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Thank you for the info. Do you know much about the RES2SV240? Bill

I have the following: SAS9220-8i- I am in the process of flashing it to IT mode. I am wondering if the link in first post of this thread is still up to date? I downloaded the LSI to megaraid SAS2008(P11). I am currently following the readme in an attempt tp flash the card. I see people talking about P19. So can you update me and tell me is this is still current? I also have purchase: RES25v240- I bought due to various threads I have been reading. I am unclear if this card needs flashed? If not once I have the M1015 SAS9220-8i flashed to IT mode, do I simply install this card and used the proper connecting cable, then start connecting hardrives? I really appreciate any help Bill

Here are the results of a disk that just got done preclearing. Will someone tell me if the disk is good. On a side note how can I learn to read my own results? Thanks for the info and help

Sorry for the Double post (picked the wrong thread the first post) Here are the results from a drive I had in my whs. I was thinking I could use it as a cache disk. I am rather new at reading results. Should I use this drive as a cache drive? ============================================================================ Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: S.M.A.R.T. error count differences detected after pre-clear Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: note, some 'raw' values may change, but not be an indication of a problem Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: 54c54 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: < 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 101 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 3525934 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: --- Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000f 118 099 006 Pre-fail Always - 171199195 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: 58c58 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: < 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 078 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 76815635 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: --- Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: > 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000f 078 060 030 Pre-fail Always - 76912546 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: 64,66c64,66 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: < 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 039 039 000 Old_age Always - 61 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: < 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 072 055 045 Old_age Always - 28 (Lifetime Min/Max 23/28) Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: < 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 029 025 000 Old_age Always Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: --- Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: > 189 High_Fly_Writes 0x003a 031 031 000 Old_age Always - 69 Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: > 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 069 055 045 Old_age Always - 31 (Lifetime Min/Max 23/34) Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]: > 195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 055 025 000 Old_age Always Oct 24 02:36:35 Tower preclear_disk-diff[14738]:

Sorry about the double post, I just bumped into this post. I just got done with 3 brand new wdears 2tb disks. Here are the results Here is one disk sdc ============================================================================ S.M.A.R.T. error count differences detected after pre-clear note, some 'raw' values may change, but not be an indication of a problem 63c63 < 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 25 --- > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 26 ============================================================================ another sda ============================================================================ == == Disk /dev/sda has been successfully precleared == ============================================================================ S.M.A.R.T. error count differences detected after pre-clear note, some 'raw' values may change, but not be an indication of a problem 54c54 < 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 253 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 --- > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 63c63 < 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 24 --- > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 25 ============================================================================ another sdd == Disk /dev/sdd has been successfully precleared == ============================================================================ S.M.A.R.T. error count differences detected after pre-clear note, some 'raw' values may change, but not be an indication of a problem 54c54 < 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 100 253 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 --- > 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 200 200 051 Pre-fail Always - 0 63c63 < 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 16 --- > 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 17 67c67 < 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 253 000 Old_age Always - 0 --- > 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 ============================================================================ Thanks