Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes 1 2 3 4 71

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
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   • Borizz.K
   • February 4

2. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2 3 4 22

   By JorgeB, January 29, 2021
   • 532 replies
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   • methanoid
   • Yesterday at 01:24 PM

3. Seagate 8TB Shingled Drives in UnRAID 1 2 3 4 21

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 523 replies
   • 177.3k views
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   • Lolight
   • May 15, 2021

4. Areca Contoller Configuration for unRAID 1 2 3 4 5

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 118 replies
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   • SimonF
   • May 20, 2021

5. How to upgrade an LSI HBA firmware using Unraid 1 2 3 4

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 84 replies
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   • vertigo12369
   • February 24

6. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3 4

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 79 replies
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   • Vetteman
   • December 3, 2023

7. Failed Drives 1 2 3

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 59 replies
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   • Geck0
   • March 12

8. HPA a.k.a. why are two identical drives different sizes?

   By Rajahal, February 9, 2011
   • 10 replies
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   • S80_UK
   • February 10, 2020

9. SATA Controller Cards 1 2 3 4 29

   By Rajahal, April 16, 2011
   • 710 replies
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   • JorgeB
   • May 4, 2021

10. Seagate’s first shingled hard drives now shipping: 8TB for just $260 1 2 3 4 27

    By neilt0, December 8, 2014
    • 655 replies
    • 127.3k views
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    • pkn
    • July 1, 2015

11. Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS 1 2 3 4 12

    By Tim P., February 19, 2010
    • 284 replies
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    • thespooler
    • February 24, 2016

12. Which 2 TB drive should I buy? 1 2 3 4 12

    By Rajahal, January 4, 2011
    • 283 replies
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    • BobPhoenix
    • July 14, 2013

13. Potential Samsung F4 issues. 1 2 3 4 10

    By mcs, December 4, 2010
    • 239 replies
    • 91.4k views
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    • 00b5
    • April 13, 2013

14. 3 M1015's in ESXi not showing all drives in unRAID 1 2 3 4 6

    By RockDawg, September 2, 2012
    • 139 replies
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    • mejutty
    • June 28, 2013

15. Which 4 TB drive should I buy? 1 2 3 4 6

    By Rajahal, March 29, 2012
    • 131 replies
    • 91.4k views
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    • optiman
    • January 30, 2018

16. IBM ServerRaid Br10i FRU PCI-e 8x SAS HBA's 1 2 3 4 5

    By Talos, August 17, 2010
    • 119 replies
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    • generalz
    • May 9, 2012

17. Sata/SAS controllers tested (real world max throughput during parity check) 1 2 3 4 5

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 116 replies
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    • AlphaXL
    • March 18

18. Which 3 TB drive should I buy? 1 2 3 4

    By Rajahal, January 21, 2011
    • 97 replies
    • 84.9k views
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    • karateo
    • December 24, 2016

19. Clearing Confusion on AF Drives 1 2 3 4

    By limetech, January 5, 2011
    • 95 replies
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    • dwoods99
    • October 5, 2012

20. Script to enable SATA Controllers without kernel modification 1 2 3 4

    By elkay14, May 1, 2012
    • 87 replies
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    • Ahmed
    • July 1, 2021

21. Seagate releases 8TB 3.5inch drive 1 2 3 4

    By zoggy, July 20, 2014
    • 85 replies
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    • TSM
    • February 9, 2015

22. Fujitsu D2607-8i - Crossflash to LSI 9211-8i 1 2 3 4

    By ezhik, June 4, 2017
    • 84 replies
    • 55.3k views
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    • Erik Weisbrod
    • October 3, 2023

23. 4+4... 2x4... and other 8TB algebra 1 2 3 4

    By pkn, March 20, 2015
    • 81 replies
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    • dikkiedirk
    • November 25, 2015

24. Will upgrading controller help my parity check speeds 1 2 3 4

    By TODDLT, July 22, 2015
    • 80 replies
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    • TODDLT
    • August 30, 2015

25. SYBA SI-PEX40071 8 SATA port controller 1 2 3 4

    By Zippi, March 14, 2017
    • 79 replies
    • 15.9k views
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    • optiman
    • May 1, 2017

26. A good, but bad disk... badblocks alone can never be trusted. 1 2 3 4

    By Joe L., November 17, 2012
    • 77 replies
    • 50.9k views
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    • WeeboTech
    • October 22, 2015

27. PCI-e Sata expansion card 1 2 3 4

    By elnevera, March 5, 2019
    • 76 replies
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    • JorgeB
    • Thursday at 06:14 PM

28. 2 TB Seagate Barracuda LP ST32000542AS Firmware Issues 1 2 3

    By BRiT, November 27, 2010
    • 72 replies
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    • jonlai9
    • April 16, 2011

29. *** SEAGATE 5TB EXTERNALS - MYSTERY SOLVED *** 1 2 3

    By SSD, July 7, 2014
    • 72 replies
    • 136k views
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    • elektrinis
    • May 1, 2022

30. Preclear and Failed Drives 1 2 3

    By DoeBoye, April 27, 2011
    • 67 replies
    • 57.3k views
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    • jtcweb
    • November 6, 2014

31. Anyone Tried a SAS 3008 or Perc h330 Controller? 1 2 3

    By mbc0, January 18, 2019
    • 65 replies
    • 10.9k views
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    • Sleyk Esrun
    • August 20, 2019

32. WD Red - new NAS optimized product line 1 2 3

    By gorbachev, July 10, 2012
    • 63 replies
    • 24.6k views
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    • Nnyan
    • October 23, 2012

33. Setting up ARC 1200 1 2 3

    By dikkiedirk, February 24, 2012
    • 56 replies
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    • dikkiedirk
    • March 12, 2012

34. [CONFIRMED] Seagate buys Samsung's disk drive business 1 2 3

    By neilt0, April 18, 2011
    • 55 replies
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    • WeeboTech
    • May 3, 2011

35. High LCC count on WDEARS drives 1 2 3

    By Rajahal, July 24, 2011
    • 54 replies
    • 26.1k views
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    • c3
    • July 14, 2012

36. Question about running multiple pre-clear passes 1 2 3

    By Queball, November 5, 2011
    • 53 replies
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    • WeeboTech
    • December 21, 2011

37. AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 1 2 3

    By greybeard, June 11, 2011
    • 53 replies
    • 23.1k views
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    • petrolboerke
    • July 14, 2013

38. External Backup 1 2 3

    By apefray, May 11, 2018
    • 51 replies
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    • JorgeB
    • June 9, 2021

39. Very Very Slow Write Speed 1 2 3

    By ManishGupta8, December 13, 2018
    • 50 replies
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    • trurl
    • December 20, 2018

40. 10TB OH MY!!! 1 2

    By jumperalex, July 19, 2016
    • 47 replies
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    • HellDiverUK
    • April 4, 2017

41. unRaid not seeing JBOD drives 1 2

    By ToXIc, July 19, 2014
    • 46 replies
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    • ToXIc
    • January 7, 2015

42. cannot see drives 1 2

    By Nelson, September 28, 2019
    • 45 replies
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    • Nelson
    • October 16, 2019

43. Ready for some HD upgrades after 10 years running UnRaid 1 2

    By HK-Steve, October 10, 2017
    • 44 replies
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    • HK-Steve
    • October 19, 2017

44. totally lost with install of AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 1 2

    By adrian ballard, August 25, 2013
    • 44 replies
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    • cirkator
    • July 31, 2014

45. Best 8TB Parity Drive? 1 2

    By johnsanc, November 12, 2016
    • 43 replies
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    • DZMM
    • March 5, 2018

46. Are all the 8-port cards the same? 1 2

    By Superorb, April 17, 2014
    • 42 replies
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    • Superorb
    • May 6, 2014

47. HBA + Expander advice needed. 1 2

    By TeCH-Guruz, March 21, 2020
    • 42 replies
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    • TeCH-Guruz
    • April 25, 2020

48. Recommendation SSD (cache drive) 1 2

    By MvL, April 20, 2018
    • 42 replies
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    • Snuups
    • August 18, 2020

49. Seagate Archive 8TB ST8000AS0002 Unraid 5stable kernel panic 1 2

    By jus7incase, May 5, 2015
    • 41 replies
    • 11.1k views
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    • jus7incase
    • June 1, 2015

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

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