply redudndancy. Takes about 2 hours to do and mirror the drives. Also adds an extra fan. It allows for hot swapping of power supplies.

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[jmalachi]

thanks for the reply.. You wouldn't happen to know how much these cost. I've been searching for this kit but can;t seem to find it

 

[Deweyhumbolt]

Prices I'm not good at. But, I got a nice commission on one, because I suggested it to the customer. Based on that, I'll guess 3 to 4k. Just a guess, mind you.

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[biv343]

NTAB3418E5 is the RAID kit. Comes with the extra drive and the RAID controller.

NTAB3420E5 is the redundant power supply/fan kit.

Price will be somewhere in the $1500-1600, each, depending on where you buy them from.

 

[SupportDude]

IMHO ...
The RAID is useless and overpriced.
It's just a mirror drive.
If the primary drive becomes corrupted, so does the mirror.
It's only useful if the primary drive completely fails.

-SD-

http://www.mysupportguy.net

 

[dulfo666]

Also, the redundant powersuply is even worse as it only has one power input.