December 8, 2025Dec 8 I am currently running 22 drive server, 16 connected via a LSI 9300-16i and the rest via the motherboardI want to upgrade to LSI 9305-24i, to simplify the install, and to reduce some heat / power (the 9305 is a single chip controller, while 9300 is 2 of them slapped together on a PCB)My only concern is that if the new card isn't good, I may run a risk of corrupting my drives when I swap. What can I do to test / verify the new card before it can start writing to my drives? Is there a safe way to do the switch?
December 8, 2025Dec 8 Community Expert Solution If you have a different PC with some devices to test with running a parity check, do some writes, another parity check would be a good test, but it would be very unlikely for the HBA to corrupt the data, unless you have doubts about its origin, i.e., genuine or counterfeit.
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