Storage Devices and Controllers

Discuss HDDs, SSDs, and the controllers to which they connect!

3432 topics in this forum

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

    By madburg,
    • 1.8k replies
    • 1.3m views

  2. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2 3 4 22

    By JorgeB,
    • 533 replies
    • 208.3k views

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

    By garycase,
    • 523 replies
    • 178.2k views

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

    By SSD,
    • 118 replies
    • 66.5k views

  5. How to upgrade an LSI HBA firmware using Unraid 1 2 3 4

    By JorgeB,
    • 84 replies
    • 45.5k views

  6. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3 4

    By SSD,
    • 79 replies
    • 46.6k views

  7. Failed Drives 1 2 3

    By SSD,
    • 59 replies
    • 26k views

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

    By Rajahal,
    • 10 replies
    • 56.4k views

  9. SATA Controller Cards 1 2 3 4 29

    By Rajahal,
    • 710 replies
    • 323k views

  10. Seagate’s first shingled hard drives now shipping: 8TB for just $260 1 2 3 4 27

    By neilt0,
    • 655 replies
    • 127.5k views

  11. Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS 1 2 3 4 12

    By Tim P.,
    • 284 replies
    • 132.1k views

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

    By Rajahal,
    • 283 replies
    • 122.9k views

  13. Potential Samsung F4 issues. 1 2 3 4 10

    By mcs,
    • 239 replies
    • 92.1k views

  14. 3 M1015's in ESXi not showing all drives in unRAID 1 2 3 4 6

    By RockDawg,
    • 139 replies
    • 39.2k views

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

    By Rajahal,
    • 131 replies
    • 91.5k views

  16. IBM ServerRaid Br10i FRU PCI-e 8x SAS HBA's 1 2 3 4 5

    By Talos,
    • 119 replies
    • 56.8k views

  17. Sata/SAS controllers tested (real world max throughput during parity check) 1 2 3 4 5

    By JorgeB,
    • 118 replies
    • 107.9k views

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

    By Rajahal,
    • 97 replies
    • 85k views

  19. Clearing Confusion on AF Drives 1 2 3 4

    By limetech,
    • 95 replies
    • 37.3k views

  20. Script to enable SATA Controllers without kernel modification 1 2 3 4

    By elkay14,
    • 87 replies
    • 46.9k views

  21. Seagate releases 8TB 3.5inch drive 1 2 3 4

    By zoggy,
    • 85 replies
    • 17.3k views

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

    By ezhik,
    • 84 replies
    • 55.6k views

  23. 4+4... 2x4... and other 8TB algebra 1 2 3 4

    By pkn,
    • 81 replies
    • 18.6k views

  24. Will upgrading controller help my parity check speeds 1 2 3 4

    By TODDLT,
    • 80 replies
    • 10k views

  25. SYBA SI-PEX40071 8 SATA port controller 1 2 3 4

    By Zippi,
    • 79 replies
    • 16k views

  26. A good, but bad disk... badblocks alone can never be trusted. 1 2 3 4

    By Joe L.,
    • 77 replies
    • 51.1k views

  27. PCI-e Sata expansion card 1 2 3 4

    By elnevera,
    • 76 replies
    • 67.1k views

  28. 2 TB Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS Firmware Issues 1 2 3

    By BRiT,
    • 72 replies
    • 69.7k views

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

    By SSD,
    • 72 replies
    • 136.1k views

  30. Preclear and Failed Drives 1 2 3

    By DoeBoye,
    • 67 replies
    • 57.4k views

  31. Anyone Tried a SAS 3008 or Perc h330 Controller? 1 2 3

    By mbc0,
    • 65 replies
    • 11k views

  32. WD Red - new NAS optimized product line 1 2 3

    By gorbachev,
    • 63 replies
    • 24.6k views

  33. Setting up ARC 1200 1 2 3

    By dikkiedirk,
    • 56 replies
    • 13.3k views

  34. [CONFIRMED] Seagate buys Samsung's disk drive business 1 2 3

    By neilt0,
    • 55 replies
    • 18.2k views

  35. High LCC count on WDEARS drives 1 2 3

    By Rajahal,
    • 54 replies
    • 26.1k views

  36. Question about running multiple pre-clear passes 1 2 3

    By Queball,
    • 53 replies
    • 15.4k views

  37. AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 1 2 3

    By greybeard,
    • 53 replies
    • 23.1k views

  38. External Backup 1 2 3

    By apefray,
    • 51 replies
    • 6.3k views

  39. Very Very Slow Write Speed 1 2 3

    By ManishGupta8,
    • 50 replies
    • 8.7k views

  40. 10TB OH MY!!! 1 2

    By jumperalex,
    • 47 replies
    • 12.4k views

  41. unRaid not seeing JBOD drives 1 2

    By ToXIc,
    • 46 replies
    • 8.8k views

  42. cannot see drives 1 2

    By Nelson,
    • 45 replies
    • 5k views

  43. Ready for some HD upgrades after 10 years running UnRaid 1 2

    By HK-Steve,
    • 44 replies
    • 3.9k views

  44. totally lost with install of AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 1 2

    By adrian ballard,
    • 44 replies
    • 21.6k views

  45. Best 8TB Parity Drive? 1 2

    By johnsanc,
    • 43 replies
    • 10.4k views

  46. Are all the 8-port cards the same? 1 2

    By Superorb,
    • 42 replies
    • 5.8k views

  47. HBA + Expander advice needed. 1 2

    By TeCH-Guruz,
    • 42 replies
    • 3.4k views

  48. Recommendation SSD (cache drive) 1 2

    By MvL,
    • 42 replies
    • 55.4k views

  49. Seagate Archive 8TB ST8000AS0002 Unraid 5stable kernel panic 1 2

    By jus7incase,
    • 41 replies
    • 11.1k views

  50. Help: Drives are not recognized by Unraid 1 2

    By ranukaj,
    • 40 replies
    • 15.2k views