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      scottalanmiller @Jason
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      @Jason said:

      @dafyre said:

      @Jason said:

      @JaredBusch said:

      @hobbit666 said:

      I don't see a problem. the logic is fine 10K is faster spinning than 7.2K. cut them some slack!

      WTF kind of logic makes you think intentionally breaking and rebuilding a RAID5 array 4 times is a good thing?

      If it was a RAID 10.. Maybe. RAID 5 No way in hell is this a good idea.

      Even RAID10, to me, that'd be a big maybe.

      Yeah I wouldn't do it but chances of failure would be pretty slim compared to RAID 5 especially.

      Yes, like pretty significantly different. Still a bad idea, but a different order of magnitude bad idea.

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        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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        @DustinB3403 said:

        @coliver yeah I have no clue.... I had to update my last reply because this unit can't even act as a NAS.

        That's just called a SAN.

        Is it the infamous SC101?

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          DustinB3403
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          It's a Buffalo Terastation something or other model from ~7 years ago.

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            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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            @DustinB3403 said:

            It's a Buffalo Terastation something or other model from ~7 years ago.

            OH right, that is the one that prompted the other thread about finding the low end pure SAN devices that are out there on the market. Other than the SC101 and Drobo, this was the first of these that we had come across.

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              bbigford
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              If you were going to exchange disks for completely different drives (model/speed/etc), they should have recommended moving the data off, destroying the volume, and completely rebuilding it.

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                scottalanmiller @bbigford
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                @BBigford said:

                If you were going to exchange disks for completely different drives (model/speed/etc), they should have recommended moving the data off, destroying the volume, and completely rebuilding it.

                Even for the same drives... although why would you swap out good identical drives.

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                  bbigford @scottalanmiller
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                  @scottalanmiller said:

                  @BBigford said:

                  If you were going to exchange disks for completely different drives (model/speed/etc), they should have recommended moving the data off, destroying the volume, and completely rebuilding it.

                  Even for the same drives... although why would you swap out good identical drives.

                  I wouldn't swap out good identical drives... But if the OP really wanted faster mechanical drives, or SSDs for that matter. I don't see 7200 rpm drives vs. 10k rpm drives being an enormous leap. Now 7200 rpm vs SSD is a different story in performance (dependent on the SSDs used of course), but also a bit more expensive per GB. Nonetheless, I wouldn't be breaking a RAID intentionally without moving all the data off and just rebuilding. I don't see any other reason with how unstable you are making it.

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                    MattSpeller
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                    Time for new MSP? 😛

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                      bbigford @scottalanmiller
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                      @scottalanmiller The only time I've traded out drives intentionally when things hadn't failed was a rock bottom budget, we had to expand the storage, and couldn't afford a new appliance right then and there. Traded out one drive at a time for larger drives (backups were taken), and eventually scaled up to about double the size. Bought a different appliance the following year and reused the old appliance as a non-critical.

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                        scottalanmiller @MattSpeller
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                        @MattSpeller said:

                        Time for new MSP? 😛

                        They don't hire that MSP because of the IT work that they do.

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                          Jason Banned @MattSpeller
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                          @MattSpeller said:

                          Time for new MSP? 😛

                          I hope this isn't TekSystem's cause I'm getting ready to contract some remote work to them haha.

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                            DustinB3403 @Jason
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                            @Jason you're safe.

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                              scottalanmiller @Jason
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                              @Jason said:

                              @MattSpeller said:

                              Time for new MSP? 😛

                              I hope this isn't TekSystem's cause I'm getting ready to contract some remote work to them haha.

                              I've worked for TekSystems before. Several times over the years. Some good, some bad experiences. Definitely more on the bad side.

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                                scottalanmiller
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                                I originally said about them running a scam that I had to deal with in Albany, but looking through my records I cannot be 100% sure that it was them that ran the scam. So I took out the comment. But I am pretty sure that their Albany team was the one involved. I know the scam thoroughly, but because I didn't put it in my notes who ran it, I don't want to finger them now for certain.

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                                  scottalanmiller
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                                  Oh wait, I DID find it in my notes. Yes, Teksystems were the scammers. Do not do business with them in any way whatsoever. Avoid them like the plague. Total pieces of garbage.

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                                    scottalanmiller
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                                    You are aware that Teksystems is not an MSP but a staffing firm, right? The people who Teksystems sends to work for you are random people with whom they have no official association. Those aren't "Teksystems" people, just random people that they hire to work that one job for you.

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                                      coliver
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                                      I was interviewed by TekSystems a few years ago. Something seemed off so I called off the interview process.

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                                        scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                        @coliver said:

                                        I was interviewed by TekSystems a few years ago. Something seemed off so I called off the interview process.

                                        Yeah. I had had several okay-ish dealings with them over the years on small projects so when a big one came along they were in a good position to string me along for over six months before I caught them lying and out the pieces of the scam together. I got them flustered and got their manager to admin to it on accident.

                                        Their Rochester office wasn't too bad, but Hartford were nothing but crooks. Problem is, corporate lets the company run that way, so that is the kind of company that they are.

                                        I would literally not let them in the door, they are not to be trusted.

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                                          Deleted74295 Banned @Jason
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                                          @Jason said:

                                          @MattSpeller said:

                                          Time for new MSP? 😛

                                          I hope this isn't TekSystem's cause I'm getting ready to contract some remote work to them haha.

                                          There are other providers who can do work remotely 😉

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                                            scottalanmiller @Deleted74295
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                                            @Breffni-Potter said:

                                            @Jason said:

                                            @MattSpeller said:

                                            Time for new MSP? 😛

                                            I hope this isn't TekSystem's cause I'm getting ready to contract some remote work to them haha.

                                            There are other providers who can do work remotely 😉

                                            Or even on site. Teksystems doesn't do any work themselves, they just contract out to local MSPs. NTG has supplied them with many people over the years until they started scamming people. At one point nearly everyone at NTG had worked through TS at some point. I have a Teksystems backup sitting at my feet right now, it's been my backpack for over a decade.

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