Storage Devices and Controllers

3431 topics in this forum

1. SSD pool upgrade

   By caplam, February 20, 2023
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   • caplam
   • February 20, 2023

2. How to verify if a HDD is new?

   By paqman, February 14, 2023
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   • whipdancer
   • February 19, 2023

3. HDD / SDD speed question

   By chuga, February 18, 2023
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   • chuga
   • February 19, 2023

4. Moving to 4U case.. SAS HBA and Expander selection help and recommendations

   By ABS, February 19, 2023
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   • ABS
   • February 19, 2023

5. Help: Drives are not recognized by Unraid 1 2

   By ranukaj, October 1, 2017
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   • kysdaddy
   • February 17, 2023

6. Asus Pike

   By Dextros, June 14, 2016
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   • ocyberbum
   • February 14, 2023

7. SATA3 vs SATA2. Help needed

   By flncazacu, February 13, 2023
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   • JorgeB
   • February 13, 2023

8. SAS Drives & Connection

   By deanpelton, February 13, 2023
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   • SimonF
   • February 13, 2023

9. Solved: 20TB SAS drives not supported in Unraid

   By Steviewunda, January 4, 2023
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   • wkellogg
   • February 13, 2023

10. Help with transfer rate volatility and stalling

    By Kboogie, February 6, 2023
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    • JorgeB
    • February 12, 2023

11. Dual parity drive upgrade question

    By 3560freak, February 2, 2023
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    • 3560freak
    • February 10, 2023

12. MSA60 With Dell H200E

    By Blair2499, February 4, 2021
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    • renfuyu
    • February 9, 2023

13. Drives not recognised - Already replaced cables

    By skot4th, March 17, 2022
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    • Decto
    • February 8, 2023

14. LSI SAS 9207-8i Problem

    By thunderclap, January 31, 2023
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    • Yankton
    • February 6, 2023

15. QNAP QDA-A2MAR Dual M.2 Adapter

    By Green Dragon, October 30, 2022
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    • Itsamee
    • February 4, 2023

16. Drive performance problems

    By Kboogie, February 3, 2023
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    • Kboogie
    • February 3, 2023

17. Is my disk failing?

    By Eloy, February 3, 2023
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    • Eloy
    • February 3, 2023
18. Upgrade Samsung NVMe/SSD Firmware

    Topic was moved to forum General

19. SAS expander: misidentified by controller?

    By slowasmolasses, January 2, 2022
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    • jonathanselye
    • February 3, 2023

20. Seagate ST4000DM000 4TB drive rated at 2400 power-on hours

    By vca, March 17, 2013
    • 12 replies
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    • trurl
    • February 3, 2023

21. Issue shrinking array

    By sonisame, February 1, 2023
    • 4 replies
    • 605 views
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    • sonisame
    • February 2, 2023

22. New Machine, Un-encrypt Drive

    By Tim Knowlden, January 31, 2023
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    • Tim Knowlden
    • February 1, 2023

23. HP smart array E208i-P in Gen10 Plus SAS Drive not spinning down With 6.11.5

    By MengTian, January 31, 2023
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    • JorgeB
    • February 1, 2023

24. SMART values not correct

    By unMaxe, January 30, 2023
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    • Vr2Io
    • January 31, 2023

25. Best drive format? BTRFS or XFS

    By SavellM, January 28, 2023
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    • JonathanM
    • January 29, 2023

26. What is this controller?

    By mv_dev, January 28, 2023
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    • mv_dev
    • January 28, 2023

27. Is the condition of the disk really "bad"?

    By tomek232, January 27, 2023
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    • tomek232
    • January 27, 2023

28. SOLVED - New UNRAID 6 build. Question about PCIe SAS HBA extender for additional SATA ports.

    By albatr0ss, January 25, 2023
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    • albatr0ss
    • January 26, 2023

29. Mounting USB Drives for File Transfer Issues

    By 2Cents, January 25, 2023
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    • 2Cents
    • January 25, 2023

30. Drives After Hardware Swap

    By thunderclap, January 24, 2023
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    • PlayLoud
    • January 24, 2023

31. Help: Upgraded to 6.9, now I don't have any drives in my array

    By TR1GGA187, March 3, 2021
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    • chrismitt2002
    • January 24, 2023

32. Dell Poweredge R720 - Not detecting Drives

    By doblez, June 30, 2019
    • 7 replies
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    • CoDizzle
    • January 24, 2023

33. New HDD, Preclear failed, then ran Unraid smart test and it failed too

    By JKunraid, July 29, 2021
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    • Lolight
    • January 24, 2023

34. Card compatibility

    By Alan Strok, January 20, 2023
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    • Alan Strok
    • January 20, 2023

35. CRC Error just poped up ...

    By SiRMarlon, January 20, 2023
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    • 507 views
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    • JorgeB
    • January 20, 2023

36. SOLVED Disks No Longer Recognized

    By anunraiduser7, January 19, 2023
    • 3 replies
    • 455 views
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    • anunraiduser7
    • January 19, 2023

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

    By Maxver, January 17, 2023
    • 3 replies
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    • JorgeB
    • January 18, 2023
38. Any way to force unRAID to move data away from full drives?

    Topic was moved to forum General Support

39. SSDs that don't slow down reading old files?

    By robobub, January 14, 2023
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    • robobub
    • January 14, 2023

40. Just picked up a KTN-STL3!

    By Southpaw32, January 13, 2023
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    • Southpaw32
    • January 13, 2023

41. dead HDD?

    By AlCaTrAzz, January 9, 2023
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    • JorgeB
    • January 11, 2023

42. Dell R730XD with 12gbps will not connect to NetApp DS4246 Disk Enclosure

    By abster, January 8, 2023
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    • abster
    • January 8, 2023

43. Unable to get Unraid to boot when LSI 9211-8i is installed

    By Ccheese4, January 7, 2023
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    • luzankia
    • January 8, 2023

44. To cashe or not to cashe?

    By Klowje, January 7, 2023
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    • luzankia
    • January 7, 2023

45. Best 6 port SATA controller for UNRAID? 1 2

    By Econaut, August 20, 2021
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    • JorgeB
    • January 7, 2023

46. Decade Old System Upgrade Path

    By Exil Risedo, January 6, 2023
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    • 430 views
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    • Exil Risedo
    • January 7, 2023

47. Moving old parity drive into data array - wipe or preclear required?

    By dtbingle, January 5, 2023
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    • dtbingle
    • January 6, 2023

48. Issues preclearing 14TB WD Red Plus USB external - failing preread

    By dtbingle, December 31, 2022
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    • dtbingle
    • January 5, 2023

49. had a nvme ssd short out on mother board. 1 2

    By hoflande, December 10, 2022
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    • hoflande
    • January 5, 2023

50. WD Blue Vs WD Red Plus....

    By jbuszkie, January 3, 2023
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    • jbuszkie
    • January 5, 2023