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    Cheapest 4 drive unRaid?

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    Yep, if it's anything I know, that's my limitations and I've learned a long time ago not to mess with stuff I can't figure out.

    Sadly and especially on the forums, this is very often mistaken for laziness. Granted, I AM lazy but, the reason I don't

    do these things is because it's NEVER easy for me and just about every time I'm doing something, there's ALWAYS

    something else happening that wasn't supposed to be there and then I'm freaked out.

     

    Anyway, if anyone wants the info on that server, I'm sure I can find it again.

    Cheapest 4 drive unRaid?

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    I can take another one to see if anything has changed.

     

    By the way, if someone wants one of those Intel servers, I found one very cheap on craigslist and since I don't think something that I have to telnet to would suit me, maybe someone else here would want to buy it. $75  :)

    Cheapest 4 drive unRaid?

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    Found a cheap Intel unit online but hell, I don't even know how to do telnet  :)

     

    Here's a question. One of my drives has a red dot in front of it in the web interface, that means a bad drive

    from what I understand. What's the difference between the dot blinking and steady light (in both instances it's red)?

     

    Also, it's a 2 tb drive with 700 gigs available. IF it fails or has failed, my stuff's still ok, right?

     

    Well, I have 3.5TB available out of 12.2 tb. Does this mean that I could afford to lose another drive and still be protected or this has to be replaced, pronto?

     

    Thanks

    Cheapest 4 drive unRaid?

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    Also, if anyone's wondering about getting a second unit, let's just say that when it comes to me and computers, the weirdest things always happen and half the time I have no idea why and of course, if I don't, I can't fix it.

     

    Here's one example..http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=15017.0

     

    Here's another..http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1004&message=38148657

     

    To those who don't have these problems or know more than I do about computers (which is probably everyone on this forum),

    all this may seem far fetched or like I'm paranoid but I can assure you, this for ME is reality and it sucks.

     

    Last year when my puter kept crashing, I kept backing the same stuff over and over to the unraid and recently when I went to clean it out and consolidate files, I found as many 3-4 copies of some folders with as many as a few hundred thousand files in each.

     

    Are there things I could improve about how I do things? Sure but I also have things happening that's NOT supposed to happen or even possible.

     

    By the way, feel free to discuss the other stuff in this thread if you guys want to. After all, I started it and the purpose of a forum IS to share ideas and to learn so go fer it!

     

    Now, before someone misunderstands the purpose of this thread, let me just point out that I DO like my unRaid and I'm very happy with the service and help I've gotten from Rajahal

    who built it.

     

    George

    Cheapest 4 drive unRaid?

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    Well, let's say that I can't build it myself or that my parts are too old or something. What's the cheapest route with something already built for instance?

     

    If I were to do this, I'll probably have one built anyway but I was curious and sat there and started thinking about it.

    No money right now so all this is hypothetical anyway and it got started when I saw this very cheap D link, two disk nas.

     

    Links to pics of units or whatever would be cool.

     

    Thanks

    What Netbook from NewEgg?

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    Well, I didn't mean to spend that much on the gigabyte, I was just showing you an example. I paid less for mine.

     

    Convertibles are cool. I also had the HP tm2 and a Lenovo X200 with some kind of incredibly bright outdoor screen. Kinda regret

    selling that one too  :)

     

    I just never really used the touch screen feature much. Maybe 'cause i didn't keep them around long enough  :)

     

    Also, Dell screwed me years ago and cost me around $500 so on a personal level, I'll never buy anything from them again but that's me.

    What Netbook from NewEgg?

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    Here's one that I had that was very cool with a touch screen. I don't know if it's the exact model but I'm just posting you to show what's available. http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-Netbook-Gn-T1000x-Cf1-10-1inch-Windows/dp/B005HBEZ1C/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1318062330&sr=8-10

     

    I sold it some time ago as I needed money and now I kinda regret it.

     

    I got myself a used Asus 1000HE netbook with 2 gigs of ram and win7 and it runs beautifully.

     

    Got it cheap through craigslist.

     

    HOWEVER, my experience with Asus' support is that it's non existent. Just a heads up.

     

    Depending on how much your gift card is, you could also sell it and get you a used netbook. Thousands of them out there at great prices.