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This is curious - I updated from 6.12.6 to 6.12.8 today and I'm now seeing this exact same issue - disks spin down and then immediately spin back up again, even if "forced" to spin down via the GUI. I've tried disabling Docker, no change - it looks like something is triggering a SMART read immediately when a disk is spun down, which spins it up again.

I've just experienced this with my H12SSL-CT board after updating the plugin with FAN A showing as "fan is not configured!" and spinning up to full speed: Reverting the plugin to the previous version resolved the issue, but I can confirm that after updating back to the latest version and modifying line 53 from case '12': to case '13': and then disabling and re-enabling fan control has resolved the issue for me also.

An Nvidia Quadro P400 or T400 for example are capable transcoding cards, both have MAXIMUM power consumption of 30W and powered by the PCIe slot alone. They are readily available on eBay in the UK for £90-160 (approx. $115-205/€105-185). Both support up to 3 simultaneous transcode sessions, higher spec cards are unlimited. If the only performance issue is with the transcoding then, compared to the cost of of a new motherboard, CPU and RAM, surely this would be a better option?

If all the devices are working then yes, based on that manual snippet, each slot will be working at x8. I'm assuming there will be an option in the BIOS to change it from x8/x8/x8/x8/x8 to x16/x0/x0/x16/x8, but obviously using that mode would effectively "disable" PCIE3 and PCIE4 as they would have no lanes allocated.

@orlando500 Based on the manual, whilst PCIE 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are all mechanically PCIEx16, they don't all support 16 lanes electrically: Assuming you are using the i9-9820X listed in your signature that has 44 lanes, PCIE7 would only ever be x8, so 8 PCIE lanes. Based on the above snippet, for the full 16 lanes (i.e. x4x4x4x4 that you want) you would need to use slots PCIE1 or PCIE5.

I can't speak for the Intel X520-DA1 specifically, but I have a Mellanox CX311A ConnectX-3 SFP+ card in one of my servers. This has been used connected to both a Dream Machine Pro and USW-Pro switch using DAC cables and it works flawlessly at 10Gb/s.

I thought I'd test the backwards compatibility of @giganode version of the plugin but it won't install on 6.11.5 as the plugin reports that it needs at least version 6.12.0-beta7. Any chance this will be sorted or should I just wait and update the plugin once I've moved to 6.12?

Former HP tech here - I have a DL380 G6 at home (basically the same server, only motherboard is slightly different to the G7) and had this once. I'd reseat the CPU(s), RAM and riser card and If still no joy then it's likely the system board has died unfortunately.

Just updated my test server to 6.12.0-rc1 and with the dashboard plugin position feature enabled, it doesn't actually display anything and breaks the layout below it: With Dashboard plugin position set to Hardware: With Dashboard plugin position set to Off: Edit: I should add the same thing happens if you select "Disk arrays" for the plugin position.

For slot powered I think you are limited in choice if you want 8GB VRAM. For slot powered Quadro newer/better than your M2000, you are looking at P400, P600, P1000, P2000, T400, T600 or T1000. The P2000 has 5GB and the T1000 does, I believe, have an 8GB version.

I've recently upgraded my main server from a Xeon E5-2650L v4 to an EPYC 7282 (Rome) and I've not seen any difference in parity check or write speeds. I've had to rebuild two drives (due to issues with a faulty cable) and also run a full parity check since upgrading, all without any slowdowns.

750W should be fine - I've run a Xeon E5-2697v3, 64GB ECC RAM, nVidia Quadro P400, 2 SSD's and 24 HDD's on a 750W with no issues.

ATX PSU's have a standard width and height (150mm x 86mm), it's only the depth/length of them that varies. Historically, most ATX PSU's are around 140mm in length, but in recent years longer PSU's have become more common with higher power demands. Personally, I use Corsair power supplies - both my Unraid boxes have them (CX650 and HX750i) as well as my main PC (RM750x), although the Seasonic ones do tend to rate quite highly in a lot of reviews as well. Do you have any other hardware other than what is listed in your screenshot above (Phenom II, 2 x 8GB, 2 x SSD and 8 x HDD)? I've plugged that info into the OuterVision PSU calculator (https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator) and that doesn't suggest anywhere near 600W. If you use that calculator, I'd recommend the Expert tab as it gives you plenty of options for all your devices.

According to the product page on the Gamemax website, the case will accommodate ATX PSU up to 200mm length so as long as the PSU you get is shorter than that, it should fit.

Have you checked or tested your RAM? I did some swapping around of hardware between my two servers recently and ended up with a mismatched pair of DIMMS in one server which caused behaviour similar to yours where the server would freeze/lock-up after a few days. Once I swapped the memory around and had the matched pair back together in the same server, it's been fine ever since.