DaveSt

D'oh .... man that is embarrassing. Thanks a bunch!

OK, I have read a few threads here showing how to mount unRAID shares on another machine running Linux but for the life of me I cannot get it working. I am thinking that there is a setting on my unRAID machine itself that I need to change. My machine is running Linux Mint 13, and I have installed the cifs utilities package. The command I am using is as follows: //192.168.0.189/Backups /mnt/Backups cifs username=<user>,password=<pwd>,noperms,uid=nobody,gid=users 0 0 The response back in the terminal is: bash: //192.168.0.189/Backups: No such file or directory Is there something I need to do on the unRAID side of things to make my shares available to mount in Linux? I can browse to the shares using nautilus but I simply cannot mount them. I need to mount my backups directory so I can point my backup utility there.

After reading some more I think it is smarter to go a different route. I will simply copy my existing stick to the new stick and then upgrade what I need after the fact. I just want to keep the original stick in case something goes wrong and I need to revert back to the old hardware.

I am in the process of upgrading to different hardware for my server (new motherboard, cpu, ram, etc.). I have read the FAQ entry about changing motherboards but I think that description assumes that the same USB stick will be used after the change. I would like to also change my USB stick at the same time. Will I run into problems upgrading to a new USB stick with a completely new unRAID installation? I am hoping I can move my data and parity drives over to the new hardware.

Thanks! That makes perfect sense.

I have searched but didn't really find an answer to this. I am getting reacy to add a cache drive to my system. I have seen mention that some plugins are better off installed to the cache drive than running from the USB boot stick. How do you install plugins to the cache drive and have unraid see them? Do I just make a plugins directory on the cache?

Sorry .. reading failure.

Right now my current unRAID has three drives (two data, one parity). My current plans don't really call for more than five drives. My storage needs for now are pretty well met but I would like to perhaps add a cache drive. I figure that leaves me room for one more decent sized data drive in the future with the E450 board. I will take a look at your suggestion however. I am always willing to spend a little less :-) One thing about the E450 that has me intrigued is that it looks like it could also meet another computing requirement of mine. I figured I could test the platform out there first and see how well it works.

Well, I think I might have finally found my board. I have decided to just upgrade for what I need rather than trying to future proof things in regards to ESX, etc. I know that I won't have time in the next year to figure out how to virtualize everything so no sense stressing over it. One reason I have been hesitant to replace my Atom board is because it actually has a parallel port on it and my printer runs perfectly through unRAID (old HP 5L laser just won't die). Anyhow, I had pretty much decided to go with another Atom board when I stumbled across a AMD solution that looks perfect. The board is an Asus E45M1-M-PRO based on the AMD E450 APU. The board has 5x SATA ports, PCI Express, and parallel port! I'm not sure what the NIC is, but if I need to purchase something that works I don't mind.

Thanks for the feedback Bob. That is good information.

Alright, since I got no bites I guess I will give it a shot and see what happens. Maybe I can make my own thread in the build section for future reference.

I have searched here and I see that a few people have used the Lian Li PC-V354 for their unraid builds. I was hoping to get some feedback as to how that case has worked out. My current case is very limited in regards to 3.5" internal drive bays (I have two plus one converted 5.25" slot) so i am looking to make an upgrade. The Lian Li case fits the bill as far as internal drive bays and motherboard form factor and it looks cool (sure, not the most practical consideration but still ...). If it is a complete pain to work with then I will go with something else.

Thanks again. ATM I am planning on keeping this machine as a single purpose unraid installation, but it is interesting to see the possibilities that can be realized using virtualization. My needs with this machine are really pretty simple actually. I use my unraid just for client backups and a central file storage location. I don't run any media services or anything else too fancy on it. The only thing I still need to get working is CrashPlan, but I was holding out for the final 5.0 release before tackling that 9I have been running 5.0b12 for quite some time now). I don't want to overbuy for my simple purposes, but then again I don't want to limit my future options. that always seems to be a fine line.

Thanks, you have certainly provided me with a ton of good information. This is a bit off topic, but what is the benefit of running unraid as an ESXi build? Is it simply so the system can be multi-purposed with multiple operating systems?

Wow, that Supermicro board does not come cheap. What is the benefit of such a board over a more budget friendly setup?