Storage Devices and Controllers

2520 topics in this forum

1. Failed Drives 1 2

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 26 replies
   • 13.1k views
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   • Mason736
   • Yesterday at 03:58 PM

2. SATA Controller Cards 1 2 3 4 28

   By Rajahal, April 16, 2011
   • 690 replies
   • 262.8k views
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   • Emanuel87
   • Tuesday at 03:16 PM

3. LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes 1 2 3 4 69

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
   • 1.7k replies
   • 1m views
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   • folic86
   • March 22

4. How to upgrade an LSI HBA firmware using Unraid

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 9 replies
   • 3.3k views
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   • craigr
   • March 14

5. Recommended controllers for Unraid, last updated 02/2021

   By JorgeB, January 29
   • 2 replies
   • 2.3k views
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   • JorgeB
   • January 29

6. Seagate 8TB Shingled Drives in UnRAID 1 2 3 4 21

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 509 replies
   • 125k views
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   • Hoopster
   • December 15, 2020

7. Areca Contoller Configuration for unRAID 1 2 3 4 5

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 116 replies
   • 47.3k views
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   • flyize
   • December 4, 2020

8. HPA a.k.a. why are two identical drives different sizes?

   By Rajahal, February 9, 2011
   • 10 replies
   • 47.5k views
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   • S80_UK
   • February 10, 2020

9. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 62 replies
   • 32.3k views
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   • Tybio
   • January 23, 2019

10. Cant assign more then on drive on unraid.new server build.

    By Abhishek, Friday at 03:37 PM
    • 8 replies
    • 86 views
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    • Squid
    • 6 hours ago

11. Bought 6TB HGST drives - SMR????

    By sannitig, yesterday at 03:41 PM
    • 3 replies
    • 55 views
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    • Hoopster
    • Yesterday at 04:35 PM

12. HDD doesn't spin up in NAS

    By gzz, Friday at 05:00 PM
    • 3 replies
    • 68 views
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    • trurl
    • Friday at 08:01 PM

13. SATA card for PCIe 2.0 x1 slot with 8 ports (or at least 4) 1 2

    By Bizarro, November 23, 2014
    • 27 replies
    • 13.6k views
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    • grtgbln
    • Thursday at 02:06 PM

14. is Adaptec RAID 5805 good for unraid

    By drakenit, Thursday at 01:12 PM
    • 1 reply
    • 46 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • Thursday at 01:24 PM

15. Marvell 88SE9235. unRAID Refuses To Recognize

    By elfner11, April 9, 2015
    • 10 replies
    • 3.3k views
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    • Hoopster
    • Wednesday at 10:08 PM

16. Poweredge R720 motherboard sas to Sata connector

    By mladams, April 5
    • 0 replies
    • 71 views
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    • mladams
    • April 5

17. Looking for recommendations to replacement for PERC 6I in a Dell PowerEdge

    By joleger, March 22
    • 1 reply
    • 175 views
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    • joleger
    • April 3

18. LSI Megaraid Tri-Mode for Cache

    By rattlehead05, September 21, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 462 views
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    • dlbogdan
    • April 2

19. Migrating from Adaptec 52445 RAID 6 array

    By LeetDonkey, March 15
    • 1 reply
    • 108 views
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    • LeetDonkey
    • April 1

20. How big to make a SSD dedicated to Docker appdata and VMs?

    By Taako, April 1
    • 2 replies
    • 118 views
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    • trurl
    • April 1

21. New Hard Disk - Best setup

    By neeiro, April 1
    • 1 reply
    • 91 views
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    • jonathanm
    • April 1

22. Solutions: Shucked WD 8TB Easystore 3.3v PIN Issue

    By bmilcs, August 26, 2018
    • 13 replies
    • 16.2k views
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    • Vr2Io
    • March 30

23. HP P420 Raid card HBA mode

    By rossi2000, March 27
    • 1 reply
    • 126 views
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    • 1812
    • March 28

24. HighPoint Rocket R750 40-ports vs. unRAID-6.9

    By pk2, March 23
    • 18 replies
    • 340 views
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    • pk2
    • March 26

25. Which hdd as parity?

    By Peppe, March 24
    • 0 replies
    • 115 views
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    • Peppe
    • March 24

26. LSI SAS HBA 9300-8i and 9207-8i

    By srmvel, March 23
    • 3 replies
    • 172 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 23

27. [Solved] HGST HUS726020ALA610 and 6.9.0/6.9.1 weird behaviour

    By hawihoney, March 10
    • 4 replies
    • 224 views
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    • hawihoney
    • March 22

28. HighPoint RocketStor 6418s. Fans won’t spin?

    By TheCarlough, March 21
    • 3 replies
    • 108 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • March 21

29. Fujitsu D2607-8i - Crossflash to LSI 9211-8i 1 2 3 4

    By ezhik, June 4, 2017
    • 79 replies
    • 23.6k views
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    • Peddarson
    • March 19

30. Sanity check on a PCIE to 5-Port SATA3.0 Expansion Card

    By nametaken_thisonetoo, January 26
    • 4 replies
    • 397 views
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    • hmartin
    • March 17

31. LSI 9201-16i a good choice for 16 HDD's?

    By david97, March 14
    • 5 replies
    • 256 views
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    • Opawesome
    • March 15

32. Anyone experience with these drives ?

    By Helmonder, March 15
    • 0 replies
    • 104 views
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    • Helmonder
    • March 15

33. SMR or CMR for parity/data (WD Red or Gold/HGST)

    By abrax, March 15
    • 4 replies
    • 158 views
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    • abrax
    • March 15

34. LSI D2616-A22 GS1

    By Alex.b, August 3, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 480 views
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    • mrwitts
    • March 15

35. Sata/SAS controllers tested (real world max throughput during parity check) 1 2

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 31 replies
    • 30.3k views
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    • mgutt
    • March 13

36. Help with SATA card <Solved>

    By Ira, January 28
    • 22 replies
    • 438 views
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    • Ira
    • March 12

37. ISO: Non-IT RAID controllers

    By jbartlett, March 12
    • 0 replies
    • 99 views
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    • jbartlett
    • March 12

38. highpoint rocketraid 2711

    By Bimmer, June 25, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 386 views
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    • Alberto
    • March 11

39. Shucked WD80EDAZ drive wreaks havoc at bootup

    By captain_video, March 7
    • 7 replies
    • 316 views
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    • captain_video
    • March 10

40. Smart Report - Errors - Unable to determine

    By Pmarszal, March 9
    • 1 reply
    • 105 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 9

41. LSi SAS3041E-HP compatible or not?

    By ikosa, March 9
    • 2 replies
    • 153 views
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    • ikosa
    • March 9

42. Upgrade from onboard SATA to SAS

    By Goldie01, March 2
    • 3 replies
    • 170 views
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    • Goldie01
    • March 8

43. KTN-STL3

    By bounsky, August 27, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 611 views
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    • Trakkasure
    • March 8

44. I need 10 more SATA ports, occupying as few slots as possible.

    By bobbintb, March 6
    • 7 replies
    • 346 views
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    • Opawesome
    • March 7

45. [SOLVED] Flashing LSI 9220-8i Controller (IBM M1015) on a ASROCK 970 Extreme3

    By newbie_dude, February 11, 2013
    • 12 replies
    • 24.9k views
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    • ryno5514
    • March 7

46. Server setup - optimal drive connections across 2 SAS cards

    By tiwing, March 5
    • 4 replies
    • 179 views
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    • tiwing
    • March 6

47. Help: Upgraded to 6.9, now I don't have any drives in my array

    By TR1GGA187, March 3
    • 3 replies
    • 226 views
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    • manHands
    • March 4

48. Smart status show all good but high Raw read error rate

    By Brodie(CyberPunk), March 3
    • 4 replies
    • 137 views
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    • Brodie(CyberPunk)
    • March 3

49. Is LSI SAS 9207-8i compatible with dell r710 in IT Mode

    By Doomguy, October 15, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 567 views
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    • OCCI_Dave
    • March 3

50. [6.8.1] SED (self-encrypting drives) in the array

    By stereobastler, January 20, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 704 views
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    • stereobastler
    • March 2