[ale] Promise VTrak M610i max drive size

[Dow Hurst]

We have already lost two drives close in time in the past and the array has
rebuilt the logical drive out of the spares without a problem.  I mistyped
RAID5 for the eight 2TB drive logical drive.  I should have typed RAID6.
How come I have a worse problem than firmware?  Thanks for your time!

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


On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 5:10 PM, Jeff Hubbs <jhubbslist at att.net> wrote:

>  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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