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    Enterprise SSD recommendation

    I am also looking at western digital ultrastar SSDs. I will look into Micron SSDs as well. Thanks! The usecase for this NAS: Microscope slides scanned through a digital slide scanner. Each scanned slide will have a range of 500MB to 1.2GB per file. These files are sent to a NAS (for...
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    Enterprise SSD recommendation

    Planning to get a QNAP ts-h1677xu-rp for a network database for a clinical research lab. Any recommendations for a reliable SSD? Ive heard kioxia brand is good. What about the samsung PM893 7.68TB drives? Any recommendations for a read intensive SSD with a decent DWPD?
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    LSI SAS9300 Firmware Update Failure

    no luck. Intermittently undetectable. Its now in a storage box. Getting a newer version most prolly a supermicro this time.
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    Server Query

    Hi. I work in a diagnostic laboratory and we are getting a digitial imaging equipment with a requirement of a server. I have an existing 7950X on an Asus X670-E extreme, 64GB of RAM connected to an 8bay NAS with 32GB ECC RAM and m.2 cache drives on a 10GbE network. Will this suffice for an SQL...
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    DiskStation DS1823xs+

    Getting a DiskStation DS1823xs+ with 8GB ECC ram. Planning to upgrade it to 32GB ECC. Checking the site for the compatibility list for RAM upgrade it only list their own synology ecc ram and the price is 2-3x other brands. Would a non-ECC ram module work?
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    Supermicro HBA card.

    oh. if it works fine for a cheaper price I guess thats ok. But I prefer the ones with a brand. I noticed there is a rev1.01 and a rev 2.00 for the AOC-S3008L-L8E, whats the difference?
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    Supermicro HBA card.

    good to know. Definitely getting them. By the way, have you tried the new PCIE4.0 that supports NVME? any recommendations?
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    Supermicro HBA card.

    I have 2 LSI 9300-8i and 1 just had issues with random non detection of drives, randomly turns off and suddenly it just wont boot. I will give supermicro a try. Maybe buy 2 of them. Ive read mixed reviews but I think its worth the shot. Chinese reference-design? how to distinguish? Btw, I...
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    Supermicro HBA card.

    Hi. It's been days of sleepless nights trying to figure how to fix my LSI 9300-8i. It led me to get another HBA card for now to get my stuff running. Ive came across this HBA card, it is an AOC-S3008L-L8E SuperMicro 8-Port SAS 12Gb/s PCI Express 3.0 Gen 3 HBA Controller Card. Though I need a 16i...
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    9300-8i Update

    I have a 4 year old LSI HBA 9300-8i behaving weird one day. It wont boot to its bios and showed the "fault 05h" message. I posted recently about this and a flash to a new firmware was advised. I havent flashed an HBA card before so I was looking around the forum and the internet and no luck for...
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    LSI SAS9300 Firmware Update Failure

    we are on the same boat. It's been 2 days. I have the LSI 9300-8i, It suddenly gave the fault 05h. Then tried to flash it and the adapter cannot be found.
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    LSI Avago 9300-8i Firmware Bios update problems.

    sorry but what link are you refering to. I am new on this stuff. Ive been running in circles. Tried sas3flash.exe but cannot find the card. Is there a step by step guide on this one. Where can I find the necessary files for the update? I dont know where to start.
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    LSI HBA card BIOS wont load.

    Havent flashed an HBA card before. Looking at the link you gave me. Also checking some youtube vids. One thing I am making sure is getting the right firmware for the 9300-8i. I just dont know what happened. I cant imagine how the stock firmware could like "reset" itself or malfunction. I have...
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    LSI Avago 9300-8i Firmware Bios update problems.

    Hi. I recently have the MPT fault 5 error and wont boot. I also have the 9300-8i. I wanted to flash the card to get it working but I cant find the latest firmware on the product site. Any info? Thank you
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    LSI HBA card BIOS wont load.

    Hi. I have a 9300-8i HBA card. It was working fine and suddenly it cant load. It says "MPT fault 05" Any ideas what to do? Thank you