Storage Devices and Controllers

3424 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
   • 14 hours ago

2. Failed Drives 1 2 3

   By SSD, May 13, 2015
   • 59 replies
   • 25.7k 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
   • 44.5k 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
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   • Borizz.K
   • February 4

5. BackBlaze Reports 1 2 3 4

   By SSD, October 3, 2014
   • 79 replies
   • 46.4k 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
   • 66.2k 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
   • 177.2k 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. Questions about setting up SSD cache

   By asbath, Friday at 07:59 PM
   • 4 replies
   • 170 views
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   • asbath
   • 4 hours ago

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

    By doron, October 4, 2019
    • 20 replies
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    • doron
    • 15 hours ago

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

    By John Danger, November 27, 2022
    • 10 replies
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    • shpitz461
    • 17 hours ago

12. Getting helium warning on non-helium HGST drive

    By sonofdbn, Sunday at 02:03 PM
    • 4 replies
    • 141 views
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    • JorgeB
    • 19 hours ago

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

    By Thedinotamer, April 6
    • 8 replies
    • 351 views
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    • Thedinotamer
    • Saturday at 01:39 PM

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

    By timethrow, February 14, 2021
    • 13 replies
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    • Hurf
    • Saturday at 11:00 AM

15. 9600-24i for Unraid

    By LeetDonkey, March 31
    • 6 replies
    • 361 views
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    • firstTimer
    • Friday at 10:45 PM

16. Scrutiny failed my Parity drive after parity rebuild

    By Lebowski89, Thursday at 04:06 AM
    • 4 replies
    • 171 views
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    • Lebowski89
    • Friday at 03:45 AM

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

    By elnevera, March 5, 2019
    • 76 replies
    • 66.7k views
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    • JorgeB
    • Thursday at 06:14 PM

18. AsMedia or JMB585

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

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

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

20. Cache drive questions

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

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

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

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

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

23. Verdict on LCC and Seagate Exos

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

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

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

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

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

26. unraid not seeing physical drives on new server

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

27. Intel Optane 905P 960GB

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

    Topic was moved to forum General Support

29. Do i need to replace these drives?

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

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

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

31. 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

32. Unable to detect SSD drive on unraid webui

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

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

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

34. Parity drive reports "disk has read errors"

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

35. Logistics to move from XFS array to ZFS pool

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

36. 8 port Sata card for PCIe x4 slot (SOLVED)

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

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

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

38. H200 degraded link in a Dell R515

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

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

    By JorgeB, September 21, 2015
    • 116 replies
    • 106.8k views
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    • AlphaXL
    • March 18

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

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

41. 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

42. MegaRAID megacli install?

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

43. Cache Drive options

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

44. Mount previously created encrypted disks

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

45. Unraid unable to read my m.2 SSD

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

46. LSI 9300-16i Not Recognized by Unraid

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

47. 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
    • 414 views
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    • dadurham
    • March 10

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

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

49. Invoke Move Cache not working

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

50. New SAS Card

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