CaptainSpalding

That really looks like a nice case, but I'm really into silencing the server. Has anyone here tested suspenders for the hdds? My Sharkoon Rebel 12 would be a case that could use those, as I can get rid of smaller hdds, and that way could make room for better airflow too. And the humming from the drives would be lower. I have not find any place to order these from. http://www.silentpcreview.com/Nine_Suspended_HDDs_and_Testing

Looks very nice! Thanks!

Sorry, in short what I meant was that the array is unprotected during the new parity calculation.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but If some file(s) is corrupted on those 23 disks it cannot be repaired when new parity is calculated.

I was thinking of Fractal Design R4, but as I have a mini-itx passive cooled MB, I really don't think I need the depth so much. Are there cases that are better designed for mini-itx mobos and server use? Something like HP Microserver. I dont like large racks and don't plan to use drive cages. I wonder why gamers even need those big boxes with 8-10 hdd slots?

But if the parity has errors on those 23 disks, the errors cannot be fixed.

The desktop model got good ratings for heat and power consumption. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=28475.msg253458#msg253458 I just bought bunch of them.

Sorry to point the obvious, but you do have a 4TB parity drive?

Sorry, I misread... buy the 4TB.

Ok, just want to minimaze noise and heat on this build. I am counting on that the 6TB drives are going to in the same price range as the 4TB's now when I get to fill the server up. I'm going to split the data on the current 40TB server, so there will be space left on the new build.

Ok, thanks. I am little prejudiced to those bays and the little fans (the noise to be exact) they have. Maybe I just take the R4 and see as I build what kinda solution I'll end up with.

Nice, that worked! But the share needed to be empty and there was a share delete tick box for the webgui. Just deleting the name did not work. Now I can proceed with my migration plans, yes! garycase: As I'm trying to minimize noise on the new server do you think 12 drives would be too much for Fractal r4? I'm also thinking of the Mini. Theres some space between the PSU and the hdd drive cage, so I thought I could buy one of those Fractal cages for 3 drives and mount it in between. So that the hdd connectors would be facing up.

Thanks garycase for your suggestions for the Fractal. I renamed the disk1 folder on disk2 to "Files from disk1" and ran "New Permissions", but I still do not have access to physical disk1. When I open the Shares in webgui it (disk1) shows there as one of the shares, even though the others are the ones I have created. There are no others disks shown there. After "New Permissions" I can access to disk2 though and others disks.

I did not have a share named disk1 prior the mv /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2. It was created during the move. How about the Fractals 5.25" slots, what have you used to mount 3.5" hdds?

And it's formatted to FAT or FAT32?

Thanks dgaschk! I can now access the disk1 from "Network", but... The disk1 has also become a share? And it has one file in it (although it's smaller in filesize than it should). The disk1 from the "Network" list points to it and the disk1 folder that was created during the move to disk2. In the webgui the disk one still seems to hold about 1.8TB of data. Should I remove the share named "disk1"? And it seems that I can access the file list through the webgui with browse /mnt/disk1 and the file seems to be there in it's correct size.

Thanks, I will try that tomorrow.

What usb are you using? Have you ran the make_bootable.bat?

My point was to move contents of a disk not a share. But I too think that the data is still on disk one just can access the from explorers "Network". I do however access the other folders pn disk2 just not the disk1. I think it's due the interruption during the move.

I too think this would be the best way. But what about the disk1 not been accessible since the mv attempt? Disk1 seems to have the data but I cannot confirm the contents.

Thanks for the info! I did try the mv /mnt/disk1 /mnt/disk2 command, but I just got a "disk1" folder to disk2 that I cannot access and now I cannot access the real disk1 either? My built is like 5 years old, back then I did not really understand the split levels etc. So basically my file structure is a mess. I was all so hoping to re-arrange in the process. What should I do with that disk1 "thingy"? I saw in the webgui that the disk2 was getting data, but there was no decrease in the data of disk1? After it started and I did not see the data being removed from disk1 in the webgui and cancelled and was beginning a parity check but cancelled that too as I thought it could do even more damage. I really think the best way would be to copy data of from the small disks as much as possible, but is it impossible or highly unsafe to remove 2 or more empty disks from the array at the same time? garycase: the plan b sounds like a great idea, but as said my split level has been 10 in the beginning so there are files lying god knows where. So I think the only way to get them in order would be to ensure that all the files are under their folders before I copy them to the new array configuration? I have ATM the Sharkoon Rebel 12 Value and I'm thinking of moving to Fractal Design R4, that should be quite quiet?

I was thinking of getting bigger drives to my array and to remove about half of the smaller size hdd's. How should I proceed? There's nearly 200GB's of free space per disk on my 21 disk array and I would first want to fill the drives as much as possible and see how many of the 2TB drives I can remove from the array after. Then I would replace the remaining 9 2TB drives one by one with 4TB drives and fill those to again in the process and always take of one 2TB drive as it is emptied. How can I move files from one disk to rest of the array? Thanks in advance!

I keep my server offline if I don't watch a movie or do some upgrading or maintaining. I'm not at home a lot and the fan noise is too much in my studio apartment during night time. The parity checks and rebuilds are always a bit pain.

Hmm... the manufacturer says "Up to 3TB". http://www.sybausa.com/productInfo.php?iid=1195 But may just not update info. Thanks! EDIT: I found a Silverstone SST-EC05 pretty cheap at a local store. It's got Marvell 88SE9130, so it should work?

I read that that Syba SD-PEX40049 does not support 4TB drives. Is there any card that would?