Storage Devices and Controllers

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1. Recommended controllers for Unraid 1 2 3 4 22

   By JorgeB, January 29, 2021
   • 532 replies
   • 206k views
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   • methanoid
   • Monday at 01:24 PM

2. Failed Drives 1 2 3

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 59 replies
   • 25.8k views
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   • Geck0
   • March 12

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

   By JorgeB, October 15, 2020
   • 84 replies
   • 44.8k views
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   • vertigo12369
   • February 24

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

   By madburg, May 3, 2011
   • 1.8k replies
   • 1.3m views
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   • Borizz.K
   • February 4

5. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3 4

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 79 replies
   • 46.5k views
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   • Vetteman
   • December 3, 2023

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

   By SSD, March 2, 2015
   • 118 replies
   • 66.3k views
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   • SimonF
   • May 20, 2021

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

   By garycase, April 25, 2015
   • 523 replies
   • 177.7k views
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   • Lolight
   • May 15, 2021

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

   By Rajahal, February 9, 2011
   • 10 replies
   • 56.3k views
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   • S80_UK
   • February 10, 2020

9. SAS upgrade checklist?

   By Harblar, Tuesday at 10:20 PM
   • 3 replies
   • 173 views
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   • JorgeB
   • 16 hours ago

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

    By sannitig, Thursday at 01:32 PM
    • 8 replies
    • 125 views
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    • JonathanM
    • 16 hours ago

11. PCIe Gen 3.0 x1 SATA card

    By Fluxonium, Thursday at 08:47 AM
    • 3 replies
    • 126 views
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    • Fluxonium
    • Thursday at 05:44 PM

12. Drives Detected but show as 0GB

    By Timokew, Wednesday at 08:01 PM
    • 1 reply
    • 88 views
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    • ChatNoir
    • Thursday at 06:05 AM

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

    By Thedinotamer, April 6
    • 10 replies
    • 440 views
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    • Thedinotamer
    • Wednesday at 08:18 PM

14. 9600-24i for Unraid

    By LeetDonkey, March 31
    • 8 replies
    • 452 views
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    • firstTimer
    • Wednesday at 06:08 PM

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

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 118 replies
    • 107.4k views
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    • JorgeB
    • Wednesday at 07:10 AM

16. Questions about setting up SSD cache

    By asbath, April 12
    • 5 replies
    • 226 views
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    • JonathanM
    • Tuesday at 02:21 PM

17. So your new SAS (or SATA) drive won't start (spin up)?

    By doron, October 4, 2019
    • 20 replies
    • 18.6k views
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    • doron
    • Monday at 01:21 PM

18. How do you add lots of hard drive sata ports to your setup?

    By John Danger, November 27, 2022
    • 10 replies
    • 3.8k views
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    • shpitz461
    • Monday at 10:54 AM

19. Getting helium warning on non-helium HGST drive

    By sonofdbn, Sunday at 02:03 PM
    • 4 replies
    • 173 views
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    • JorgeB
    • Monday at 08:38 AM

20. Use a QNAP TL-D1600S Expansion DAS to expand existing Setup

    By timethrow, February 14, 2021
    • 13 replies
    • 3.6k views
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    • Hurf
    • April 13

21. Scrutiny failed my Parity drive after parity rebuild

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

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

    By elnevera, March 5, 2019
    • 76 replies
    • 66.9k views
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    • JorgeB
    • April 11

23. AsMedia or JMB585

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

24. does a 9207-8i work on pcie 3.0 x1

    By Eisi2005, November 1, 2022
    • 3 replies
    • 788 views
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    • only-university6482
    • April 8

25. Cache drive questions

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

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

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

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

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

28. Verdict on LCC and Seagate Exos

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

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

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

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

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

31. unraid not seeing physical drives on new server

    By AceBoyden, October 10, 2022
    • 3 replies
    • 849 views
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    • HDB
    • April 3

32. Intel Optane 905P 960GB

    By Sadistic, March 31
    • 9 replies
    • 260 views
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    • Sadistic
    • March 31
33. backup for flash dont going : (

    Topic was moved to forum General Support

34. Do i need to replace these drives?

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

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

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

36. The Best USB Boot Drive That You Will not Buy?

    By OrdinaryButt, February 12, 2022
    • 8 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • bagican
    • March 28

37. Unable to detect SSD drive on unraid webui

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

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

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

39. Parity drive reports "disk has read errors"

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

40. Logistics to move from XFS array to ZFS pool

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

41. 8 port Sata card for PCIe x4 slot (SOLVED)

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

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

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

43. H200 degraded link in a Dell R515

    By bpalhares, May 13, 2022
    • 1 reply
    • 892 views
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    • SilasPMS
    • March 19

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

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

45. Temperature sensors on SATA/RAID controller LIS SAS9211-8i

    By xdriver, April 17, 2023
    • 5 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • energyx
    • March 17

46. MegaRAID megacli install?

    By elchorizo, November 15, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 2.5k views
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    • energyx
    • March 17

47. Cache Drive options

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

48. Mount previously created encrypted disks

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

49. Unraid unable to read my m.2 SSD

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

50. LSI 9300-16i Not Recognized by Unraid

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