[ale] Promise VTrak M610i max drive size

[dphurst at uncg.edu (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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