Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. Making Sense of my SMART data

   By cypres0099, January 30, 2012
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   • vca
   • February 3, 2012

2. LSI SAS HBA 9300-8i and 9207-8i

   By srmvel, March 23, 2021
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   • JorgeB
   • March 23, 2021

3. Almost pure application server, how can I utilize an all SSD array? Is a large SSD cache pool a solution?

   By kevindckr, February 12, 2022
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   • JorgeB
   • February 18, 2022

4. Stability of AOC-SASLP-MV8 with 4TB & 5TB drives?

   By glave, November 5, 2015
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   • ohlwiler
   • November 6, 2015

5. Ivy Bridge NVME support?

   By Varinn, July 2, 2022
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   • MarinaTRIO
   • November 3, 2022

6. What to buy? Hitachi 5K4000 or 7K4000

   By dikkiedirk, February 20, 2013
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   • Ford Prefect
   • February 21, 2013

7. Recovering IBM MR10is (LSI 1078)

   By dimonix, April 20, 2013
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   • BetaQuasi
   • April 20, 2013

8. Syba/IO Crest bridge chips

   By DougShields, November 14, 2023
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   • ChatNoir
   • November 23, 2023

9. Prepping my server HDD's for transport

   By madsriisager, November 26, 2022
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   • madsriisager
   • November 27, 2022

10. Hardware RAID for cache

    By ProxyARP, May 30, 2021
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    • ProxyARP
    • June 7, 2021

11. Is this drive failing? 6tb 2015 WD Red Model

    By Nightowl805, October 18, 2023
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    • 515 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • October 18, 2023

12. HDD Dead on Arrival? [SOLVED]

    By VMax711, October 9, 2021
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    • VMax711
    • October 10, 2021

13. (SOLVED) SMART errors on two new 10TB WD101EMAZ drives shucked from WD Easystores

    By nametaken_thisonetoo, February 5, 2021
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    • 967 views
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    • JorgeB
    • February 5, 2021

14. Are there any opinions on a 10 or 12 TB drives?

    By Harro, October 4, 2018
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    • Tybio
    • October 5, 2018

15. HDD issue, bad SATA cable?

    By Greygoose, September 1, 2017
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    • JorgeB
    • September 3, 2017

16. 16 PCIe lanes

    By mrbilky, June 22, 2018
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    • JorgeB
    • June 22, 2018

17. Confused About HBAs...

    By darkcyde, November 6, 2018
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    • darkcyde
    • November 7, 2018

18. Expanding my array

    By caplam, June 13, 2019
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    • nc88keyz
    • February 24

19. Drives on new sata card asm1166 not recognized

    By oleroc, April 19, 2022
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    • JorgeB
    • December 12, 2022

20. Is it ok to mix old 2tb WD20EARS (parity) and new WD20EZRX (data)

    By paperclip, July 5, 2015
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    • paperclip
    • July 5, 2015

21. Upgrading to 6 TB disks, but which?

    By dikkiedirk, November 19, 2015
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    • dikkiedirk
    • November 19, 2015

22. LyCom ST-126 SATA 1-To-5 Port Multiplier - Could this work UnRaid?

    By Rembro, July 10, 2011
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    • Rembro
    • July 13, 2011

23. Supermicro X9DR3-LN4F+

    By itsrumsey, April 11, 2017
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    • fonzie
    • July 12, 2017

24. Which PCI-E adapter can I use?

    By michael123, December 28, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 864 views
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    • michael123
    • December 28, 2017

25. Drive always shows 1 pending sector

    By BobPhoenix, November 14, 2011
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    • BobPhoenix
    • November 14, 2011

26. Best setup with M.2 disk and redundancy?

    By derpuma, December 5, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views
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    • SeeGee
    • December 7, 2020

27. 10GE Unraid Server

    By DominikW, December 28, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 798 views
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    • JorgeB
    • December 28, 2017

28. Fastest way to run 2 Parity Drives

    By mbc0, September 29, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 656 views
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    • UhClem
    • October 1, 2019

29. Q: Best method of swapping out Cache array

    By Warrentheo, August 12, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 751 views
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    • Warrentheo
    • August 15, 2019

30. Seagate GoFlex External -> Internal?

    By shanndogg, May 11, 2012
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    • prostuff1
    • May 11, 2012

31. Full NVMe SSD only unRAID with ASUS Hyper M.2

    By retrogamer999, September 29, 2019
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    • trurl
    • September 30, 2019

32. M1015 questions

    By tucansam, November 23, 2012
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    • rdenney
    • November 27, 2012

33. ATTN: DELL H310 PERC USERS - OEM Heatsink or HSF

    By mr_cb7, October 17, 2016
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    • Fireball3
    • October 18, 2016

34. Hard drive errors during parity check

    By unthinking-pretender1681, November 25, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 409 views
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    • JorgeB
    • November 27, 2023

35. New HBA/Sata Controller Recommendations

    By NasOnABudget, August 18, 2020
    • 3 replies
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    • Hop-Scotch
    • August 26, 2020

36. SFF-8087 to SAS/SATA Cable

    By Spies, October 28, 2019
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    • Spies
    • October 29, 2019

37. Looking for recommendation on HBA card

    By Eddyall, April 25, 2021
    • 3 replies
    • 957 views
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    • Vr2Io
    • April 26, 2021

38. price is too good 3 TB Drive

    By TODDLT, September 28, 2016
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    • TODDLT
    • October 4, 2016

39. Seagate drive showing as spun down when its not

    By Spies, April 11, 2017
    • 3 replies
    • 716 views
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    • JorgeB
    • April 12, 2017

40. [Solved] Hard drives order question

    By spyderx, April 14, 2011
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    • spyderx
    • April 14, 2011

41. will HighPoint Controller work?

    By sunnyville, April 27, 2011
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    • sunnyville
    • April 29, 2011

42. Drive expansion

    By tucansam, June 18, 2021
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    • 624 views
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    • tucansam
    • June 18, 2021

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

    By ScoopGP, October 11, 2022
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    • 1k views
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    • JorgeB
    • October 12, 2022

44. [SOLVED] Help with Samsung F4 Firmware Update

    By TODDLT, June 25, 2011
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    • Superorb
    • July 4, 2011

45. A little SSD experiment

    By bubbaQ, November 5, 2012
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    • neilt0
    • November 5, 2012

46. SED (Self Encrypted Drive)

    By Clint45, May 20, 2021
    • 3 replies
    • 743 views
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    • JorgeB
    • May 21, 2021

47. HDD controller card

    By prongATO, July 11, 2011
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    • Seonac
    • October 1, 2011

48. Mushkin plans to release a $500 4TB SSD

    By jonp, January 10, 2016
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    • TUMS
    • January 10, 2016

49. Replacement WD40EDAZ caused parity errors

    By 01cooperl, January 24, 2021
    • 3 replies
    • 1k views
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    • JorgeB
    • January 25, 2021

50. SATA PCI-E Card 3.0 x1 is not recognized in BIOS or Unraid

    By Maxver, January 17, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • JorgeB
    • January 18, 2023