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    IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L

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    • DashrenderD
      Dashrender
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      OK @scottalanmiller - since you mentioned replacing the server - what do you think the average server life should be for an SMB?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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        @Dashrender said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

        OK @scottalanmiller - since you mentioned replacing the server - what do you think the average server life should be for an SMB?

        8 years is good, ten years is okay if you are not replacing parts. Once you are paying for spare parts, the economics of keeping an old server generally vanish.

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        • iroalI
          iroal @bhautik.shah
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          @bhautik.shah

          Check the battery in the Raid Controller, perhaps is empty.

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            bhautik.shah @iroal
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            @iroal Battery Status - Not Installed.

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            • B
              bhautik.shah
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              Hi All,

              As per finding, There is no available online hard drives update for drives behind an ServeRAID-8k or ServeRAID-8k-l SAS controller.
              After i have found the ISO image for Hard drive update that was only available for SAS HDD, I have update the Hard drive firmware yesterday, and hopefully it was all working fine from yesterday,

              SATA HDD Firmware not available for Server RAID 8K,8K-l card, ( Currently installed SATA HDD Model - ST1000DM )

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              • iroalI
                iroal @bhautik.shah
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                @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                Hi All,

                As per finding, There is no available online hard drives update for drives behind an ServeRAID-8k or ServeRAID-8k-l SAS controller.
                After i have found the ISO image for Hard drive update that was only available for SAS HDD, I have update the Hard drive firmware yesterday, and hopefully it was all working fine from yesterday,

                SATA HDD Firmware not available for Server RAID 8K,8K-l card, ( Currently installed SATA HDD Model - ST1000DM )

                Check the Smart status of the drive and test it with chkdsk unit: /R

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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                  @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                  Hi All,

                  As per finding, There is no available online hard drives update for drives behind an ServeRAID-8k or ServeRAID-8k-l SAS controller.
                  After i have found the ISO image for Hard drive update that was only available for SAS HDD, I have update the Hard drive firmware yesterday, and hopefully it was all working fine from yesterday,

                  SATA HDD Firmware not available for Server RAID 8K,8K-l card, ( Currently installed SATA HDD Model - ST1000DM )

                  Great, let us know once you've been able to verify that it fixed things. Good luck!

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                    bhautik.shah
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                    Hi All.

                    After upgrading the firmware of hdd, its not helpful.

                    at any time any of the sas or sata hdd may gone faulty.

                    Now i have to decide add on raid controller on to this server.

                    So can anyone suggest me the controller that supports RAID 5 also.

                    Thanks in advance for your support.

                    Thanks,
                    Bhautik Shah

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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                      @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                      So can anyone suggest me the controller that supports RAID 5 also.

                      All non-hobby RAID controllers support RAID 5. I actually have never heard of any RAID controller of any class that doesn't support RAID 5 with 20 years of working with RAID controllers. One must have been made at some point in history, but I've literally never heard tell of one.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @bhautik.shah
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                        @bhautik.shah said in IBM Server X3650 (Type7979I2S) Raid Problem? Server RAID Card 8K-L:

                        Now i have to decide add on raid controller on to this server.

                        A quality RAID controller is not cheap. Even the most entry level one will be worth more than a ten year old server. I would replace the server with one that comes with a RAID controller already.

                        If you are in the US, xByte makes this super affordable for Dell and now HPE servers. Outside of the US, I normally advice SuperMicro.

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