Storage Devices and Controllers

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

3430 topics in this forum

  1. WD6001FXYZ as a parity drive?

    By John_M,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.4k views

  2. Using SSDs as Unassigned Devices

    By gambcl,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.9k views

  3. Need advice for DAS for my drives

    By Fredrick,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views

  4. Advice on 24 port SATA controller

    By tstor,
    • 10 replies
    • 3.7k views

  5. Drive Size/Addition Question

    By IndianaJoe1216,
    • 16 replies
    • 14.1k views

  6. (Solved) is this drive good or bad?

    By Harro,
    • 0 replies
    • 723 views

  7. SSD wear levelling count importance?

    By DanielCoffey,
    • 3 replies
    • 5.5k views

  8. Should you replace a functional drive because it's old?

    By Ouze,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  9. HDD issue, bad SATA cable?

    By Greygoose,
    • 3 replies
    • 764 views

  10. Let's Get Small!

    By CDLehner,
    • 3 replies
    • 844 views

  11. Does this sound like a cable error

    By DJRon,
    • 17 replies
    • 1.4k views

  12. parity drive question?

    By exwarace,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views

  13. IBM LSI SAS9201 Controller Card just installed

    By DJRon,
    • 3 replies
    • 814 views

  14. Removing duplicate files in my PC

    By sophielynn,
    • 4 replies
    • 818 views

  15. eSATA 4x3.5" HDD Bay

    By Maticks,
    • 1 reply
    • 609 views

  16. 4TB Red disk - Current Pending Sectors

    By riff.79,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views

  17. 2 cache drives

    By mrbilky,
    • 1 reply
    • 1k views

  18. Preclear stuck on 86%

    By wobblewoo,
    • 1 reply
    • 892 views

  19. HBA Lsi9750-8i or not

    By pomkon,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  20. Lsi9750-8i or not

    By pomkon,
    • 2 replies
    • 729 views

  21. Need second opinion on SMART report

    By bfeist,
    • 4 replies
    • 800 views

  22. LSI SAS31601E Controller Card

    By wolfsend,
    • 1 reply
    • 971 views

  23. SAS 9300-16I HOST BUS ADAPTER

    By michael123,
    • 9 replies
    • 4.6k views

  24. 5x00 vs 7200 Drives

    By TODDLT,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  25. Which Raid Controller?

    By nonliteral,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

  26. External USB Drive Docks/Enclosures - good or bad idea?

    By DZMM,
    • 4 replies
    • 3.3k views

  27. Would this controller be worth using?

    By FreeMan,
    • 2 replies
    • 662 views

  28. Controller Card Input 1 2

    By TODDLT,
    • 25 replies
    • 2.7k views

  29. Strange errors from different builds & drives.

    By Inx192,
    • 4 replies
    • 854 views

  30. Advice on HBA for 2 x 12 Enclosures

    By i742877,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.8k views

  31. Current 12 or 16 port JBOD card?

    By opentoe,
    • 9 replies
    • 2.6k views

  32. Trying to flash a Dell H310

    By ashman70,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.3k views

  33. Properly Check New Drives?

    By Tim_R,
    • 5 replies
    • 2.6k views

  34. Stand Alone drive for Backups

    By TODDLT,
    • 5 replies
    • 922 views

  35. Marshal 8TB Hard Drives? $180! 1 2

    By interwebtech,
    • 28 replies
    • 9.3k views

  36. Question Cache Drive SSD/HDD???

    By hitman2158,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.2k views

  37. Question about backplane to HBA

    By Chandler,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.2k views

  38. Supermicro X9DR3-LN4F+

    By itsrumsey,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  39. Quick dumb SSD question

    By tucansam,
    • 1 reply
    • 811 views

  40. Seagate 10TB 7200rpm - Will it work with Unraid?

    By jon928,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  41. Standard HDDs in Raid 10 as cache drive? Multiple cache pools?

    By andyps,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.3k views

  42. LSI 3108 support?

    By larionlarion,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.7k views

  43. Intel Optane as OS Drive

    By Lyror,
    • 8 replies
    • 4.6k views

  44. 8TB HGST Ultrastar 5 year warranty

    By opentoe,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  45. Better Deal?

    By opentoe,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  46. WD 5TB Reds...gone.

    By HellDiverUK,
    • 9 replies
    • 1.9k views

  47. SSD not supported for a data drive??!!

    By TODDLT,
    • 16 replies
    • 4.7k views

  48. AOC-SASLP-MV8 & Norco SS-500

    By Perforator,
    • 1 reply
    • 868 views

  49. Drive Performance - What drives/configurations to use?

    By Alcor,
    • 12 replies
    • 9.3k views

  50. Disk Error Help

    By TODDLT,
    • 22 replies
    • 2k views