Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes 1 2 3 4 68

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
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   • Jonaskp
   • Saturday at 09:34 AM

2. SATA Controller Cards 1 2 3 4 28

   By Rajahal, April 16, 2011
   • 676 replies
   • 258.4k views
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   • anschluss
   • January 22

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

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 509 replies
   • 123.5k views
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   • Hoopster
   • December 15, 2020

4. 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

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 116 replies
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   • flyize
   • December 4, 2020

6. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3

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

7. Failed Drives

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 21 replies
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   • toms_jeep
   • November 6, 2020

8. How to upgrade an LSI HBA firmware using Unraid

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 8 replies
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   • Hoopster
   • January 30

9. Recommended controllers for Unraid, last updated 02/2021

   By JorgeB, January 29
   • 2 replies
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   • JorgeB
   • January 29

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

    By SSD, July 7, 2014
    • 71 replies
    • 126k views
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    • garycase
    • December 24, 2018

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

    By Tim P., February 19, 2010
    • 284 replies
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    • thespooler
    • February 24, 2016

12. Do not run WDIDLE3 /D on the new Western Digital EZRX drives 1 2

    By tyrindor, September 29, 2011
    • 26 replies
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    • bonienl
    • November 3, 2017

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

    By Rajahal, January 4, 2011
    • 283 replies
    • 108.3k views
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    • BobPhoenix
    • July 14, 2013

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

    By neilt0, December 8, 2014
    • 655 replies
    • 93.2k views
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    • pkn
    • July 1, 2015

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

    By Rajahal, March 29, 2012
    • 131 replies
    • 82.3k views
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    • optiman
    • January 30, 2018

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

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

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

    By mcs, December 4, 2010
    • 239 replies
    • 78.2k views
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    • 00b5
    • April 13, 2013

18. 2 TB Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS Firmware Issues 1 2 3

    By BRiT, November 27, 2010
    • 72 replies
    • 61.9k views
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    • jonlai9
    • April 16, 2011

19. Preclear and Failed Drives 1 2 3

    By DoeBoye, April 27, 2011
    • 67 replies
    • 51.5k views
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    • jtcweb
    • November 6, 2014

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

    By Talos, August 17, 2010
    • 119 replies
    • 49.7k views
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    • generalz
    • May 9, 2012

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

    By Joe L., November 17, 2012
    • 77 replies
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    • WeeboTech
    • October 22, 2015

22. Recommendation SSD (cache drive) 1 2

    By MvL, April 20, 2018
    • 42 replies
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    • Snuups
    • August 18, 2020

23. Cheap Marvell-based (88SE9230) 4-port SATA3 PCIe 4x Controller 1 2

    By brandon, November 1, 2012
    • 29 replies
    • 36.1k views
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    • eschultz
    • January 26, 2013

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

    By TheWombat, April 21, 2013
    • 34 replies
    • 36.1k views
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    • Fuggin
    • June 7, 2017

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

    By master.h, September 5, 2013
    • 28 replies
    • 35.1k views
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    • kolla
    • December 24, 2020

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

    By elkay14, May 1, 2012
    • 84 replies
    • 35k views
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    • steven_76
    • November 11, 2020

27. Clearing Confusion on AF Drives 1 2 3 4

    By limetech, January 5, 2011
    • 95 replies
    • 31.8k views
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    • dwoods99
    • October 5, 2012

28. 3 M1015's in ESXi not showing all drives in unRAID 1 2 3 4 6

    By RockDawg, September 2, 2012
    • 139 replies
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    • mejutty
    • June 28, 2013

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

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 30 replies
    • 28.6k views
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    • JorgeB
    • July 30, 2020

30. Multi_Zone_Error_Rate (again)

    By PeterB, March 30, 2011
    • 18 replies
    • 25.9k views
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    • PeterB
    • May 26, 2011

31. 4TB Seagate Faceoff - DX vs DM

    By JimmyJoe, February 23, 2013
    • 20 replies
    • 25.4k views
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    • garycase
    • August 4, 2016

32. [SOLVED] Flashing LSI 9220-8i Controller (IBM M1015) on a ASROCK 970 Extreme3

    By newbie_dude, February 11, 2013
    • 10 replies
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    • unTER
    • May 7, 2014

33. Any experience with Seagate ST3000DM001 3TB? 1 2

    By HiSoC8Y, July 5, 2012
    • 27 replies
    • 24.1k views
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    • korith
    • July 5, 2014

34. Drive Identification - Shucked Seagate Expansion External (Not an Archive Drive?)

    By Kevlar21, July 4, 2017
    • 12 replies
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    • starcat
    • October 18, 2017

35. WD20EARX 1 2

    By furymaster, May 11, 2011
    • 25 replies
    • 23.3k views
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    • PeterB
    • April 13, 2012

36. HOW TO: Remove HPA with HDAT2 from USB Flash Drive

    By lishpy, November 13, 2011
    • 1 reply
    • 22.2k views
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    • Rajahal
    • November 14, 2011

37. Fujitsu D2607-8i - Crossflash to LSI 9211-8i 1 2

    By ezhik, June 4, 2017
    • 48 replies
    • 21.5k views
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    • Jonny
    • February 22

38. Please explain how to flash a M1015 on a X9SCM-F 1 2

    By dikkiedirk, June 10, 2012
    • 30 replies
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    • boyett
    • January 20, 2014

39. SATA link down?

    By gorbachev, April 18, 2011
    • 7 replies
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    • gorbachev
    • May 2, 2011

40. PCI-e Sata expansion card 1 2 3

    By elnevera, March 5, 2019
    • 65 replies
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    • beverage
    • February 1

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

    By gorbachev, July 10, 2012
    • 63 replies
    • 20.9k views
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    • Nnyan
    • October 23, 2012

42. Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB drive rated at 2400 power-on hours

    By vca, March 17, 2013
    • 10 replies
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    • unevent
    • March 23, 2013

43. LSI SAS 3008 - supported?

    By jbartlett, February 12, 2014
    • 14 replies
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    • TUMS
    • April 15, 2018

44. AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 1 2 3

    By greybeard, June 11, 2011
    • 53 replies
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    • petrolboerke
    • July 14, 2013

45. AOC-SAT2-MV8 with 3TB Drives? 1 2

    By tyrindor, July 19, 2011
    • 33 replies
    • 19.1k views
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    • starcat
    • January 17, 2014

46. High LCC count on WDEARS drives 1 2 3

    By Rajahal, July 24, 2011
    • 54 replies
    • 18.8k views
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    • c3
    • July 14, 2012

47. Using a HP Smart Array P400 in a non-HP system?

    By Exin, May 17, 2012
    • 15 replies
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    • 1812
    • March 14, 2018

48. 4TB - WD Red or Seagate NAS? 1 2

    By JustinAiken, September 15, 2013
    • 27 replies
    • 18.2k views
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    • mr_cb7
    • August 6, 2014

49. IBM ServeRAID M1015/LSI SAS9220-8i PCI-Express PCIe8-port 6G SAS+SATA FRU46M0861 1 2

    By Harpz, February 15, 2013
    • 27 replies
    • 18.1k views
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    • jowi
    • March 14, 2013

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

    By adrian ballard, August 25, 2013
    • 44 replies
    • 18.1k views
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    • cirkator
    • July 31, 2014