Replacing hard drive on CyTOF2 workstation
Hi all,
We are having some issue with one of the drives on the RAID system set up on our CyTOF2 (v6.0.626 if that matters). Unfortunately the only solution offered by Fluidigm is to replace the entire workstation for $10k off service contract; something we are not willing to do since the rest of the system is fine and only needs a new hard drive.
RAID setups don't like it when one of the drives is acting up so I was thinking of switching to a non-RAID configuration and cloning the current setup over to a larger SSD. I assume write speeds should be more than enough but wonder if anyone else has done the same and if there were any issue with doing so that I should be aware of before attempting the replacement. Is there a reason they went with a RAID config in the first place? A normal hardrive with a simple powershell script written to backup regularly works better in my opinion. I was also thinking of upgrading the RAM to 16GB (obviously checking for compatibility before doing so) on that system while at it. Interested to hear if anyone has done anything similar. Thanks!
Cheers,
Mark
We are having some issue with one of the drives on the RAID system set up on our CyTOF2 (v6.0.626 if that matters). Unfortunately the only solution offered by Fluidigm is to replace the entire workstation for $10k off service contract; something we are not willing to do since the rest of the system is fine and only needs a new hard drive.
RAID setups don't like it when one of the drives is acting up so I was thinking of switching to a non-RAID configuration and cloning the current setup over to a larger SSD. I assume write speeds should be more than enough but wonder if anyone else has done the same and if there were any issue with doing so that I should be aware of before attempting the replacement. Is there a reason they went with a RAID config in the first place? A normal hardrive with a simple powershell script written to backup regularly works better in my opinion. I was also thinking of upgrading the RAM to 16GB (obviously checking for compatibility before doing so) on that system while at it. Interested to hear if anyone has done anything similar. Thanks!
Cheers,
Mark