Re: SAS/SATA controllers: 8 port that support 8TB Drives
- In reply to: Michael Gmelin : "Re: SAS/SATA controllers: 8 port that support 8TB Drives"
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Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2022 13:45:50 UTC
On 06/18/2022 8:30 am, Michael Gmelin wrote: >> On 18. Jun 2022, at 15:10, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> wrote: > >> On 06/18/2022 3:54 am, Michael Gmelin wrote: >> >> [SNIP] >> >> Subvendor is Fujitsu Siemens - so I guess this is integrated into a >> system by them. >> >> Seems like flashing the 2108 to an IT firmware isn't an option (based >> on what I found online). You could check if there are firmware updates >> available though. How did you configure the drives in the megaraid >> utility (ctrl-h after boot)? Did you create a RAID-0 for each disk? >> And what capacity is shown in there? >> >> Based on [0], 2108 based controllers don't support 4kn. IT mode would >> help (true passthrough), but as written above, I don't think it's an >> option for this model. >> >> -m >> [0] https://bitdeals.tech/blogs/news/4kn-lsi-compatibility-list >> >> as I said earlier in the thread, I've bought 2 of these: >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/194910024856 >> >> which if I'm reading that chart right should work with the 4Kn drives. > > That certainly sounds promising. > Best > Michael > >> -- >> Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler >> Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org >> US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106 And I realized I didn't answer the question about how stuff was configured, each disk is Raid0. the current pool is 10x3T disks, and I'm adding 6x8T since the pool is 70% full (bacula backups, Time Machine Backups, random other stuff). -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 214-642-9640 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 5708 Sabbia Dr, Round Rock, TX 78665-2106