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SAS to SATA gotchas, including the 3.3v issue and the best fix for it

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This post is about using SAS HDDs SAS vs SATA The actual difference between SAS and and SATA are beyond the scope of this post, but the key info here is that you can use SATA drives with a SAS controller, but you cannot use SAS drives with a SATA… Continue reading →

Flashing the SAS 2008 on a Supermicro X8DTL-6F to IT mode

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I recently updated the motherboard on my NAS server from a Supermicro X8DTL-3F to a X8DTL-6F, which is a pretty much identical motherboard only with an onboard LSI SAS 2008 controller on it. During the course of that update, I needed to flash the SAS 2008 to IT mode, and… Continue reading →