I've been googling, and haven't yet found the answer: does anyone here know if a MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon) (rev 03) can handle drives bigger than 2TB?
mark
On Thu, June 30, 2016 2:59 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I've been googling, and haven't yet found the answer: does anyone here know if a MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon) (rev 03) can handle drives bigger than 2TB?
One way to find out is to plug 4TB drive and take a look. Another is to ask one who has the same controller to do the same for you. I am going to play with similar on one of my machine, but it sounds like my controller is different: in my case lspci gives me:
01:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04 ) Subsystem: Dell PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller
Sorry, can't answer the question, only what I would do - just my poor experientalist's approach...
Valeri
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Valeri Galtsev wrote:
On Thu, June 30, 2016 2:59 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I've been googling, and haven't yet found the answer: does anyone here know if a MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon) (rev 03) can handle drives bigger than 2TB?
One way to find out is to plug 4TB drive and take a look. Another is to ask one who has the same controller to do the same for you. I am going to play with similar on one of my machine, but it sounds like my controller is different: in my case lspci gives me:
<snip> Yeah, I know. Thanks - unfortunately, their hot-swap drive bays are full. However, after I posted it, it finally percolated through my brain that they were still under warranty (5 yrs is what we buy), so I just called Dell, and am told they'll do 4TBs. Now, that, I assume, means they'll take larger, but he's researching it for me to be sure.
mark
On Thu, June 30, 2016 4:38 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Valeri Galtsev wrote:
On Thu, June 30, 2016 2:59 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I've been googling, and haven't yet found the answer: does anyone here know if a MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon) (rev 03) can handle drives bigger than 2TB?
One way to find out is to plug 4TB drive and take a look. Another is to ask one who has the same controller to do the same for you. I am going to play with similar on one of my machine, but it sounds like my controller is different: in my case lspci gives me:
<snip> Yeah, I know. Thanks - unfortunately, their hot-swap drive bays are full. However, after I posted it, it finally percolated through my brain that they were still under warranty (5 yrs is what we buy), so I just called Dell, and am told they'll do 4TBs. Now, that, I assume, means they'll take larger, but he's researching it for me to be sure.
With larger drives, say 8 TB, you may want to pay attention to drive format (namely, 4Kn may be not supported by that particular controller).
Just my $0.02.
Valeri
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Valeri Galtsev galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu wrote:
On Thu, June 30, 2016 2:59 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I've been googling, and haven't yet found the answer: does anyone here know if a MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon) (rev 03) can handle drives bigger than 2TB?
The following sources say, yes >2TB drives are supported with the latest firmware [0]. Might not be able to get past 3TB drives though [1].
[0] https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/ibm-serveraid-m1015-lsi-me... [1] https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12767.msg121130#msg121130
One way to find out is to plug 4TB drive and take a look. Another is to ask one who has the same controller to do the same for you. I am going to play with similar on one of my machine, but it sounds like my controller is different: in my case lspci gives me:
01:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04 ) Subsystem: Dell PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller
Those PERC controllers are limited at supporting 2TB disks.
Sorry, can't answer the question, only what I would do - just my poor experientalist's approach...
Valeri
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On Tue, July 5, 2016 11:05 am, Mike - st257 wrote:
On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Valeri Galtsev galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu wrote:
On Thu, June 30, 2016 2:59 pm, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
I've been googling, and haven't yet found the answer: does anyone here know if a MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon) (rev 03) can handle drives bigger than 2TB?
The following sources say, yes >2TB drives are supported with the latest firmware [0]. Might not be able to get past 3TB drives though [1].
[0] https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/ibm-serveraid-m1015-lsi-me... [1] https://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=12767.msg121130#msg121130
One way to find out is to plug 4TB drive and take a look. Another is to ask one who has the same controller to do the same for you. I am going to play with similar on one of my machine, but it sounds like my controller is different: in my case lspci gives me:
01:00.0 RAID bus controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic MegaRAID SAS 1078 (rev 04 ) Subsystem: Dell PERC 6/i Integrated RAID Controller
Those PERC controllers are limited at supporting 2TB disks.
Thanks, Mike. Hadn't chance to do it, so I'm still to discover that. That said, I've heard someone mentioned he/she just flashed these with LSI firmware making then not tweaked by Dell PERC ones and got what one gets on LSI controllers... I hope, OP has got his answer (from Dell Support, I believe).
Valeri
Sorry, can't answer the question, only what I would do - just my poor experientalist's approach...
Valeri
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