Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2 3 4 5

   By JorgeB, January 29, 2021
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   • Eliy1970
   • June 21

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

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 47 replies
   • 12.6k views
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   • elnevera
   • May 5

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

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
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   • wilsonhomelab
   • March 22

4. Failed Drives 1 2 3

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 53 replies
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   • AlexKoh
   • February 27

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 118 replies
   • 53.8k views
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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
   • 145.8k views
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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
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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. Onboard SATA vs LSI 9207/9211

   By dalben, yesterday at 02:21 AM
   • 1 reply
   • 94 views
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   • JorgeB
   • Yesterday at 07:20 AM

10. External JBoD case doesn't hibernate

    By daTroll, June 13
    • 24 replies
    • 310 views
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    • daTroll
    • Tuesday at 01:05 PM

11. Ivy Bridge NVME support?

    By Varinn, Saturday at 08:31 PM
    • 2 replies
    • 89 views
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    • Varinn
    • Sunday at 02:28 PM

12. 9211-8i with Gigabyte Z590 VISION G not posting

    By toof22, Saturday at 10:16 PM
    • 3 replies
    • 78 views
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    • JorgeB
    • Sunday at 01:35 PM

13. R720: GPU is disabling LSI 9200-8e HBA (IT) controller

    By Brenton Spear, Saturday at 11:07 PM
    • 0 replies
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    • Brenton Spear
    • Saturday at 11:07 PM

14. Norco 4020 Fried Need Complete rebuild

    By Autohaul58, Saturday at 01:39 PM
    • 2 replies
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    • Autohaul58
    • Saturday at 02:06 PM

15. Is this a reliable HDD?

    By Sepp, Friday at 06:15 PM
    • 1 reply
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    • JorgeB
    • Friday at 06:19 PM

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

    By master.h, September 5, 2013
    • 35 replies
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    • Karl_C
    • July 1

17. Hard drive size sweet spot may be 18TB, Sept. 2021 1 2

    By xrqp, September 5, 2021
    • 36 replies
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    • xrqp
    • June 30

18. Adventures of building an external enclosure

    By charlesshoults, June 16
    • 11 replies
    • 382 views
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    • charlesshoults
    • June 30

19. Pre-Clear speed increases with less harddrives

    By MrGumba, June 29
    • 3 replies
    • 100 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 29

20. LSI HBA 9211-8i: connected devices not shown despite IT mode

    By chrismuc, June 23
    • 7 replies
    • 205 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • June 26

21. Parity was not found 1 2

    By pokes, April 16, 2021
    • 26 replies
    • 956 views
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    • pokes
    • June 25

22. Best practices for NVMe + SSD for VMs/Docker

    By calvados, June 24
    • 0 replies
    • 162 views
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    • calvados
    • June 24

23. PCI-e Sata expansion card 1 2 3

    By elnevera, March 5, 2019
    • 66 replies
    • 41.3k views
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    • bigbangus
    • June 24

24. ... is this SMART result concerning...

    By ChristianMingle, June 24
    • 1 reply
    • 106 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 24

25. What is the oldest drive in your Array

    By hey__me, December 30, 2021
    • 12 replies
    • 689 views
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    • dave_m
    • June 22

26. What is a good external USB RAID enclosure?

    By Lectoid, June 20
    • 0 replies
    • 120 views
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    • Lectoid
    • June 20

27. Can an LSI HBA Support a conversion cable?

    By Maticks, June 19
    • 1 reply
    • 116 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • June 19

28. Adding a Dell SC4020 to current setup

    By mrmagoo_83, June 17
    • 1 reply
    • 140 views
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    • SimonF
    • June 18

29. Are my disks too hot?

    By UnKwicks, June 16
    • 3 replies
    • 161 views
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    • UnKwicks
    • June 16

30. replacing 2x 8 cards with a 16port

    By ApriliaEdd, June 15
    • 7 replies
    • 155 views
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    • ApriliaEdd
    • June 15

31. Dell PowerEdge T610 with H700 controller - best replacement controller

    By ProServ, June 13
    • 2 replies
    • 175 views
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    • ProServ
    • June 14

32. LSI 9212-4i RAID Card More than 4 Drives

    By Georgesaker147, June 11
    • 1 reply
    • 174 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 11

33. Is HDD Cache Relevant?

    By PeteyBoPetey, June 11
    • 1 reply
    • 156 views
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    • MAM59
    • June 11

34. Replacing a 512gb SSD with a 512gb SSD Disk is too small?

    By mathomas3, June 10
    • 4 replies
    • 167 views
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    • mathomas3
    • June 11

35. R720 raidcard

    By DigDug5002, May 27
    • 8 replies
    • 389 views
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    • G Speed
    • June 10

36. HP Drive Shelf M6720

    By mathomas3, June 10
    • 3 replies
    • 130 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 10

37. Unable to start array after switching to SAS/SATA Controller

    By Siggz, June 10
    • 3 replies
    • 135 views
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    • Siggz
    • June 10

38. Old Unraid Drive showing up as "No Media"

    By Koramor, June 2
    • 4 replies
    • 224 views
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    • Koramor
    • June 8

39. How to add a shucked HDD without needing to copy contents into array and how to mount entire HDD to Windows VM ?

    By DrSiva2022, June 7
    • 0 replies
    • 132 views
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    • DrSiva2022
    • June 7

40. SSD and M.2 not detected on Intel NUC

    By H3is3nb3rg, June 6
    • 8 replies
    • 217 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 7

41. SATA/RAID controller compatibility/purchase help

    By DCWolfie, May 29
    • 6 replies
    • 282 views
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    • whipdancer
    • June 5

42. Mix sata / sas drives?

    By BobbyDing, June 3
    • 3 replies
    • 246 views
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    • BobbyDing
    • June 5

43. Help me choose a new hard drive?

    By ChutneyBadger, June 3
    • 0 replies
    • 157 views
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    • ChutneyBadger
    • June 3

44. 【DISK SPEED】How did the hard disk write speed suddenly drop?

    By wdnaser, June 3
    • 2 replies
    • 134 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 3

45. Can't flash SAS9220-8i without PS2 keyboard ?

    By Kappawaii, June 2
    • 0 replies
    • 131 views
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    • Kappawaii
    • June 2

46. Seagate Archive 5Tb ST5000AS0001

    By Squazz, May 29
    • 5 replies
    • 270 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 2

47. SAS/SATA controller

    By banterer, April 15
    • 16 replies
    • 554 views
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    • Hoopster
    • June 1

48. Cache Drive: SMR versus CMR? Desktop class versus NAS?

    By Jaybau, June 1
    • 0 replies
    • 161 views
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    • Jaybau
    • June 1

49. Changing SATA Controller?

    By sdesbure, May 31
    • 2 replies
    • 266 views
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    • sdesbure
    • May 31

50. LSI 9305-24i firmware update Unraid 6.9.2

    By SluggishWorm, April 4
    • 1 reply
    • 329 views
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    • AgentXXL
    • May 30