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powellandy1
Aug 21, 2020Virtuoso
Add SSD to RN528X
Hi Following on from https://community.netgear.com/t5/New-ReadyNAS-Users-General/Add-SSD-drive-s-to-RN528X/td-p/1776859 I've just had a go at adding an M2 SSD to my new 528X. It seems have wo...
spiperov
Feb 13, 2021Guide
Thank you for the nice photos of the RN528X motherboard!
I see now how it differs from the 6-bay RN526X - the PCI-style connectors for the HDD backplane are longer, allowing for more SATA lanes.
I'm still curious though, what controller is used for the 2 extra disks? The D-1508 has only 6 built-in SATA channels. And the extra Marvel 88SE9170 chip on the motherboard (at least that's what my RN526X has) provides only 2 extra SATA channels - one for the M.2 and one for the eSATA connector on the back.
Is it possible that the 8-disk RN528X has a different Marvel chip? Can you post the output of
lspci|grep SATA
Also, it might be instructive to see the output of `lsscsi`. Here's for example mine, with 5 bays occupied with 4TB WDs, an M.2 SSD in the slot on the back, and an external Seagate USB-enclosure:
root@RN526X:~# lsscsi [0:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD4000FYYZ-0 1K03 /dev/sda [1:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD4000FYYZ-0 1K03 /dev/sdb [2:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD4000FYYZ-0 1K03 /dev/sdc [3:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD4000FYYZ-0 1K03 /dev/sdd [4:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD4000FYYZ-0 1K03 /dev/sde [10:0:0:0] disk ATA TS128GMTS400SE2 5L5 /dev/sdf [13:0:0:0] disk Seagate Backup+ Hub BK D781 /dev/sdg
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