Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2 3 4 9

   By JorgeB, January 29, 2021
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   • PhilBarker
   • 4 hours ago

2. Failed Drives 1 2 3

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 54 replies
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   • coolspot
   • November 6

3. How to upgrade an LSI HBA firmware using Unraid 1 2 3

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 56 replies
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   • JorgeB
   • October 17

4. LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes 1 2 3 4 71

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
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   • Hakki
   • October 3

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 118 replies
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   • SimonF
   • May 20, 2021

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

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 523 replies
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   • Lolight
   • May 15, 2021

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

   By Rajahal, February 9, 2011
   • 10 replies
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   • S80_UK
   • February 10, 2020

8. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3

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

9. PCI-e Sata expansion card 1 2 3

   By elnevera, March 5, 2019
   • 67 replies
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   • tr3bjockey
   • 3 hours ago

10. I broke my array, and now rethinking Adaptec 71605

    By Ashish Pandey, 13 hours ago
    • 5 replies
    • 72 views
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    • JorgeB
    • 9 hours ago

11. n00d question: Can I run an external HBA to internal drives?

    By Southpaw32, Wednesday at 11:16 PM
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    • Squid
    • 14 hours ago

12. Getting a "Unmountable: Unsupported partition layout" error after adding new HDD

    By BrandonHassler, Wednesday at 03:13 PM
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    • BrandonHassler
    • Wednesday at 03:44 PM

13. Hard drive size, sweet spot still 18TB, Nov. 2022

    By xrqp, Wednesday at 01:59 AM
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    • xrqp
    • Wednesday at 01:59 AM

14. LSI 9261 8i + BPN-SAS-846EL1 SAS Expander - SATA3 6Gbps Disks Running at only 1.5Gbps

    By BigChunk, Tuesday at 03:55 PM
    • 5 replies
    • 120 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • Wednesday at 01:47 AM

15. Help with NetApp DS4246... disconnecting?

    By Doggeh, November 25
    • 6 replies
    • 126 views
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    • Doggeh
    • Tuesday at 06:37 PM

16. WD red 6 TB situation after preclear

    By zirconi, Sunday at 10:34 AM
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    • zirconi
    • Tuesday at 09:13 AM

17. Prepping my server HDD's for transport

    By madsriisager, Saturday at 10:35 AM
    • 3 replies
    • 152 views
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    • madsriisager
    • Sunday at 09:05 PM

18. How do you add lots of hard drive sata ports to your setup?

    By John Danger, Sunday at 06:40 AM
    • 6 replies
    • 172 views
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    • Kilrah
    • Sunday at 08:33 PM

19. hba + sas expander recommendations

    By anylettuce, Sunday at 05:03 PM
    • 1 reply
    • 92 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • Sunday at 08:02 PM

20. 6x 3TB upgrade

    By ontarian_frog, November 26
    • 3 replies
    • 128 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • Saturday at 03:49 PM

21. How does unRAID write to cache? (Slow cache write, fast read, server freezes)

    By scania471, Saturday at 11:15 AM
    • 2 replies
    • 113 views
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    • scania471
    • Saturday at 11:44 AM

22. WD Red Plus vs WD Red Pro?

    By dtyree, September 6
    • 3 replies
    • 506 views
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    • JorgeB
    • November 25

23. Parity drive warnings: current pending sector is 8 and offline uncorrectable is 1

    By PantThrower, November 25
    • 2 replies
    • 98 views
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    • PantThrower
    • November 25

24. NVME cache drive recommendations

    By Stratto, November 19
    • 7 replies
    • 310 views
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    • spamalam
    • November 24

25. I have some of my movies and tv on an external drive. How do I get it into unraid?

    By ingeborgdot, November 24
    • 2 replies
    • 141 views
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    • ingeborgdot
    • November 24

26. SMART disk test results - differing results - Completed: servo/seek failure

    By fishface, November 18
    • 8 replies
    • 266 views
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    • fishface
    • November 22

27. SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280 overheating?

    By Mobious, November 9
    • 2 replies
    • 267 views
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    • Mobious
    • November 22

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

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 64 replies
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    • cpu
    • November 18

29. SAS drive resized to 512b - Read capacity failed.

    By Mab74, November 18
    • 3 replies
    • 159 views
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    • JorgeB
    • November 18

30. Which expander for Perc H330?

    By dabs, November 16
    • 2 replies
    • 163 views
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    • dabs
    • November 16

31. replacing 2x 8 cards with a 16port

    By ApriliaEdd, June 15
    • 9 replies
    • 433 views
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    • ApriliaEdd
    • November 14

32. Cache drive size and setup??

    By ingeborgdot, November 6
    • 4 replies
    • 301 views
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    • Lolight
    • November 13

33. LSI 9200-8e issues {SOLVED}

    By Erik M, November 3
    • 4 replies
    • 315 views
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    • Erik M
    • November 10

34. New HBA card not showing extra drives?

    By Johnny T, November 8
    • 22 replies
    • 292 views
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    • Johnny T
    • November 10

35. Unable to format Disk 1

    By Arb1ter, November 8
    • 1 reply
    • 214 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • November 8

36. Best option to connect more hdd's?

    By FreakyUnraid, November 7
    • 2 replies
    • 276 views
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    • FreakyUnraid
    • November 7

37. Ivy Bridge NVME support?

    By Varinn, July 2
    • 3 replies
    • 488 views
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    • MarinaTRIO
    • November 3

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

    By ezhik, June 4, 2017
    • 83 replies
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    • C30nn4
    • November 3

39. does a 9207-8i work on pcie 3.0 x1

    By Eisi2005, November 1
    • 2 replies
    • 256 views
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    • Eisi2005
    • November 2

40. Server "halts" after HP P440 bound to vfio

    By csard, October 30
    • 0 replies
    • 263 views
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    • csard
    • October 30

41. Tiered storage? Advice on implementing fast SAS drives to existing SATA array

    By Joakimns, October 29
    • 1 reply
    • 267 views
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    • Kilrah
    • October 29

42. New Inexpensive 24 port SATA PCIE Card

    By bing281, October 27
    • 6 replies
    • 494 views
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    • bing281
    • October 28

43. Adding Standalone Drive for NVR recordings - not wanting in existing array for media

    By ctrl-z, October 25
    • 1 reply
    • 301 views
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    • JorgeB
    • October 25

44. Highpoint RocketRAID 2840A drivers?

    By rtho782, June 7, 2018
    • 5 replies
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    • JorgeB
    • October 25

45. How do I upgrade ARECA drivers in unRAID 8.6.3?

    By Enver, May 24, 2020
    • 1 reply
    • 739 views
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    • BWBama85
    • October 25

46. ecc cet count flips 1 to normal

    By housewrecker, October 22
    • 2 replies
    • 377 views
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    • housewrecker
    • October 23

47. Thoughts on Manufacture Recertified / Refurbished Drives - Exos

    By KermitJr, October 15
    • 4 replies
    • 489 views
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    • KermitJr
    • October 22

48. Mounted Drive with Rclone

    By MosteanuV, October 21
    • 0 replies
    • 293 views
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    • MosteanuV
    • October 21

49. LSI SAS2008 P9211-8i cannot disable "Press Ctrl-C..."

    By endystrike, October 20
    • 1 reply
    • 313 views
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    • endystrike
    • October 20

50. Asmedia onboard ASUS Z87 SATA drives not showing

    By ZACAV, October 11
    • 7 replies
    • 486 views
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    • Lolight
    • October 19