Storage Devices and Controllers

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

3432 topics in this forum

  1. Art of Server - 13 Reasons Why | your drives are not showing up in your LSI HBA

    By ChatNoir,
    • 0 replies
    • 767 views

  2. HD manufactures catch on? :)

    By opentoe,
    • 0 replies
    • 594 views

  3. Adding more Drives

    By Lioncat55,
    • 2 replies
    • 616 views

  4. Lost In Configuration - Adaptec 71605

    By ibphantom,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.2k views

  5. UNRAID Reporting SMART Errors on SAS 2.5" Drives

    By Geoff Bland,
    • 2 replies
    • 614 views

  6. SOLVED: Added a used SSD for a new cache pool - Unmountable

    By deano_southafrican,
    • 4 replies
    • 779 views

  7. Moving all controllers / drives to 12G.

    By opentoe,
    • 0 replies
    • 589 views

  8. Will this cable work with my HBA LSI card?

    By Victor90,
    • 1 reply
    • 592 views

  9. Drive stuck at 90% in SMART Extended test?

    By christenlanger,
    • 0 replies
    • 908 views

  10. Slow SMB file transfer? - only 50% speed

    Topic was moved to forum General Support

  11. 2nd round of preclear failed, should I return this HDD?

    By ryukenhin,
    • 6 replies
    • 804 views

  12. ... is this SMART result concerning...

    By ChristianMingle,
    • 23 replies
    • 1.6k views

  13. Auto setting for disk temperature thresholds?

    By oh-tomo,
    • 0 replies
    • 497 views

  14. Incorrect NVMe temperature warning notifications

    By julianhj,
    • 2 replies
    • 896 views

  15. HP H240 Smart HBA - 726907-B21

    By steppi,
    • 1 reply
    • 688 views

  16. Is it a bad idea to skip pre-read/post-read for pre-clear stress testing after the first one?

    By christenlanger,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.2k views

  17. [Warning] WD My Book enclosure reuse trick doesn't work anymore

    By Majyk Oyster,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.5k views

  18. Substantial price increases for SAS controllers and Mallanox NICs?

    By Lebowski89,
    • 0 replies
    • 481 views

  19. NVME asking for preclear?

    By lazydaze,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  20. Seagate Exos X or IronWolf?

    By cholzer,
    • 5 replies
    • 6.1k views

  21. Disks with SMART Error

    By Ming233,
    • 1 reply
    • 531 views

  22. Dell PERC H730 Mini - HBA Mode - Non Dell Drive

    By Copey,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  23. Very Slow Transfer Speeds 14Mb/s

    By Tom98,
    • 6 replies
    • 889 views

  24. SSD's as array, mech. disk parity... Thoughts, considerations & abuse

    By Nasha,
    • 3 replies
    • 3.2k views

  25. Dell H710P Full Size IT Mode not detecting SAS drives

    By Lioncat55,
    • 2 replies
    • 732 views

  26. I'm stuck flashing LSI 2008-based SAS controller into IT mode

    By raidbrigade,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  27. Multiple drives disabled

    By nettech_gt,
    • 2 replies
    • 495 views

  28. Adding a Dell SC4020 to current setup

    By mrmagoo_83,
    • 4 replies
    • 697 views

  29. Adventures of building an external enclosure

    By charlesshoults,
    • 21 replies
    • 4.7k views

  30. Physically Labeling HDD, but...

    By lazydaze,
    • 2 replies
    • 483 views

  31. PCIE to SATA card suggestion

    By Ming233,
    • 2 replies
    • 760 views

  32. Configuring LSI 9400-16i

    By opentoe,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.5k views

  33. Best practices for NVMe + SSD for VMs/Docker

    By calvados,
    • 1 reply
    • 2.4k views

  34. 9211-8i with Gigabyte Z590 VISION G not posting

    By toof22,
    • 4 replies
    • 908 views

  35. Onboard SATA vs LSI 9207/9211

    By dalben,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  36. External JBoD case doesn't hibernate

    By daTroll,
    • 23 replies
    • 2k views

  37. R720: GPU is disabling LSI 9200-8e HBA (IT) controller

    By Brenton Spear,
    • 0 replies
    • 541 views

  38. Norco 4020 Fried Need Complete rebuild

    By Autohaul58,
    • 2 replies
    • 571 views

  39. Is this a reliable HDD?

    By Sepp,
    • 1 reply
    • 698 views

  40. Pre-Clear speed increases with less harddrives

    By MrGumba,
    • 3 replies
    • 810 views

  41. LSI HBA 9211-8i: connected devices not shown despite IT mode

    By chrismuc,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views

  42. Parity was not found 1 2

    By pokes,
    • 26 replies
    • 2.2k views

  43. What is the oldest drive in your Array

    By hey__me,
    • 12 replies
    • 1.4k views

  44. Can an LSI HBA Support a conversion cable?

    By Maticks,
    • 1 reply
    • 655 views

  45. Are my disks too hot?

    By UnKwicks,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.8k views

  46. Dell PowerEdge T610 with H700 controller - best replacement controller

    By ProServ,
    • 2 replies
    • 757 views

  47. LSI 9212-4i RAID Card More than 4 Drives

    By Georgesaker147,
    • 1 reply
    • 711 views

  48. Is HDD Cache Relevant?

    By PeteyBoPetey,
    • 1 reply
    • 543 views

  49. Replacing a 512gb SSD with a 512gb SSD Disk is too small?

    By mathomas3,
    • 4 replies
    • 462 views

  50. R720 raidcard

    By DigDug5002,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.3k views