[ale] Promise VTrak M610i max drive size

[Dow Hurst]

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.

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 4:40 PM, Dow Hurst <dphurst at uncg.edu> wrote:

> 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?
>
> 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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