It is possible to read data with the software Linux raid using mdadm tool from a RAID 5 array created with the hardware raid controller…
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Delete an Offline RAID6 virtual drive and create a new one with AVAGO storcli
Offline virtual device means it cannot be used because the missing or bad or failed disks are more than the fault tolerance it is offering….
Surviving 3 disks failure of RAID 6 with AVAGO 3108 MegaRAID and foreign config
Whatever is the reason to end up with 3 broken hard disks in a RAID 6 setup it does not matter! What matters is to…
Really bad performance when going from Write-Back to Write-Through in a LSI controller
Ever wonder what is the impact of write-through of an LSI controller in a real-world streaming server? Have no wonder anymore! you can get several…
Install the new storcli to manage (LSI/AVAGO/Broadcom) MegaRAID controller under CentOS 7
After the acquisition of LSI there was a major change with the management console utility for the MegaRAID controllers. The utility was renamed from MegaCli…
AVAGO MegaRAID SAS-9361-4i with CacheCade – create a new virtual drive RAID5 with SSD caching
Here is howto article for creating a RAID5 device in MegaRAID SAS-9361-4i with SSD caching. First and really important thing is to have the CacheCade…
AVAGO MegaRaid SAS 9361-4i with CacheCade and CacheVault BIOS configuration utilities review
Here is the screenshots’ review of LSI LSI00415 MegaRAID 9361-4i SGL controller with CacheVault Accessory kit LSI LSI00293. The controller has 3 hard disk and…
LSI MegaRAID 2108 freezes with abort command and all processes hang up in disk sleep
It happened to one of our old LSI MegaRAID 2108 controllers (AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR (smc2108) with 36 disk, 32x2T and 4x8T) to freeze and most of the…
Update firmware of AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR (smc2108) – LSI 2108 MegaRAID Hardware Controller
This card AOC-USAS2LP-H8iR is really old (probably 7-9 years), but still it works, so you can check if you are with the latest and greatest…