Compatibility / Recommended Hardware Lists The list that follows are drives that have been tested and are known to work with our systems. This list is not all inclusive and there may be drives that are not on this list that are compatible with our systems but have not been tested by Highly Reliable Systems.…
Tech Support – READ FIRST The following document highlights some of the common problems seen when using Highly Reliable Systems Equipment. Please read through them prior to contacting tech support for assistance. First Steps: Makes sure that all power connections are securely seated Make sure that all cable connections (USB/eSATA/Cat5) are properly secured on the…
You can’t tell by looking at the physical connection whether a machine is using iSCSI or a Windows share. Both iSCSI connections and shared Windows hard drives use an Ethernet connection to attach storage. Since they use the same physical connection and network cable, it can be confusing to understand the difference. It used to…
RAID5 and RAID6 still work. Google “RAID5” and you’ll quickly find articles that warn you never to use it. The claim is RAID5 won’t protect your data and is doomed to failure. People even claim RAID6 (which protects against 2 drives failing) is dangerous. We’re here to tell you that for backup appliances this advice…