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  1. Currently running: 1x 2TB Parity Drive 5x 2TB Data Drives 1x 1TB Cache Drive All the drives are WD Green drives. One data drive went bad. I previously RMA'd a drive and WD replaced it with a Black Drive. I replaced the bad drive with this drive (disk2) and it's currently rebuilding. Here is my question: Since the Black drive is the faster drive, I'd like to make that my parity drive and take the green parity drive and make it the new data drive (drive2). Is this possible without another drive? If not, then I think I might just RMA this bad drive and then when I get the new one back from WD, I'll remove drive2 (currently the black drive) and replace it with the new drive from WD, let it rebuild, and then remove the parity drive and replace it with the black drive that I would have just removed. I'll then still have a spare 2TB drive (the former parity drive). Thanks.
  2. Hi everyone, Is there a way to have UnRAID keep a log of all file changes made to shares (files copied, deleted, renamed, etc.)? Thanks.
  3. I thought that was correct. Just needed a little assurance! It seems to be working. Parity is recalculating now. Thanks again, Joe - You're the man!
  4. Hi everyone, I have a parity drive and 5 data disks. Disk3 just started to go bad and at the same time, I am no longer needing that extra storage, so I don't plan on replacing the drive right now. I shutdown the server, removed the drive, and started it back up. Disk3 now says "Not Installed". When the server is stopped and when I go to the Devices page, it says "Unassigned". I have no parity right now though. I want to keep just the 4 remaining data drives with the data that's on them in the system and have parity recalculated. Do I just run the "Initconfig" command? Thanks, Matt
  5. So those Seagates are no good? Fry's has them on sale for $99 this week and I was planning on picking up 4 I wouldn't get them again. I don't trust them.
  6. I'm using my Unraid right now for just basic storage (Docs, Photos, DVDs). When I start doing Bluray, I'll probably just put those data files on a faster drive in the array that I would get (not a green drive). For what I am doing, the speed is just fine right now.
  7. I should also point out that I am using gigabit ethernet from NIC to NIC (no switch), but only using a CAT5 cable. I will be replacing this with a CAT5e cable tomorrow. I'll let everyone know if I get better speed...
  8. I agree, I would have swapped them out too. Did you notice any improvement in performance with the EARS? I think the write speed is definitely slower. I wish I could remember my numbers before... I think I used to write at about 25MB/sec. I get about 60MB/sec read (4 1gb file transfer) and write is about 12MB/sec - I think that is about half the speed of what it was before. I don't care too much about write speed.
  9. In response to my post in this thread: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5301.0... I had 2 Seagate 1.5TB drives that I had used as a parity and data drive. I replaced them with WD drives and I'm looking to wipe/secure erase them before I return for credit. All of my wipe tools are in Windows, but Windows (7) can't see the drive. What's the easiest way to do this? Boot into a Linux distro via Virtual Machine or LiveBoot and then reformat the drive there? If so, is there a system format that I can format via Linux that Windows will be able to see and then wipe every sector on the drive? Is there even a Seagate tool that can just restore the drive to factory with no partition and then I can wipe that way? I didn't see one... Thanks!
  10. I agree, I would have swapped them out too. Did you notice any improvement in performance with the EARS? I haven't copied a lot of data over to it yet, but I might later tonight, so I'll definitely let you all know. Even if it's a little slower, it'll probably still be faster since the transfers won't keep pauses. It used to sound like the head was constantly trying to realign.
  11. I replaced my 2 clicking Seagate 1.5TB drives that I just bought 1.5 months ago to build my unraid (1 for parity and 1 for data) with 2 WD 1.5TB EARS and so far no problems. I've been running 1 as the parity for about a week now and then just swapped out the data drive with the 2nd drive. Everything rebuilt and parity check is ok. Everything seems fine so far on my end. It's much better not hearing any clicking every minute between both of the Seagates that I had, not to mention all the pauses I used to get during read and writes.
  12. Hi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that the motherboard did come with HPA disabled. I also did not need a crossover cable, it did detect the standard cable I used. The server has been very stable over the past 2 days. I'll be moving more data to it over the next few days and should be installing the 3rd drive (2nd data) drive soon. I average approx. 33MB/sec when writing to the drive (large files). My parity checks are about 125MB/sec. These are all using the SATA ports on the motherboard and the drives mentioned in my original post. Matt
  13. The answer to both your questions is yes. You might not even need a cross-over cable because gigabit nics usually detect the type of the cable and adjust. I didn't know that. That's very interesting. I'm going to have to read up on that one.
  14. Since you have Rev. 4 of the board and the bios is from September it should already have the setting to disable HPA. I have Rev. 2 and updating to the July 2009 bios gave me the option to disable HPA. Thanks! That's great news. 1 more day - I'm leaving early tomorrow, so hopefully they delivery before the early afternoon!
  15. Hi everyone, A quick introduction: I have been looking for a reliable NAS solution and came across this software. I have spent several hours reading through this forum and feel very comfortable that Unraid will meet my needs. The community here is great as well (very friendly and helpful). I don’t plan on running into any problems, but I know you will all be there in case I do. This will be my first build of an Unraid server (I have custom built dozens of computers over the past 15 years or so). I will be using this to store all of my documents, music, pictures, event video footage (DV – HD next year), my DVD collection, etc. So, here is what I chose to start this build. I ordered these parts Sunday night and have received about half of the parts (remainder arriving on 12/24). CoolerMaster Centurion 590 Case Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 motherboard AMD Sempron LE-1300 2.3GHz CPU 1GB G.Skill DDR2-800 RAM (1 stick) – might upgrade to 2 if needed, but it doesn’t sound like I will…at least to start) 2x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM SATA 3.0 drives (1 for parity the other for storage) Corsair 400W PSU Lexar JumpDrive Firefly 4GB (tried to get 1gb or 2gb). Cost: $500 shipped (before rebates) My current storage that I use right now: 2x 500GB in RAID1 1x 500GB 1x 320GB external 1x 250GB external I plan on doing the following: First, I plan on checking the BIOS to see if my motherboard allows me to disable HPA. I have read a few post with people stating that the upgraded the BIOS and now have the option to disable this. I have Rev.4 of this motherboard and Gigabyte only shows it as having the initial BIOS from September (no upgrade yet). Am I missing something? Maybe they have an older revision (which has updates) – all seem to have a September release as the latest build. So, I’m hoping that I will be able to disable this from the start. Depending on the HPA, I’ll then hook up the 1.5GB parity drive to the first or last SATA slot on the motherboard (last if I can’t disable HPA). I’ll plug in the other 1.5GB data drive. I’ll run parity checks and check system logs to make sure I am comfortable with the way things look. I will then… Take my one independent 500GB drive that I have and copying that over to the array (I will be copying with parity as I am in no rush to copy things over). I will then test it for a few days and eventually add this 500GB to the array and test some more. Once I feel confident that everything is working right, I’ll purchase a license and remove one of the 500GB drives from my RAID1 array that has my critical data on it. I’ll copy that over and then add this drive eventually to the array. I’ll still have my other 500GB drive from the RAID1 setup and will probably keep that aside for a few months until I am 100% certain and totally comfortable with this system (all though I have no doubts that everything will work just fine!). Eventually, I’ll add that drive. I’ll probably remove the other 320GB drive from that enclosure and add it to the array as well (after copying the data of it and putting it onto the array). The other 250GB drive will probably go to my brother for him to use as a backup drive. So, how does that all sound? Any suggestions? I do have 1 networking question. This is only a temporary situation, but the main computer I will be using this unraid server with is upstairs in the house. The router and other computer in the house is downstairs (and won’t be using this unraid server). Since the router is downstairs and I didn’t and don’t want to wire anything where I am, I purchased a Wireless PCI card that I use to connect to the router for internet. My question is this, can I use a crossover cable and connect my desktop and unraid server together using that? Will I still be able to access the internet? Would I just access the drive using it’s IP address instead of the TOWER hostname? A rough example would be this: Router: 192.168.1.1 My Desktop – Wireless: 192.168.1.3 My Desktop – 1GB Ethernet: 192.168.100.2 Unraid Server: 192.168.100.1 I would then access the server by http://192.168.100.1. Would that work? Would my computer know to use the wired connection and not the wireless? Would my computer know to use the gateway 192.168.1.1 for the router via my wireless NIC to access the internet? Thank you for taking the time to read this and I appreciate any comments, suggestions, and recommendations that you might have. I’m really looking forward to building this server and becoming an active member of this forum. I’ve already been talking about this product to several people and I haven’t even setup it up yet. I’m just very excited about this and am anxious to get started!