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Title: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 23 December 2017, 18:03:43

Boughts a cheepy Asmedia card..

My server won't boot now..  37 hours to recover array..

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Title: Re: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: JP on Sat, 23 December 2017, 19:09:57

Is that like a raid card?

Title: Re: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 23 December 2017, 19:41:25

Quote from: JP on Sat, 23 December 2017, 19:09:57

Is that like a raid card?

it is, but it should be mostly a transparent setup.

For whatever reason, the drivers messed up my original array running off the original mainboard raid.

This is proliant hardware, so it's suppose to be pretty bulletproof, but somehow asmedia threw a wrench in it.

Title: Re: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: tp4tissue on Sat, 23 December 2017, 21:10:49

Rebuild time jumped from 37 hrs to 214 hrs..

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Title: Re: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: Leslieann on Sat, 23 December 2017, 22:36:35

Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 23 December 2017, 18:03:43

Boughts a cheepy Asmedia card..

My server won't boot now..  37 hours to recover array..

Cheap and raid... I think I see the problem.

Title: Re: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: JP on Sun, 24 December 2017, 09:40:27

Do you have a backup?

Title: Re: Asmedia, Never buying this again..
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 24 December 2017, 09:42:19

Quote from: JP on Sun, 24 December 2017, 09:40:27

Do you have a backup?

Nope..

I'm just going to go killz myself.