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Yes, but you would need at least two of them - one for parity and one for data.

Thanks. Decided to pull the trigger on Monday morning only to find the deal had expired. I see the 750 can be had for $84 AR today so I think I'll just go with that. Hopefully the purchase will trigger the 20% off code for cases code that I wasn't lucky enough to receive.

Well if you factor in the cost of 4 5-in-3 hot swap bays @$90 ea then the Norco 4224 is definitely cheaper and it can hold more disks (24 vs. 20). So it really comes down to how many drives you need/want to hold and do you need/want hot swap capability. If so, then the Norco's are the cheapest route. If not, then I agree that the Antec 1200 is probably one of the best options out there. I have my server in an Antec 300 and so far it has been great. It's pretty cheap but still high quality. And there it is. I have an Antec 1200 filled with 16 2tb drives and will be out of disk space in less than a month. I can spend roughly $400 to add 5 in 3's and max out at 20 drives or spend $400 for a Norco 4224 and max out at 24 drives. I'll take the Norco.

I am. Perhaps it's just not meant to be.

That's the one I want and it won't work: "Although you've entered a valid promo code BTEKDHK36, your order does not currently meet the code's usage criteria."

That appears to be a valid code but not for Norco cases, at least none I've put in my cart.

I've purchase a few Hitachi drives over the last couple years all with rebates and so far have had no issues receiving the rebates.

Just what I've been waiting for - five ordered. Now lets see a killer deal on the 4224 please.

I'm Planning to build a 4224 with 24 drives (once unraid supports that many). I already have 16 drives which are all Hitachi 7K2000 drives. While these are 7,200RPM drives Hitachi specs show the power at 2.0A and not 3A like has been suggested for faster drives (should I believe Hitachi?). I'm waiting for the next great sale on the 5K3000 drives which I'll likely use for the remaining eight drives. I figured 650 might be cutting it close and was planning on a 750 when I saw this deal on the 850. I'm just debating if I should pull the trigger or wait for a better deal, possibly on a smaller unit.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139022&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL061711&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL061711-_-EMC-061711-Index-_-PowerSupplies-_-17139022-L02C Promo code: EMCKDJC26

Not quite as good as it sounds as the $30 MIR is actually a $10 MIR and a $20 MIR but only one of them can be used.

Every couple weeks Newegg drops that Hitachi to $59 and as soon as they do I'm going to pounce.

That is when checking parity on the entire array

Other than checking parity it's fairly rare for more than a couple to be spinning but when they are all going one or two will top out at 41-42 and the rest will be in the high 30's.

I currently have an array with 16 7K2000 drives. These are 7,200RPM drives but Hitachi shows the power at 2.0 and not three like has been suggested here for faster drives (should I believe Hitachi?). I'm getting close to needing more space so I'm looking to replace the Antec case/PSU with a Norco 4224 and have every intent to max it out with 24 drives as soon as unraid supports that many. I'm waiting for the next great sale on the 5K3000 drives and am trying to figure out the power requirements for the 4224 loaded with all these drives. I'm leaning towards the CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006). With a single 60A rail it seems that this should do just fine, no? Also could someone please clue me in on the difference between their normal PSU and the enthusiast line such as this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139021 It looks like it's justa $5 difference but I'd like to understand what the $5 gets you.

Thank you. I downloaded the newest one from the preclear thread but as it was running I thought something was off since it did not show the status in unmenu. Turns out I had the old one too and when I ran it that's the one that ran. Running it again with 1.1 now, hopefully with better results.

Not sure what to make of this:

NM seems I found my answer: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Make_unRAID_Trust_the_Parity_Drive,_Avoid_Rebuilding_Parity_Unnecessarily

Yeah - I know I've got some issues that I'll need to look into. I know that parity is not correct. I also have a full disk which displays a red ball which I believe means a write failed to it. I believe most the data on this drive is fine and want to get it back in the array. What I've done so far... Remove the dive from the array, start the array, stop the array. I've now got a blue ball. I was about to start the array when something told me that was the wrong move, which I have since confirmed. I know the usual thing to do is go ahead and start the array and let parity rebuild the drive but since my parity is no good I can't do that. I seem to recall there is a way to add this disk back and then rebuild parity with it in the array I just can't find the right steps. Could someone please point me in the right direction. thank you

$20 at Newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833156266

Upgraded from 4.6 to 5.0b2 and ran the New Permissions utility. Ever since I've been getting the resync notifications every hour. Always 0% complete, finish in 0 minutes, speed 0kb/s. Could someone please clue me into what i messed up and how I can fix it. Thank you

This would be really tempting if I had a place at home to put a rack server.

WOW! Don't need it but also couldn't pass up a deal like that.

I would agree on Acronis. Here is another program I like http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/ It's nowhere near as polished but it gets the job done for considerably less $$$. Weighing in at only 250Kb it's hard to believe it but I've used this product to do bare metal restores to completely different hardware with no problems.

No problem. All the hard work is greatly appreciated.