RAID TCO Rant (or Why I Used 4TB Drives in a Backup Server)
Channel: ScottDot Extras
Date: 2021-11-27

In this excerpt from the below video, I talk about the total cost of ownership of RAID arrays.

Original Video:  https://youtu.be/58nsCguqjRs

Creating a Backup Server from a HP DL380 G8 (StoreOnce 2900) | HW to SW RAID Conversion | Rambling

I converted an older HP DL380 Gen8 (aka a StoreOnce 2900) from using a hard RAID controller to an HBA for software RAID.  The conversion is simple, but the video is long af because I spend a lot of time discussing the "why" more than the "how".