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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hardware NASses or in this case, SATA
array boxes that have their own firmware to do RAID, invariably
seem to bite their buyers. More flexible solutions based on Linux
and off-the-shelf controllers cost less (and don't charge you by
the protocol - I'm looking at YOU, IBM) but work very well.<br>
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On 12/23/14 6:06 PM, Dow Hurst wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I called
Promise tech support. The answer is the latest firmware for
the VTrak M610i still is listed as only supporting certain 2TB
drives. I guess I'm out of luck on making full use of the
drives I have.</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font>Sincerely,<br>
Dow<br>
</font><font size="6"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:44.79999923706055px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)">⚛</span></font><font>Dow
Hurst, Research Scientist<br>
340 Sullivan Science Bldg.</font>
<div><font> Dept. of Chem. and Biochem.<br>
University of North Carolina at Greensboro<br>
PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Dow
Hurst <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:dphurst@uncg.edu" target="_blank">dphurst@uncg.edu</a>></span>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I have
a Promise VTrak M610i 16 drive array. It has eight 2TB
drives used in RAID5. I've added eight 3TB WD Red NAS
drives but the array doesn't think they are larger than
2TB. I haven't found the max drive size this array
supports after looking around. Does anyone know?</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">The
array firmware is old: version 2.31.0000.00</div>
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<div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I've
asked Promise support if the latest firmware will help,
but haven't gotten a response yet. I appreciate any
answers y'all may have. If anyone has dealt with an
array of this type and upgraded the firmware, does this
preserve currently configured logical drives?</div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font>Sincerely,<br>
Dow<br>
</font><font size="6"><span
style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:44.7999992370606px;background-color:rgb(249,249,249)">⚛</span></font><font>Dow
Hurst, Research Scientist<br>
340 Sullivan Science Bldg.</font>
<div><font> Dept. of Chem. and Biochem.<br>
University of North Carolina at
Greensboro<br>
PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170<br>
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