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I had a problem with cache_dirs. I was seeing some errors about duplicates show up on the console. So I tried to shutdown but it locked up and I had to to a power off to get it to shutdown. I tracked it down to having duplicate files in some shares (ok, my bad). When I commented out cache_dirs in the go script the problem stopped. I'm guessing the duplicates which are mostly big iso files are there because I was doing some copy speed testing to the /mnt/drive#/... and inadvertantly created the issue myself. But why the system wouldn't shut down I don't know. Maybe too much memory was used up in a loop or something or who knows. Something to look into Joe. #/boot/cache_dirs -w -u -d 3 -e "lost+found" -e "*iTunes*" -e "ftproot"

I'm looking into different ideas for controling fans but until something I really like comes along I'm using this 5 fan temperature controller. I just installed it yesterday and so far it's working. I wanted to be able to set the temp threshhold for each fan but so far I'm not sure how. The manual is printed in 2 pitch font. I had to use a magnifying glass to read it. But the quality of the parts is fine however and I guess that's what counts. Anyway, I have one taped onto my parity drive and the temp readout matches what unRAID says the temp is so it's accurate. It has 5 fan connectors and 5 temp probes. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811992005

I ran it a minute ago and now the Est. lifetime is 220 days. It's picked a specific date. Friday, October 8, 2010

Below is the output of HDSentinel. Attached is the smartctl output for /dev/sdb. root@Queeg:~# /mnt/user/Queeg/downloads/hdSentinel/HDSentinel Hard Disk Sentinel for LINUX console 0.03 © 2008-2009 [email protected] Start with -r [reportfile] to save data to report, -h for help Examining hard disk configuration ... HDD Device 0: /dev/sda HDD Model ID : ST3500320AS HDD Serial No: 9QM0EAHW HDD Revision : SD15 HDD Size : 476940 MB Interface : S-ATA Temperature : 29 ??C Health : 100 % Performance : 100 % Power on time: 279 days, 12 hours Est. lifetime: more than 1000 days HDD Device 1: /dev/sdb HDD Model ID : ST3500320AS HDD Serial No: 9QM26B35 HDD Revision : SD15 HDD Size : 476940 MB Interface : S-ATA Temperature : 30 ??C Health : 40 % Performance : 100 % Power on time: 443 days, 17 hours Est. lifetime: 221 days HDD Device 2: /dev/sdc HDD Model ID : ST3500320AS HDD Serial No: 5QM01S58 HDD Revision : SD04 HDD Size : 476940 MB Interface : S-ATA Temperature : 30 ??C Health : 97 % Performance : 100 % Power on time: 490 days, 5 hours Est. lifetime: more than 1000 days HDD Device 3: /dev/sdd HDD Model ID : Lexar JD FireFly HDD Serial No: ? HDD Revision : 1100 HDD Size : 1911 MB Interface : SCSI Temperature : Unknown ??C Health : Unknown % Performance : Unknown % Power on time: Est. lifetime: root@Queeg:~# cp /mnt/user/Queeg/downloads/hdSentinel/HDSentinel /boot root@Queeg:~# smartctl.txt

Has anyone tried HDSentinel for hard drive health tests? I just came across it today and they have a free command line version for linux that I downloaded and ran on unRAID. It's telling me one of my drives has a health rating at 40%. I'm looking for reviews of this tool to see how reliable it is. Also, I downloaded the windows version and it's really interesting so far. http://www.hdsentinel.com/download_hard_disk_sentinel.php