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Today I received an LSI SAS 9207-8i for SSD caching. Worked out of the box without any problems.

Is the speed the same when transfering the files via SMB while Jumbo frames are enabled? Maybe you can try this tool to get more informations on your network speed: http://www.totusoft.com/files/LAN_SpeedTest.exe Cheers

Short question: what did you mean with "...directly connected to the NAS"? Are you using a crossover cat cable or are all devices (NAS & PC) connected to a switch/router? You should check (if using a router or switch) 1.) If "Jumbo frames" are enabled in the DSM control panel (MTU 9000) -> Control panel > Network > Network interface > LAN X (where X is the number of your network card if you use more than 1) > Edit 2.) If your switch or router support jumbo frames Most switches support jumbo frames and it can give a boost to data transfers. Cheers

Hi @ all! My new powertoy is up and running (see: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=6594#p39363) Now I have a LSI MegaRaid 9260-4i including 2 Kingston 120GB SSDs left since I updated my workstation with the new 9361-8i. The problem is that the 9260-4i's drives are not recognized as SSDs. I created two virtual drives each containing only 1 SSD. Is there any possibility to get this working? Maybe some changes in the config? Log from dmesg: [ 1.364975] scsi6 : LSI SAS based MegaRAID driver [ 1.392317] scsi 6:0:5:0: Direct-Access KINGSTON SV300S37A120G BBF0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.419325] scsi 6:0:6:0: Direct-Access KINGSTON SV300S37A120G BBF0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.424962] scsi 6:2:0:0: Direct-Access LSI MR9260-4i 2.13 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.425290] sd 6:2:0:0: [sdg] 233373696 512-byte logical blocks: (119 GB/111 GiB) [ 1.425337] sd 6:2:0:0: [sdg] Write Protect is off [ 1.425339] sd 6:2:0:0: [sdg] Mode Sense: 1f 00 10 08 [ 1.425371] sd 6:2:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0 [ 1.425375] sd 6:2:0:0: [sdg] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA [ 1.425565] scsi 6:2:1:0: Direct-Access LSI MR9260-4i 2.13 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 [ 1.425732] sdg: unknown partition table [ 1.425802] sd 6:2:1:0: [sdh] 233373696 512-byte logical blocks: (119 GB/111 GiB) [ 1.425843] sd 6:2:1:0: [sdh] Write Protect is off [ 1.425845] sd 6:2:1:0: [sdh] Mode Sense: 1f 00 10 08 [ 1.425873] sd 6:2:1:0: [sdh] Write cache: disabled, read cache: enabled, supports DPO and FUA [ 1.425912] sd 6:2:0:0: [sdg] Attached SCSI disk [ 1.426113] sd 6:2:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg7 type 0 [ 1.426490] sdh: unknown partition table Cheers

System is up and working! ASUS P9D WS Xeon E3-1271V3 2x8GB Kingston DDR3 1600 ECC 6x Seagate ST4000VN003 4TB LSI 9207-8i HBA 2x Kingston SSD 120GB Enermax Platimax 650W 19" Chieftec 3H

Ok thank you for the reply. I'll report back when my setup is complete.

Aloha! Just a short question about hardware compatibility: I plan to build a "PowerNAS" with XPEnology 5.2 and an ASUS Workstation Mainboard. Chipset would be Intel C224 or C226 CPU Xeon E3 1240V3 NIC Intel X520-DA2 Anyone who already runs XPEnology on this hardware? Cheers Andale