Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. How to upgrade an LSI HBA firmware using Unraid 1 2

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 32 replies
   • 6.5k views
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   • Masterwishx
   • 8 hours ago

2. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2

   By JorgeB, January 29
   • 27 replies
   • 9.3k views
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   • Masterwishx
   • October 13

3. LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes 1 2 3 4 70

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
   • 1.7k replies
   • 1.1m views
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   • JorgeB
   • September 18

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 118 replies
   • 49.9k views
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   • SimonF
   • May 20

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

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 523 replies
   • 134.4k views
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   • Lolight
   • May 15

6. Failed Drives 1 2

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 44 replies
   • 14.7k views
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   • trurl
   • April 28

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

   By Rajahal, February 9, 2011
   • 10 replies
   • 48.8k views
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   • S80_UK
   • February 10, 2020

8. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 62 replies
   • 34.1k views
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   • Tybio
   • January 23, 2019

9. [Solved] LSI SAS controller PCIe 2.0 or 3.0

   By surferjsmc, Monday at 03:54 PM
   • 6 replies
   • 132 views
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   • surferjsmc
   • 5 hours ago

10. Drive Identification - Shucked Seagate Expansion External (Not an Archive Drive?)

    By Kevlar21, July 4, 2017
    • 15 replies
    • 24.7k views
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    • Deznuts05
    • 7 hours ago

11. Sata/SAS controllers tested (real world max throughput during parity check) 1 2 3

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 57 replies
    • 38.4k views
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    • JorgeB
    • 9 hours ago

12. Preclear (pre-read) drive sounds like a clock ticking

    By KuniD, 11 hours ago
    • 0 replies
    • 41 views
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    • KuniD
    • 11 hours ago

13. LSI 9300-16i HDDs not showing up

    By chuckthetekkie, 20 hours ago
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views
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    • JorgeB
    • 17 hours ago

14. Need help setting up M.2 NVMe drives with Bitfurcation

    By ArdNsc, September 19
    • 15 replies
    • 279 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • Tuesday at 10:42 AM

15. Is it for the bin?

    By Steven Roberts, Monday at 03:52 PM
    • 4 replies
    • 79 views
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    • Steven Roberts
    • Tuesday at 09:26 AM

16. RAID card not detecting, because its not IT mode ?

    By loady, Friday at 09:11 AM
    • 9 replies
    • 153 views
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    • Zonediver
    • Monday at 05:57 PM

17. NVME Cache drives listed as new after reboot - data loss risk?

    By doesntaffect, Monday at 01:06 PM
    • 0 replies
    • 51 views
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    • doesntaffect
    • Monday at 01:06 PM

18. [Solved] PERC H310 causing system not to boot 1 2

    By master.h, September 5, 2013
    • 31 replies
    • 39.1k views
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    • soul_vice
    • Monday at 03:06 AM

19. Seagate EXOS X16 16Tb - mad to have it in a machine next to your desk?

    By KuniD, Sunday at 03:04 PM
    • 0 replies
    • 65 views
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    • KuniD
    • Sunday at 03:04 PM

20. 5400 vs 7200 drives

    By TODDLT, October 12
    • 7 replies
    • 206 views
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    • TODDLT
    • Friday at 02:14 PM

21. Are enterprise drives suitable for a home unraid system?

    By ds123, September 7
    • 9 replies
    • 408 views
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    • Docshaker
    • Friday at 11:27 AM

22. Cannot get more than 1 hdd drive to recognize and crc error on ssd drive

    By Jasonunraid, October 13
    • 9 replies
    • 126 views
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    • JorgeB
    • October 13

23. Newbie Question On Hdd Usage

    By QuadT, October 8
    • 5 replies
    • 139 views
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    • QuadT
    • October 12

24. HP H240 dropping disks

    By nuuskaz, October 12
    • 2 replies
    • 75 views
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    • nuuskaz
    • October 12

25. How to manage my Adaptec raid controller from command line?

    By vizi0n, December 9, 2016
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • vizi0n
    • October 12

26. Unraid showing failed drive as healthy in dashboard

    By lezo, October 11
    • 1 reply
    • 99 views
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    • JorgeB
    • October 12

27. I need recommendation for a Non-RAID PCIe for music production studio

    By cemE, October 1
    • 13 replies
    • 391 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • October 11

28. Unraid 10Gbps NIC Transfer Speed Drop

    By K.A, October 10
    • 6 replies
    • 135 views
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    • K.A
    • October 10
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30. HDD Dead on Arrival? [SOLVED]

    By VMax711, October 9
    • 3 replies
    • 144 views
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    • VMax711
    • October 10

31. Advice on Change

    By hunter69, October 9
    • 0 replies
    • 70 views
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    • hunter69
    • October 9

32. [Q] Any tips for moving from a Sata card to an LSI card? (2 disks on SATA card ATM)

    By Joshndroid, October 9
    • 2 replies
    • 111 views
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    • Joshndroid
    • October 9

33. WD Red 4TB SSD Error

    By MusicMan1776, October 8
    • 3 replies
    • 97 views
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    • JorgeB
    • October 8

34. New hdd have no warranty and thousands power-on hours. What to do?

    By publicENEMY, October 8
    • 10 replies
    • 141 views
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    • trurl
    • October 8

35. to raid or not to raid

    By Sledgehamma, July 17
    • 3 replies
    • 273 views
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    • Sledgehamma
    • October 7

36. HBA330 vs PERC330?

    By Whiskers, October 6
    • 0 replies
    • 122 views
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    • Whiskers
    • October 6

37. Chosing SSD drives for my cache pool

    By AlainF, September 28
    • 1 reply
    • 187 views
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    • Dural
    • October 6

38. HardDisks not showing up SFF-8087

    By Nick Antoniadis, October 5
    • 2 replies
    • 162 views
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    • Nick Antoniadis
    • October 5

39. Identical HDD Make Model and Serial

    By K1labyt3, September 21
    • 9 replies
    • 258 views
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    • K1labyt3
    • October 2

40. [Solved] Weird CRC Errors [199] during simultaneous preclear of two new drives

    By iripmotoles, September 30
    • 14 replies
    • 259 views
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    • iripmotoles
    • October 2

41. Empty drive

    By JWMutant, October 2
    • 1 reply
    • 111 views
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    • JonathanM
    • October 2

42. Fujitsu 9211-8i Controller

    By speelgoedauto2, September 7
    • 5 replies
    • 220 views
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    • speelgoedauto2
    • October 1

43. Hard drive size sweet spot may be 18TB, Sept. 2021

    By xrqp, September 5
    • 13 replies
    • 665 views
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    • xrqp
    • October 1

44. Add new 4TB drive and replace existing 1 TB SSD drive

    By stlrox, October 1
    • 0 replies
    • 108 views
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    • stlrox
    • October 1

45. Marvell PCIe SATA Controller

    By kennelm, September 28
    • 2 replies
    • 225 views
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    • kennelm
    • September 30

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

    By ezhik, June 4, 2017
    • 81 replies
    • 30.3k views
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    • Jonny
    • September 29

47. I need help getting RAID card passthrough the drives to the OS.

    By mhweb, September 28
    • 2 replies
    • 191 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • September 28

48. Drives not showing up under available drives for array

    By datagnome, September 26
    • 2 replies
    • 148 views
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    • datagnome
    • September 27

49. HBA BANDWIDTH HELP/QUESTION

    By nerbonne, September 24
    • 3 replies
    • 198 views
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    • JorgeB
    • September 25

50. controller with 6 sas ports?

    By AsTuRkInG, September 22
    • 6 replies
    • 181 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • September 23