Storage Devices and Controllers

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

3430 topics in this forum

  1. SuperMicro X9DA7 Motherboard

    By Kakou,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.1k views

  2. Should I replace this drive?

    By In0cenT,
    • 1 reply
    • 787 views

  3. Considering unRAID for NAS/Apps/VMs, don't fully understand what should be SSD

    By JJAP,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.9k views

  4. New HBA renamed HDD

    By H2O_King89,
    • 3 replies
    • 888 views

  5. M1015 Flashed to Plain SAS2008. No drives available in unRAID

    By atribe,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  6. [Solved] Forgot to wipe/format my old SSD before putting it in as a Cache drive

    By Harblar,
    • 6 replies
    • 2.1k views

  7. New Seasgate NAS drive failing?

    By dialmformumbojumbo,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.4k views

  8. On-board SATA vs PCIe Cards

    By essjay,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  9. Use old or new drive as parity?

    By Mullvaden83,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.1k views

  10. change sata controller

    By nico1995doom,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  11. Warning - reported uncorrect / What is reported uncorrect (unRaid notification)

    By tr0910,
    • 7 replies
    • 23k views

  12. Drive failures: PARKED or RUNNING

    By johnny121b,
    • 4 replies
    • 1k views

  13. Raw Read Error Rate.

    By PeterB,
    • 15 replies
    • 8.8k views

  14. Hp Smart Array Controlers E200i and P800

    By Markland,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.3k views

  15. 4x6TB or 3x8TB?

    By superderpbro,
    • 12 replies
    • 1.7k views

  16. Does unRAID significantly benefit from faster parity drives?

    By Unqualified Spectator,
    • 12 replies
    • 4.6k views

  17. SSD recommendation

    By drandy,
    • 4 replies
    • 1k views

  18. Low amp drives

    By KB36,
    • 0 replies
    • 657 views

  19. [POLL] Hard Drive Brand of Choice

    By hernandito,
    • 11 replies
    • 2.3k views

  20. New WD Blue 4TB comes with SMART disable

    By JorgeB,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.1k views

  21. Help with LSI controller

    By JonathanHale,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views

  22. mpt2sas, how to use it?

    By thistleknot,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  23. MegaRaid SAS Controller and custom kernel

    By thistleknot,
    • 7 replies
    • 2k views

  24. Odd Problem with LSI card

    By JWMutant,
    • 3 replies
    • 2.6k views

  25. Screwed up on hardware purchase -- Looking for help with SATA and Enclosures

    By Naldinho,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views

  26. IBM m1015 and Seagate 3tb drives not spinning down

    By Timbiotic,
    • 0 replies
    • 696 views

  27. Seagate Drive "TimeOuts" - Problem with UnRAID?

    By strydyr,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.8k views

  28. Do ASMedia ASM1061 (Syba SY-PEX40039) controllers still need elKay14's Patch?

    By Unqualified Spectator,
    • 2 replies
    • 2.9k views

  29. Question about SATA

    By Naldinho,
    • 2 replies
    • 917 views

  30. Recommendation for PCIe x16 slot

    By eknee1417,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  31. 4+ port PCIe SATA Controller compatible with IOMMU vt-d Recommendations

    By Douglas_D,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.7k views

  32. Onboard vs HBA Card Comparison

    By Kuroyukihimeeee,
    • 0 replies
    • 2k views

  33. Is there a Parity Disk Size Limit?

    By eknee1417,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.1k views

  34. EMC/ hitachi firmware 2tb drives

    By vandammages,
    • 0 replies
    • 1.2k views

  35. C606 on-board Controller

    By heratic,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  36. What is a good low cost sata card in the UK

    By thebaldconvict,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.5k views

  37. Raid 10 vs SSD

    By STEMax,
    • 11 replies
    • 3.4k views

  38. SSDs vs. high performance HDDs

    By wug,
    • 12 replies
    • 3.9k views

  39. [SOLVED] How to test external (USB 3.0) HDDs?

    By adrianz,
    • 2 replies
    • 894 views

  40. Problem with new Adaptec 1430SA

    By gtroyp,
    • 1 reply
    • 838 views

  41. M.2 stored VM share - how to bypass parity

    By tuxbass,
    • 2 replies
    • 888 views

  42. Seagate Now Shipping 10TB Helium Enterprise Drive In Volume

    By ajgoyt,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  43. WD Blue 6TB Preclear Info

    By ironicbadger,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views

  44. UnRAID not seeing disks configured as RAID0 on LSI9266-4i

    By TaylorM237,
    • 4 replies
    • 2.2k views

  45. Is this worth it?

    By tyrindor,
    • 23 replies
    • 3.5k views

  46. HP SAS Expander

    By MvL,
    • 11 replies
    • 7.3k views

  47. My Book 5tb external Drives?

    By theecatman,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.6k views

  48. MOVED: Setting up a server again

    By RobJ,
    • 0 replies
    • 738 views

  49. Revisiting the WD Red vs WD Green discussion 1 2

    By danioj,
    • 31 replies
    • 15.4k views

  50. RocketRaid 2300 as HBA for 4x CDROM drives?

    By t33j4y,
    • 2 replies
    • 1k views