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    What's the difference between these two LSI 9201-16e cards?

    TLDR... What is the difference between these 2 cards? LSI Logic Controller Card H5-25379-00 SAS 9201-16e 16Port 6Gb/s SATA+SAS PCI Express Single LSI Logic Controller Card LSI00276 SAS 9201-16e 16Port 6Gb/s SATA+SAS PCI Express Single Long Story... I have one LSI 9201-16e working perfectly in...
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    Using external HDD as internal. Format stuck. Did I kill the drive?

    If you are referring to windows support of drives larger than 2TB, here are the related specs: OS: Windows 7 x64 Mobo: Supermicro X9SCM-F-O HDDs: I already have 5x WD Red 3TB WD30EFRX working perfectly fine in this machine. So, I am not an expert in all this, but I assume my system...
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    Using external HDD as internal. Format stuck. Did I kill the drive?

    I have 8 Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 3TB STAC3000102 external drives. I wanted to get the drives out of the enclosures and use them as internal drives. The actual hard drives inside are Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB. 4-3 days ago, I took 3 of the drives out of their enclosures and tried...
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    Interesting cheap JBODs available

    @brianmat, thank you so much for for answers and suggestions. I was planning on getting 2 of M1015s (I already have 2x AOC-SASLP-MV8 for x4 slots, that I used in my old setup in a Norco case), or maybe even getting 4 of M1015s just to avoid mixing (I know they would not be up the full...
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    Interesting cheap JBODs available

    Hi, This is exactly what I was looking for. Cheap and half size form factor! I am pretty much a newbie in storage server side of things, so please help me: I would like to buy 4 of these boxes and plug them into a single server. I'm thinking of running a FreeNAS server - to serve media for my...
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