[ale] Promise VTrak M610i max drive size

[Jeff Hubbs]

On 12/23/14 4:40 PM, Dow Hurst wrote:
> I have a Promise VTrak M610i 16 drive array.  It has eight 2TB drives 
> used in RAID5.
Ooh, you have a worse problem than firmware if you actually plan to 
rebuild that array someday...

> 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?
>
> The array firmware is old: version 2.31.0000.00
>
> 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?
>
> Sincerely,
> Dow
> ⚛Dow Hurst, Research Scientist
>        340 Sullivan Science Bldg.
>        Dept. of Chem. and Biochem.
>        University of North Carolina at Greensboro
>        PO Box 26170 Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
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