Storage Devices and Controllers

3430 topics in this forum

1. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2 3 4 22

   By JorgeB, January 29, 2021
   • 532 replies
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   • methanoid
   • April 15

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

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 84 replies
   • 45.4k views
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   • vertigo12369
   • February 24

3. Failed Drives 1 2 3

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 59 replies
   • 25.9k views
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   • Geck0
   • March 12

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

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 523 replies
   • 178k views
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   • Lolight
   • May 15, 2021

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 118 replies
   • 66.5k views
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   • SimonF
   • May 20, 2021

6. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3 4

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 79 replies
   • 46.6k views
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   • Vetteman
   • December 3, 2023

7. 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

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. Moving to Proliant G10 from homegrown Proliant G6

   By larson, Monday at 08:50 PM
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   • larson
   • Monday at 08:50 PM

10. SSD v HDD - reliabity and speed

    By electron286, Saturday at 09:42 AM
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    • electron286
    • Saturday at 09:42 AM

11. Added 2 port PCIe x1 SATA Expander - SMART Uncorrect on the drive

    By sannitig, April 18
    • 8 replies
    • 169 views
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    • JonathanM
    • Friday at 04:03 PM

12. PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 SATA card

    By Fluxonium, April 18
    • 3 replies
    • 167 views
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    • Fluxonium
    • April 18

13. Drives Detected but show as 0GB

    By Timokew, April 17
    • 2 replies
    • 156 views
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    • Timokew
    • Tuesday at 06:29 PM

14. SAS upgrade checklist?

    By Harblar, April 16
    • 4 replies
    • 246 views
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    • Harblar
    • Saturday at 07:23 PM

15. Getting helium warning on non-helium HGST drive

    By sonofdbn, April 14
    • 4 replies
    • 208 views
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    • JorgeB
    • April 15

16. Questions about setting up SSD cache

    By asbath, April 12
    • 6 replies
    • 280 views
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    • asbath
    • 7 hours ago

17. Scrutiny failed my Parity drive after parity rebuild

    By Lebowski89, April 11
    • 4 replies
    • 222 views
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    • Lebowski89
    • April 12

18. CAN I USE AN SSHD AS A PARITY DRIVE WITHOUT PROBLEMS?

    By Mario Coelho, April 8
    • 1 reply
    • 182 views
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    • JorgeB
    • April 8

19. Can I swap the two SSDs in my ZFS cache pool to each other's bay?

    By sven, April 7
    • 1 reply
    • 171 views
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    • JorgeB
    • April 8

20. Verdict on LCC and Seagate Exos

    By Lebowski89, April 6
    • 2 replies
    • 228 views
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    • LeetDonkey
    • April 8

21. When to use HBA and when to use SATA expansion card?

    By Thedinotamer, April 6
    • 10 replies
    • 484 views
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    • Thedinotamer
    • April 17

22. changing HD array 2TB to 1Tb (newbie)

    By jorgeg73, April 5
    • 1 reply
    • 217 views
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    • JonathanM
    • April 5

23. Cache drive questions

    By segway, April 4
    • 5 replies
    • 306 views
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    • segway
    • April 8

24. Help with configuration for SSD Cache & additional SATA Ports

    By scarpall, April 2
    • 3 replies
    • 285 views
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    • JorgeB
    • April 3

25. 9600-24i for Unraid

    By LeetDonkey, March 31
    • 8 replies
    • 518 views
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    • firstTimer
    • April 17
26. backup for flash dont going : (

    Topic was moved to forum General Support

27. Intel Optane 905P 960GB

    By Sadistic, March 31
    • 9 replies
    • 295 views
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    • Sadistic
    • March 31

28. Do i need to replace these drives?

    By TransformedBG, March 31
    • 1 reply
    • 256 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • March 31

29. Is my brand new 6tb WD Red bad?

    By TheSnuke, March 29
    • 3 replies
    • 301 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • March 30

30. Parity drive reports "disk has read errors"

    By [email protected], March 23
    • 1 reply
    • 354 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 23

31. AsMedia or JMB585

    By Ayouby, March 22
    • 3 replies
    • 456 views
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    • electron286
    • April 9

32. Logistics to move from XFS array to ZFS pool

    By Ademar, March 22
    • 0 replies
    • 345 views
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    • Ademar
    • March 22

33. Cold startup issues with QNAP TL-D800S, which uses ASM1164

    By eehobbyist, March 19
    • 4 replies
    • 460 views
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    • eehobbyist
    • March 22

34. Cache Drive options

    By cheddapop, March 17
    • 1 reply
    • 341 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 17

35. Mount previously created encrypted disks

    By lko, March 14
    • 2 replies
    • 378 views
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    • lko
    • March 14

36. SMART 0xB5 (ID 181) Every Unraid Reboot Increases by 22 (filesystem) and 18 (parity)

    By rook, March 10
    • 6 replies
    • 558 views
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    • rook
    • March 25

37. Unable to detect SSD drive on unraid webui

    By LightSeeker, March 10
    • 6 replies
    • 408 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 28

38. Unraid unable to read my m.2 SSD

    By Strubdog, March 10
    • 2 replies
    • 383 views
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    • Strubdog
    • March 11

39. Moved 2 HDDs from 1 Unraid system to another. Drives show in BIOS but do not show in Unraid.

    By dadurham, March 9
    • 4 replies
    • 435 views
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    • dadurham
    • March 10

40. Invoke Move Cache not working

    By ThFlood, March 9
    • 4 replies
    • 345 views
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    • ThFlood
    • March 9

41. LSI 9300-16i Not Recognized by Unraid

    By slenderbauer, March 9
    • 5 replies
    • 499 views
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    • Wody
    • March 10

42. Need help/guidance in selecting a SAS enclosure for 3.5 LFF SAS drives

    By vizi0n, March 9
    • 3 replies
    • 440 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 10

43. How to use existing Disk to reaplace a faulty disk?

    By Oaken, March 7
    • 6 replies
    • 493 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 8

44. Transfer Speed Questions

    By giddy-proscription7752, March 6
    • 1 reply
    • 437 views
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    • JorgeB
    • March 6

45. New SAS Card

    By dcuellar44, March 5
    • 3 replies
    • 467 views
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    • dcuellar44
    • March 9

46. 8 port Sata card for PCIe x4 slot (SOLVED)

    By Gullburr003, March 4
    • 6 replies
    • 701 views
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    • Gullburr003
    • March 22

47. Good cache drive

    By squirrellydw, March 2
    • 0 replies
    • 404 views
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    • squirrellydw
    • March 2

48. Parse temperature of HBA 9300-16I (LSI SAS3008 controller)

    By Hellomynameisleo, March 1
    • 4 replies
    • 699 views
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    • Hellomynameisleo
    • March 17

49. Dual Head/Actuator HDD's. Anyone try them in the Unraid Array yet?

    By samsausages, February 26
    • 1 reply
    • 439 views
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    • JorgeB
    • February 27

50. Would you put this disk in your array?

    By jayw1, February 24
    • 4 replies
    • 551 views
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    • GRRRRRRR
    • February 28