Storage Devices and Controllers

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

3432 topics in this forum

  1. Does my motherboard support NVME even if it doesn't specifically say so?

    By jang430,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  2. Help identifying card

    By lionel.pereira85,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

  3. [SOLVED] Should I flash this Dell H200 controller?

    By papnikol,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.4k views

  4. HDD's not active on Unraid

    By Bony,
    • 1 reply
    • 744 views

  5. Question about SAS expander

    By Kaltar,
    • 1 reply
    • 812 views

  6. Samsung 970 Evo NVMe and Unraid 6.5.3 (Trial Key)

    By mAYH3M,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  7. Drive died - or didn't it?

    By SheepContoller,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views

  8. Drive disabled - SMART passed - Is it ok?

    By nanoman06,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views

  9. 5400rpm vs 7200rpm use for Parity or Storage

    By mbc0,
    • 8 replies
    • 3k views

  10. Are NAS drives recommended for Unraid?

    By rover87,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  11. 18,446,744,073,709,549,568 writes in 12h, is this normal?

    By enmesh-parisian-latest,
    • 3 replies
    • 768 views

  12. Strange issue now have eth3? (Resolved but not solved)

    By mrbilky,
    • 3 replies
    • 976 views

  13. Errors on brand new 8TB WD White Label drives

    By Random.Name,
    • 14 replies
    • 2.5k views

  14. extending to another case

    By Jackal24,
    • 4 replies
    • 905 views

  15. 2.5" drives

    By tritron,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  16. Move Existing JBOD to UnRaid

    By Moose_Flunky,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.3k views

  17. Bought some SAS drives by mistake

    By Blizzard,
    • 14 replies
    • 4.2k views

  18. Is this disk bad

    By mrbilky,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  19. WD30PURZ 3TB Hard Drive

    By Blade,
    • 0 replies
    • 934 views

  20. Build small nas recommendations

    By pab12play,
    • 1 reply
    • 763 views

  21. Mixing 10Gbe SFP cards compatability?

    By majorspawn,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  22. 4 SATA port PCIe controller

    By mrbilky,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views

  23. AOC-SAT2-MV8 and large drives

    By bobmagnuson,
    • 8 replies
    • 2.7k views

  24. Post-Read verification failed on 10TB WD Red Pro

    By sekrit,
    • 0 replies
    • 863 views

  25. 6 TB Recommendations

    By TODDLT,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.3k views

  26. Help - recommendation for 16-24 bay

    By r4ptor,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views

  27. Non USA residents - how to buy drives in the USA and handle warranty returns

    By Brucey7,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.5k views

  28. Looking for suggestions. Bought 9207-8i

    By M4ST3R-OWNER,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  29. Any advice on SSD choice for beginner?

    By txenakis,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.1k views

  30. 16 PCIe lanes

    By mrbilky,
    • 3 replies
    • 926 views

  31. Spare 250GB SSD - add to cache pool or use UD for Docker/Appdata?

    By DZMM,
    • 0 replies
    • 801 views

  32. LSI SAS9340-8i Unable to discover more than 1 disk

    By Pengy,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views

  33. Extremely slow file transfers (no cache; no parity)

    By ojones,
    • 0 replies
    • 773 views

  34. 32GB cache SSD almost full and file transfers stalling

    By CiaoCiao,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.8k views

  35. fibre parts to use with MNPA19-XTR

    By majorspawn,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  36. Testing an external HDD before disassembling and using it?

    By Raident,
    • 4 replies
    • 990 views

  37. Mini-pcie to PCI express x 16 with ASUS XG-C100C 10Gbe

    By majorspawn,
    • 13 replies
    • 5.2k views

  38. MiniPcie SATA controller card

    By majorspawn,
    • 0 replies
    • 669 views

  39. Surveillance Drives

    By eric.ruck,
    • 1 reply
    • 926 views

  40. Problems to detect all HDDs/SSD

    By Leonardo Takahata,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.3k views

  41. Fast answer... Which is better...

    By Leonardo Takahata,
    • 3 replies
    • 731 views

  42. [solved] Need help finding a reasonably priced 8 drive controller card

    By Just Me,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.8k views

  43. Hard Drive Cable Length

    By Shigo_Naito,
    • 2 replies
    • 965 views

  44. How to define the parity device size

    By Leonardo Takahata,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.9k views

  45. [SOLVED] Difference between Parity Devive and Disk

    By Leonardo Takahata,
    • 2 replies
    • 838 views

  46. Ableconn PEXM2-122 Dual M.2 SATA SSD Controller PCI Express Card Adapter?

    By hawihoney,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views

  47. LSI 9201-16e & PERC H310 Issue

    By RevelRob,
    • 12 replies
    • 2.2k views

  48. Parity HDD with reallocated sectors: is this okay?

    By kimguan,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views

  49. Any apps out there that interpret SMART result files

    By cbr600ds2,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views

  50. Dual parity 2 different drive speeds

    By mrbilky,
    • 2 replies
    • 735 views