Re: OT: hardware, MegaRAID SAS 2008 (falcon)

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On Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:28 PM, Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>
> On Thu, June 30, 2016 2:59 pm, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx 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-megaraid-9220-8i-maximum-hdd-size.2648/#post-23454
[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...
>
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