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I don't recall ever seeing this card for a cheaper price that the normal Superbiiz price. An extra $10 off is a nice bonus. Purchased both mine from than and have no issue shopping there.

I want to swap the parity drive in my primary server with a data drive from my secondary server (I'm almost done getting all data off this drive). Drives are the same size, just different speed and the secondary server has better airflow for cooling. I know I'll have to recalc parity on the primary server but am wondering what the quickest way to accomplish this swap considering I know the drives are good and don't need to be burnt in. I'm sure it involves preclear but am not exactly sure what parts of it I will need to do and what I can skip. I think it's the "-n" option I want to use?

DAMN! Just ordered two yesterday for $10 more and they already shipped (can't cancel).

I just don't know what to do. I want to pick up more drives for my primary server (see sig) and I'm very tempted to go with these 3TB ones. I'm just not sure I want to put it on a "beta" version of the software. I have been running my secondary server on the beta versions for months without issues and my gut tells me it's very unlikely I'd have problems but still... I just don't know. I'd hate to fill the case with 2TB drives and no hope of expansion (except replacing 2TB drives). What to do? Does anyone have experience using a similar setup with 3TB drives.

So very tempting

I'm pretty much right there with you. I use 5.0 on one production server where I'm willing to take the risk (without any issues); however, I'm not willing to take the risk on my second server which is where I'm constantly consuming large amounts of storage.

I'm no expert on this case - just got mine yesterday (latest rev) but here are a few things I discovered. 1. If you don't like the constant sound of a jet taking off then the fans in the rear HAVE to be replaced. In Raj I trust so I went with the recommended ARCTIC COOLING ACF8 Pro 2. The fans in the middle have a quick release which will come in VERY handy when trying to plug in all the power connectors. I of course learned this after the fact. 3. These would probably be much easier to plug into the drive back-planes instead of the much more bulky plugs/cables on the PSU (Corsair TX750v2 for me). http://www.ipcdirect.net/servlet/Detail?no=113. 4. Not being able to complete the build because you forgot to order the Mini SAS cables when you have everything else sucks! I'm not really sure what to do about the fans in the middle yet. First, they are not that loud to me. Second, I'm starting with 18 drives and plan on more very soon so I don't want to sacrifice any airflow/cooling.

That's exactly what I ordered for my 4224 build, but I haven't got them yet. I believe (if memory serves) that the case is 26" long from the very front to the very back, so 29" cables should be more than enough. Those are very long, but they should work fine. Well, the Monoprice ones you link to are 1M (or 36") so these are shorter. thank you

Anyone know of an alternate, reasonably priced, source for the 1m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male to Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male Cable used with the Norco 4224 cases. Monoprice appears to be out. Is this it http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-SAS-36-Pin-Mini-SAS-36-Pin-SFF-8087-Data-Cable-/220738394049?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33650897c1 If so will the 29" length be ok?

nice find! If I didn't already have two precleared 2tb drives just waiting for Newegg to put the Norco 4224 on sale I'd probably have to jump on this.

Ok so if you rip to a full bluray structure how do you play it back? Does your Dune or Popcorn hour play a bluray structure? For most things I will probably just rip to a single M2TS for a few where we want access to deleted scenes, commentary ect I would like to be able to have that option without having to go locate a disk (and simplicity for the wife and kid) as I no longer like the look of a full dvd library in the living room. Too many disks, too many shelves, looks like too much clutter. In an ideal world I would love to rip them, box them and store them. The Popcorn Hour C-200 will play the play a blu-ray structure. The A-200 will play the largest M2TS file in the blu-ray structure which is usually OK, but for branching discs is problematic. I use ClownBD to strip everything but the movie with the audio / subtitle tracks I want. The result is a single M2TS file still in the blue-ray structure. Even the branching discs play perfectly on my A-200 this way plus I save a good amount of disc space by chopping out things I don't care about.

I purchased that $20 C2SEE MB and I don't think it was a mistake. I just checked my receipt and it was $54.99 - $35 due to a promo code.

I can't speak for anyone else but what really irritates me in this type of situation that at they are not honest. Instead of saying it was a pricing mistake and they will not honor it they make up some BS excuse.

The biggest change is for the scope AR. Other than that it's a handful of minor little things like colors, more genres, top 250 in genres, bigger space for description & actors, etc. You can see it here: http://www.networkedmediatank.com/showthread.php?tid=25534&pid=465930#pid465930 I'll gladly share it, in fact I think I have a link to it in that thread a bit further down. I didn't update the TV screens for the scope screen though. Right now I'm playing with the Eversion skin and I'm fairly certain that I'll use this going forward.

Popcorn hour C-200 is supposed to handle full blu-ray rips.

is the C2SEE/SEA one that works well for this setup?

No. However my requirements may be rather simple. I just play ripped DVD's and Blu-ray's (in their native folder format). No issues with any of the audio formats. One thing to be aware of though - unlike the c-200 the A-200 does not have "full" blu-ray support . It plays the largest file on the disc which in the case of a branching disc is usually problematic. I use clown_BD to strip everything but the movie with audio/subs I want and it creates a single M2TS file so this is not a problem for me.

Popcorn hour A-200 with my own customized 2.35 YAMJ Aeon skin - I LOVE it!

Five preclear passes per drive and four out of five drives are great. One will be going back to meet it's maker.

yes

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."