Storage Devices and Controllers

3,508 topics in this forum

1. Best Format for an External Drive (outside the array)

   By TODDLT, July 15
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   • _cjd_
   • July 21

2. Oculink for external enclosure. Anybody used this brand?

   By Geck0, July 19
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   • 478 views
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   • Kilrah
   • July 19

3. Device is Disabled, Contents Emulated

   By updatenil, December 18, 2023
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   • updatenil
   • July 17

4. Cable/adapter that adds SATA DevSleep ability?

   By mgutt, September 22, 2020
   • 1 reply
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   • kinoapparatom
   • July 15

5. Questions about setting up SSD cache

   By asbath, April 12
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   • wkellogg
   • July 13

6. WARNING: Crucial MX500 SSDs world of pain, stay away from these

   By coreylane, February 12, 2023
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   • Keexrean
   • July 12

7. Move to rack mount setup | Questions about HBA and backplane

   By peace-keeping-villa8590, July 7
   • 8 replies
   • 608 views
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   • peace-keeping-villa8590
   • July 12

8. Cache pools - 1tb NVME Gen3 and 1tb NVME gen 4

   By qal1h, July 5
   • 1 reply
   • 557 views
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   • qal1h
   • July 10

9. My Supermicro server should be much faster than this.....

   By jesseasi, July 3
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   • jesseasi
   • July 5

10. Unmountable: Unsupported partition layout

    By Foofaraw, July 3
    • 2 replies
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    • JorgeB
    • July 3

11. Do i “need” SSD cache pool?

    By kakburken, June 28
    • 12 replies
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    • kakburken
    • July 1

12. Drive not powering up

    By Ceco, January 27
    • 4 replies
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    • gacpac
    • July 1

13. SOLVED - how to ID if my hard drive is using SMR or PMR Technology

    By chris_netsmart, June 27
    • 5 replies
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    • chris_netsmart
    • June 27

14. Hard drive size sweet spot may be 18TB, Sept. 2021 1 2

    By xrqp, September 5, 2021
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    • xrqp
    • June 26

15. Vertically mounted HDD's

    By DarB, June 25
    • 6 replies
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    • DarB
    • June 26

16. Western Digital don't "spin down"

    By Jazer, February 17, 2023
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    • Zonediver
    • June 23

17. Can't stop the array because the system can't unmount an already unmounted disk

    By jgtierney, June 22
    • 2 replies
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    • jgtierney
    • June 22

18. Use a QNAP TL-D1600S Expansion DAS to expand existing Setup

    By timethrow, February 14, 2021
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    • BRiT
    • June 18

19. Change NVMe Temp Sensor in Dashboard?

    By ConnerVT, June 8
    • 3 replies
    • 508 views
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    • ConnerVT
    • June 16

20. Connectiong Drives to SFF PC Via LSI 9206-16e Card - Drives unseen

    By Tuntira, June 5
    • 9 replies
    • 558 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 15

21. CRC Error just poped up ...

    By SiRMarlon, January 20, 2023
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    • DarB
    • June 12

22. Need some guidance regarding SAS expansion cards

    By Pandemic, June 11
    • 3 replies
    • 532 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 11

23. Unraid crash with LSI 9207-8i controller

    By Stembo, January 11
    • 8 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Zonediver
    • June 7

24. ZFS cache and consumer SSD

    By Lebowski89, June 5
    • 1 reply
    • 585 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 5

25. Best HBA controller for 18TB drives

    By hallamnet, June 2
    • 5 replies
    • 778 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 4

26. Not all disks recognized by BIOS (reverse breakout)

    By Georg, March 28, 2020
    • 13 replies
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    • MammothJerk
    • June 2

27. New SAS HDD not being detected as a device

    By Neuron89, May 23
    • 5 replies
    • 524 views
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    • electron286
    • June 2

28. Adaptec 72405 to Replace Existing Array on LSI 9210-8i ?

    By jivetrky, June 19, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • DevXen
    • June 2

29. Zfs raid 0 + Raid 1 configuration question

    By tylerdotdo, May 30
    • 3 replies
    • 454 views
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    • JorgeB
    • June 2

30. Replace drive?

    By Tyk, May 30
    • 2 replies
    • 395 views
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    • Tyk
    • May 31

31. Cloning windows formatted hard drive for unraid

    By HoochShepherd, May 25
    • 18 replies
    • 713 views
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    • JonathanM
    • May 31

32. Replacing 8TB Seagate Iron Wolf HDD (Options Same HDD Drive, Samsung QVO or PM Enterprise Drive)

    By vast, May 26
    • 9 replies
    • 716 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 29

33. HBA expansion card

    By malaki86, May 27
    • 1 reply
    • 370 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 27

34. SAS Expander for DELL H310 HBA card

    By dcatvn, May 20
    • 2 replies
    • 422 views
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    • dcatvn
    • May 20
35. Array stuck mounting nvme cache - 6.12.9

    Topic was moved to forum General Support

36. Moving to Proliant G10 from homegrown Proliant G6

    By larson, April 22
    • 1 reply
    • 610 views
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    • larson
    • May 17

37. Convert HP Smart Array Controller to HBA Mode

    By RogueWolf33, May 4, 2020
    • 9 replies
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    • KrazyCooter
    • May 16

38. Mediasonic Probox Issue

    By spike32, May 15
    • 4 replies
    • 639 views
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    • spike32
    • May 16

39. HD sizing, pricing, online purchasing & general advice

    By xdriver, May 13
    • 2 replies
    • 453 views
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    • xdriver
    • May 15

40. Parity, SAS or SATA?

    By larson, May 14
    • 1 reply
    • 511 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 15

41. 2 Separate (relatively new drives) SMART issues few days apart

    By teh0wner, May 13
    • 1 reply
    • 399 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 14

42. Interesting Video: The Birth, Boom and Bust of the Hard Disk Drive

    By JorgeB, May 13
    • 0 replies
    • 369 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 13

43. Help Choosing A Compatible SAS HBA

    By t0ny84, May 9
    • 1 reply
    • 750 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • May 9

44. Dell H200 Not booting?

    By naddel81, May 8
    • 1 reply
    • 422 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 8

45. Migrating 16tb from Windows to Unraid (N100M asrock) replacing LSI 9260-8i

    By out_sid3r, May 1
    • 3 replies
    • 624 views
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    • trurl
    • May 2

46. ASM1166 SATA FIS-based switching?

    By LeetDonkey, May 1
    • 0 replies
    • 456 views
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    • LeetDonkey
    • May 1

47. PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 SATA card

    By Fluxonium, April 18
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Fluxonium
    • May 1
48. Plötzlich funktionieren einige Ports an der SATA Erweiterungskarte nicht mehr

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49. Slow Parity Sync - 2-8mb/s

    By Mizerka, April 28
    • 20 replies
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    • Mizerka
    • April 30

50. 9600-24i for Unraid

    By LeetDonkey, March 31
    • 11 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • Wody
    • April 27