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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.

If my memory serves me correctly, Ryzen APU's (i.e. the "G" versions with built in graphics) do not support ECC unless they are a PRO model. So the 5600G would not support ECC, regardless of if the motherboard does.

From what I can find, the Broadcom 57810 chipset this card is based on only supports 100Mb, 1Gb or 10Gb speeds.

This video from @SpaceInvaderOne explains the way to set it up quite simply:

There is an internal version available, reviewed below a couple of months ago: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2022/blikvm-pcie-puts-computer-your-computer I've only looked on AliExpress, but you can get the whole thing for about £190 ($210) including the RPi Compute Module. Can even be powered by PoE if you have it available.

I have seven 18TB Exos drives running off an LSI SAS3008 onboard HBA (Supermicro) that have been running for nearly 10 months now without issue.

I use a Mellanox ConnectX-3 card (CX311A) with a DAC cable to my switch and it's rock solid, they are usually fairly cheap on eBay.

My server runs on an E5-2650L v4 (14-core, 1.7GHz), 64GB RAM with 7 x 18TB and dual 1TB M.2 cache. That is running Plex, multiple *arrs, Home Assistant etc. and it barely breaks a sweat (I do have a nVidia Quadro P400 for transcoding though).

For backplanes with these connectors you would need a reverse breakout cable - this will allow 4 SATA ports on a controller card/HBA/motherboard to connect to a single SFF-8087 or SFF-8643 connector on a drive backplane. With the LogicCase 43400-8HS I linked to earlier, mine has the "older" SFF-8087 6GB SAS connectors but the website now shows it comes with SFF-8643 12GB SAS, so if you do go for one of these cases, I'd either check with the vendor or wait until you have it to check which connector it has and therefore which cables you need since you could get "old" stock.

Not sure what price you will find it for where you are, but I've got this: https://www.servercase.co.uk/shop/server-cases/rackmount/4u-chassis/4u-short-storage-chassis-w-8x-35-sata-hot-swap-bays---eatx-motherboard-support-sc-43400-8hs/ Current UK price is £202.40, so (assuming you are in US), that's around $230, only just over your $200. Might be worth looking to see if anyone outside the UK stocks the LogicCase SC-43400-8HS. I've also found what looks to be an identical case here for $200 plus shipping: http://www.plinkusa.net/web4U08S.htm

I have the earlier version of that chassis - it's mechanically identical to your one. just the drive trays and backplanes are different. As nice as the hot-swap fan functionality is, you have to ask yourself if you are realistically ever going to use it? I pulled out the hot-swap fan trays, plastic rails and power board, mounted three Coolink SWiF2 120mm fans direct to the fan wall with rubber mounts (the mounting holes are already there) and plugged them direct onto my motherboard. (Supermicro board has LOTS of fan headers) Been running that system for over 2 years with no noise or temperature issues, just had to edit the IPMI settings to accept a lower minimum RPM without alarming. I would have preferred to use Noctua fans, but at the time there were none available and I don't see any point replacing perfectly good working fans now.