Deciphering continuing mpt2sas syslog messages
Chris Smith asked: Summary I have been getting these cryptic messages in syslog since I installed some new hardware and I can’t figure out what the problem is, if it’s
View ArticlePreventing h/w RAID cards from dropping slow JBOD disks
Kevin asked: I’m considering buying a used SAS h/w RAID card for externally attaching HDDs to an HP ProLiant I’m setting up. However, I only require RAID functionality on some
View ArticleK8NDRE motherboard in server fails to complete BIOS load with error 0078
John asked: K8NDRE motherboard with 4 sata drives, was running fine. Drives had raid-0 and raid-1 partitions, using mdadm. The onboard raid is disabled. Upon reformatting the drives, setting a
View ArticleConnecting a SAS server drive with SATA USB cable + Converter
Alex asked: I’d like to connect a SAS drive (ST3600057SS) to my computer via a USB SATA cable combined with a SAS to SATA converter. This doesn’t work and I
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What is a SSATA port?
Andy asked: I bought an ASUS ZPE10-D16 motherboard for a server I’m building. The manual describes two banks of SATA ports; a group of four it calls SSATA, instead of just SATA ports. I’m wondering if...
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Deciphering continuing mpt2sas syslog messages
Chris Smith asked: Summary I have been getting these cryptic messages in syslog since I installed some new hardware and I can’t figure out what the problem is, if it’s serious, or what to do about it....
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Preventing h/w RAID cards from dropping slow JBOD disks
Kevin asked: I’m considering buying a used SAS h/w RAID card for externally attaching HDDs to an HP ProLiant I’m setting up. However, I only require RAID functionality on some of the drives....
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K8NDRE motherboard in server fails to complete BIOS load with error 0078
John asked: K8NDRE motherboard with 4 sata drives, was running fine. Drives had raid-0 and raid-1 partitions, using mdadm. The onboard raid is disabled. Upon reformatting the drives, setting a new...
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Connecting a SAS server drive with SATA USB cable + Converter
Alex asked: I’d like to connect a SAS drive (ST3600057SS) to my computer via a USB SATA cable combined with a SAS to SATA converter. This doesn’t work and I would like to know why and if there’s any...
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What is a SSATA port?
Andy asked: I bought an ASUS ZPE10-D16 motherboard for a server I’m building. The manual describes two banks of SATA ports; a group of four it calls SSATA, instead of just SATA ports. I’m wondering if...
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How do I get rid of this SATARaid screen on boot?
Dusda asked: I have a server with a SuperMicro X8SIL-V motherboard. Here’s the manual. Every time it boots, it spends about three minutes at this screen: Sil 3124 SATARaid BIOS Version 6.3.18...
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Is it possible to check drives SMART attributes from a USB/eSATA enclosure?
Paradox asked: I use USB external drives on a daily basis and I would like to be able to check on their integrity. I recently happened to discover I was unable to read SMART attributes from them. I...
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HDD SATA speed setting
Kuntau asked: I just noticed this info from smartctl Does that mean I’m running inferior SATA II speed? If yes, how do I enable SATA III speed? smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022...
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