Storage Devices and Controllers

2224 topics in this forum

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 115 replies
   • 38927 views
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   • Enver
   • May 7

2. SATA Controller Cards 1 2 3 4 27

   By Rajahal, April 16, 2011
   • 661 replies
   • 229397 views
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   • DeanJanscak
   • April 18

3. Failed Drives

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 20 replies
   • 9927 views
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   • Michael_P
   • April 18

4. Seagate 8TB Shingled Drives in UnRAID 1 2 3 4 20

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 476 replies
   • 100984 views
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   • reboot81
   • April 1

5. LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes 1 2 3 4 67

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
   • 1672 replies
   • 916998 views
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   • Murux
   • March 18

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

   By Rajahal, February 9, 2011
   • 10 replies
   • 44040 views
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   • S80_UK
   • February 10

7. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 62 replies
   • 26816 views
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   • Tybio
   • January 23, 2019

8. *** SEAGATE 5TB EXTERNALS - MYSTERY SOLVED *** 1 2 3

   By SSD, July 7, 2014
   • 71 replies
   • 119506 views
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   • garycase
   • December 24, 2018

9. Which 4 TB drive should I buy? 1 2 3 4 6

   By Rajahal, March 29, 2012
   • 131 replies
   • 74509 views
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   • Switchblade
   • January 30, 2018

10. [SOLVED] Disabling RAID from AOC-SASLP-MV8 firmware .21 1 2

    By TheWombat, April 21, 2013
    • 34 replies
    • 32488 views
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    • Fuggin
    • June 7, 2017

11. Which 3 TB drive should I buy? 1 2 3 4

    By Rajahal, January 21, 2011
    • 97 replies
    • 74765 views
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    • karateo
    • December 24, 2016

12. Preclear and Failed Drives 1 2 3

    By DoeBoye, April 27, 2011
    • 67 replies
    • 49825 views
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    • jtcweb
    • November 6, 2014

13. Which 2 TB drive should I buy? 1 2 3 4 12

    By Rajahal, January 4, 2011
    • 283 replies
    • 104604 views
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    • BobPhoenix
    • July 14, 2013

14. Issue with VT-D and Unraid 6.8.3

    By nimaim, 4 hours ago
    • 12 replies
    • 89 views
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    • johnnie.black
    • 3 minutes ago

15. Low Level format ssd

    By caplam, 6 hours ago
    • 2 replies
    • 31 views
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    • caplam
    • 5 hours ago

16. [SOLVED] SAS Drive Help - Not being detected in BIOS on start up

    By Blizzard, yesterday at 11:07 AM
    • 5 replies
    • 60 views
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    • Blizzard
    • 10 hours ago

17. [SOLVED] Do I need to flash my Silverstone ECS04 to IT Mode?

    By the1poet, 16 hours ago
    • 1 reply
    • 66 views
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    • the1poet
    • 11 hours ago

18. unraid - trail USB drives not spinning up

    By faxfan2002, yesterday at 10:23 AM
    • 7 replies
    • 66 views
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    • trurl
    • Yesterday at 02:00 PM

19. Advice about LSI 9201 vs 9300 vs 9400

    By Koenig, Saturday at 06:06 AM
    • 2 replies
    • 91 views
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    • UhClem
    • Monday at 08:20 PM

20. Does UnRaid OS wear out SSDs Prematurely?

    By binar, May 27
    • 6 replies
    • 200 views
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    • caplam
    • Monday at 02:53 PM

21. advice on storage controller

    By caplam, Monday at 02:41 PM
    • 0 replies
    • 39 views
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    • caplam
    • Monday at 02:41 PM

22. I just lost my plex library

    By platta, Monday at 02:58 AM
    • 5 replies
    • 89 views
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    • platta
    • Monday at 01:39 PM

23. WD Red SMR vs CMR Tested -- Avoid Red SMR

    By peterg23, Monday at 01:39 AM
    • 0 replies
    • 120 views
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    • peterg23
    • Monday at 01:39 AM

24. Corsair M.2 SSD MP510 compatability

    By CrossFireS, February 1
    • 3 replies
    • 262 views
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    • Polopretress
    • Sunday at 06:12 PM

25. small lsi controller?

    By Abzstrak, May 24
    • 2 replies
    • 127 views
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    • Abzstrak
    • Sunday at 05:28 PM

26. OCZ Revo as Cache Drive

    By rpx666, Sunday at 05:32 AM
    • 2 replies
    • 61 views
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    • rpx666
    • Sunday at 03:14 PM

27. Is Norco gone? (Help, need a new backplane!)

    By veruszetec, Friday at 03:59 PM
    • 4 replies
    • 120 views
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    • veruszetec
    • Sunday at 05:59 AM

28. WD EastStore 10TB NOT $159

    By opentoe, Saturday at 07:58 AM
    • 0 replies
    • 313 views
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    • opentoe
    • Saturday at 07:58 AM

29. m.2 slots for cache. will it work?

    By Jessie, May 28
    • 3 replies
    • 119 views
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    • Jessie
    • Friday at 10:40 AM

30. UnRaid OS 12gb/sec. transfer speed support?

    By binar, May 26
    • 6 replies
    • 168 views
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    • binar
    • May 27

31. Drives running at SATA150 instead of SATA300/600

    By ElectroBlvd, April 18
    • 19 replies
    • 233 views
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    • johnnie.black
    • May 27

32. Alternative to HBA LSI SAS card that supports trim for cache pool? Or does trim matter?

    By TexasUnraid, May 25
    • 4 replies
    • 182 views
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    • TexasUnraid
    • May 26

33. Multiple LSI Cards in Same System?

    By gloryboxfailure, May 25
    • 3 replies
    • 108 views
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    • gloryboxfailure
    • May 26

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

    By Enver, May 24
    • 0 replies
    • 74 views
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    • Enver
    • May 24

35. Parity drive speed question

    By Jason Harris, May 21
    • 3 replies
    • 153 views
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    • jonathanm
    • May 22

36. External USB Disk SMART report?

    By Phoenix Down, May 21
    • 4 replies
    • 147 views
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    • Phoenix Down
    • May 22

37. What is the best controller I can use for Dell R710??

    By dead_soul, March 18, 2019
    • 15 replies
    • 1504 views
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    • lalu97
    • May 22

38. ESATA Enclosure Setup

    By Taza, May 19
    • 6 replies
    • 195 views
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    • Michael_P
    • May 20

39. 8TB EasyStore WD White Label Issue

    By ssean, January 11, 2018
    • 9 replies
    • 7640 views
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    • wheel
    • May 19

40. SAS vs SATA

    By Jetjockey, May 13
    • 2 replies
    • 154 views
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    • Benson
    • May 19

41. HPE H240

    By wheelhouse2009, May 15
    • 0 replies
    • 188 views
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    • wheelhouse2009
    • May 15

42. Recommend 16 port controller

    By cepler, May 12
    • 2 replies
    • 143 views
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    • cepler
    • May 15

43. LSI 9211-8i IT Mode Firmware Flash Issue

    By XiuzSu, May 12
    • 11 replies
    • 189 views
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    • XiuzSu
    • May 15
44. [SOLVED] ISO not booting

    Topic was moved to forum VM Engine (KVM)

45. Upgrade path for 8+ drives

    By Ctofte, May 11
    • 4 replies
    • 168 views
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    • Ctofte
    • May 14

46. HBA mode and P420i RAID card performance impact

    By TheKingdomOfBadDecisions, May 14
    • 1 reply
    • 114 views
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    • trurl
    • May 14

47. SAS drives in Unraid. X10SL7-F.

    By Jetjockey, May 13
    • 2 replies
    • 107 views
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    • Jetjockey
    • May 13

48. Deterministic SSD Recommendations

    By Skrumpy, May 6
    • 11 replies
    • 281 views
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    • johnnie.black
    • May 13

49. Any way to permanently acknowledge SMART errors?

    By technorati, May 9
    • 17 replies
    • 199 views
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    • johnnie.black
    • May 13

50. Which of the Hdd's should i choose.

    By KoNeko, May 12
    • 2 replies
    • 120 views
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    • KoNeko
    • May 12