Storage Devices and Controllers

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

3432 topics in this forum

  1. Adding Standalone Drive for NVR recordings - not wanting in existing array for media

    By ctrl-z,
    • 1 reply
    • 965 views

  2. Highpoint RocketRAID 2840A drivers?

    By rtho782,
    • 5 replies
    • 2k views

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

    By Enver,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  4. ecc cet count flips 1 to normal

    By housewrecker,
    • 2 replies
    • 725 views

  5. Thoughts on Manufacture Recertified / Refurbished Drives - Exos

    By KermitJr,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.9k views

  6. Mounted Drive with Rclone

    By MosteanuV,
    • 0 replies
    • 529 views

  7. LSI SAS2008 P9211-8i cannot disable "Press Ctrl-C..."

    By endystrike,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  8. Asmedia onboard ASUS Z87 SATA drives not showing

    By ZACAV,
    • 7 replies
    • 943 views

  9. How to use SSD in UNRAID

    By MosteanuV,
    • 1 reply
    • 981 views

  10. Help with information for lsi hba

    By xxbryantd,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  11. BTRFS utilizing remaining free space issue

    By tjb_altf4,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.2k views

  12. WD My Book Disk missing after boot.

    By Guy Zipory,
    • 0 replies
    • 532 views

  13. HP H240 detects backplane but not drives

    By pomtom44,
    • 7 replies
    • 830 views

  14. It's been a while... Suggestions on 5TB drives please

    By CRD,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.1k views

  15. Moving an HBA to another PCI-e slot on the mainboard

    By Jacko_,
    • 3 replies
    • 695 views

  16. Testing disk performance

    By tucansam,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views

  17. "Storage Option Boot Control" setting with LSI 9201-8i and Unraid - best practice?

    By ScoopGP,
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views

  18. Flash drive or usb card reader for OS

    By ingeborgdot,
    • 6 replies
    • 771 views

  19. Disks don't go sleeping because of Nginx Proxy Manager

    By StrongDan,
    • 0 replies
    • 591 views

  20. Improving performance, multiple controllers?

    By tucansam,
    • 5 replies
    • 830 views

  21. Move Parity Disc from external USB3 to SATA

    By Dominik.W,
    • 5 replies
    • 640 views

  22. SAS2008 doesn't show up on LInux/DOS/UEFI

    By Int3g3r,
    • 0 replies
    • 581 views

  23. 3 drives pre-cleare done, are they fit for production?

    By Flemming,
    • 3 replies
    • 648 views

  24. Backup unRAID server - Hard Drive enclosure (internal sata)

    By Deeps,
    • 1 reply
    • 763 views

  25. LSI SAS Controller Questions

    By elnevera,
    • 14 replies
    • 2.2k views

  26. SMART HDD Power On Hours 77086, 9 years?

    By wisem2540,
    • 8 replies
    • 16k views

  27. Got an Icy Dock now HDD’s are getting hot

    By Pstark,
    • 14 replies
    • 1.5k views

  28. Extended SMART test passed, but shows errors elsewhere

    By Varean,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views

  29. Had fire can I copy data from individual drives

    By willie57,
    • 3 replies
    • 558 views

  30. Parity drive question!

    By MosteanuV,
    • 2 replies
    • 734 views

  31. Pre-clear error on new HDD

    By Max3dmoon,
    • 9 replies
    • 788 views

  32. Installation of the SATA controller in the M.2 port

    By ZiemaF,
    • 2 replies
    • 984 views

  33. SAS drives don't have SMART status

    By EzrealC,
    • 9 replies
    • 3.7k views

  34. Reliable Vendor for genuine LSI 9305-24i

    By kolepard,
    • 1 reply
    • 865 views

  35. Help with LSI card in HP server, not reading disks

    By pomtom44,
    • 12 replies
    • 2k views

  36. Parity Errors then an Unexplained Parity Drive Error

    By geofbennett,
    • 23 replies
    • 1.3k views

  37. Help requested Lost all data because disconnected Areca-1222

    By sandb0x,
    • 6 replies
    • 723 views

  38. Preclear failed

    By andyjayh,
    • 4 replies
    • 713 views

  39. USB 3 multiple HDD backup - cold storage

    By flying_rabbi,
    • 2 replies
    • 829 views

  40. data recovery company

    By droopie,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views

  41. Bad log information and drives mounted as read only

    By BxReap3r,
    • 1 reply
    • 567 views

  42. Cache drives - what to use for docker and app storage vs. download cache

    By Dazza993,
    • 4 replies
    • 816 views

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

    By DrSiva2022,
    • 1 reply
    • 646 views

  44. Change dead disk with one smaller disk

    By vshade,
    • 6 replies
    • 709 views

  45. SSD w/ reallocated count slowly increasing: replace now or wait?

    By VelcroBP,
    • 1 reply
    • 455 views

  46. Strange drive benchmark - speeding up towards end of drive.

    By MustardTiger,
    • 4 replies
    • 678 views

  47. Warranty this SSD?

    By cyberspectre,
    • 2 replies
    • 863 views

  48. anyone using a CT1000MX500 for cache drive

    By robti,
    • 2 replies
    • 727 views

  49. UNRAID WON'T BOOT + NVME M.2 (CACHE DRIVE) NOT SHOWN IN BIOS

    By maxkra,
    • 2 replies
    • 842 views

  50. Anyone successfully using QNAP external RAID expansion (on QNAP hardware)?

    By pinster,
    • 1 reply
    • 750 views