Recent content by enigmo

Well, I've tried: Connecting the expander using two expander cables, drive still shows up as 3g Changing the control-expander link cable, still 3g Changing the expander-drive cable, still 3g Now I've got another 3TB drive on order the same as the others in the array, so I'll test with that...

I tried upgrading the firmware on the expander, but I've got another cable arriving today to swap out to test. If it is the cable I'll be annoyed as I went and found 6" ones especially to save space in the case :) Thanks, though. I am hoping it's something simple like this and not more serious...

I've got an Intel RES2SV240, all plumbed into an LSI 9265 and seemingly happy, but it's not negotiating SATA drives at 6G, just 3G. I know it's not a case of needing two uplink cables, and I also know the drives attached (Seagate 3TB NAS) are 6Gbps. This is confirmed in MegaRAID as it sees the...

Main server has: LSI 9265-8i with BBU Intel RES2SV240 Expander M5016 with SuperCap 8087 to 8088 adaptor to feed external SAS Mini Proliant: LSI 9240-8i I get the love for ZFS, I really do, but decent hardware RAID is still the thing for me.