Juzzotec

A disk needs to be outside the array to preclear, it's part of my procedure. Install disk Check detected in webgui Make sure removed from array and take note of serial number Run the preclear list command Run the preclear on drive Insert into array Your adding into array, so no drives available?

Thanks alot Joe L & trurl Installed screens and everything is good

Try and have a spare (precleared) drive on hand. That 30+ hour wait time after one of your drives fails seems more like 60+. I just added a 3TB parity drive and now I need to keep a look out for a good deal on a shelf-spare. I like the idea of having a separate box to preclear drives and test plugins. Best of luck with your system! Cheers man, u too I'll try and grab a spare ASAP. Wanted to ask, are any of you guys per clearing through telnet, what happens when the session dies?

Man reading this post got me worried. I doubt all your drives are dead, this is unrealistic.

Thats awesome news Hopefully this thread helps better unRAID. I support this as well, simple GUI is what unraid should be in standard form. Please consider this Tom, easy transition

So what speeds are you getting now? interested to know

I've had this exact same issue. Me too man, had to run the installpkg on each one, 11 out of 11

Just built my first unRAID nas server using the Asus P8H77-I which is nothing short of awesome. Beautiful motherboard

I think one cycle is enough for me man, it takes 30+ hours for 1 drive only 3TB. If I do 3 cycles it would take 90hours to preclear, that sounds like overkill in my opinion

Thanks Tom, new guy on the block and loving unRAID

It needs to be sexy, dead sexy. That is all Thanks to your SimpleFeatures Plugin, unRAID looks alot better. The interface is the second most important factor when choosing a NAS software, obviously stability is number one. SimpleFeatures Web GUI was the first plugin I installed when I purchased my unRAID license. On a positive note, Im just starting off since Monday, peiced together my 6 drive unraid nas and I have not encountered any major issues with the limited knowledge I have, so far so happy with unraid. If only pre-clearing drives didnt take 30hours+ for 3TB thats standard I guess

SimpleFeatures webgui should really be the standard skin for unraid. This is coming from a newbie point of view but the website should have more screenshots and videos. This product is gold, lift the appeal

Is your data important or easily replaceable? Also if you don't use preclear then when you add a disk to the array the whole array will be unavailable while unRAID writes zeros to the drive. The time will vary based on drive size but for a 2TB drive it will likely be ~9 hours. If you preclear it first your array stays available while the drive is being precleared. The other reason to preclear a drive is to exercise a drive to find a bad drives. Most drives die within the first ~100 hours or run to their warranty period or longer. Thanks man for the details, I'm new here and learning all the time. So I guess I'll stop being impatient and just preclear all my drives This is going to take 1 - 2 weeks to have up and running with plugins shares per clears etc but slow and steady wins the race I guess.

Only thing is ATV2 Jailbroke with XBMC cannot handle 1080p MKV very well. I'm holding out with fingers crossed for the ATV3? Can't wait

New to unraid, pre clearing takes so long. Is it really necessary guys?

Love your setup man, perfect system

Thanks for the confirmation guys I ended up opting for the Bitfenix Prodigy case in Black, has space for 5 x 3.5" Drives. After opening my Lian Li PC-Q08B I remembered how I did quite like the way the motherboard is mounted, everything is compact, by no means do I think its the worst design. I like the way the hdd rack is built. Also, Im using a Antec Earthwatts EA380 PSU which is very energy efficient from what I have read. I cant wait to get my nas up and running and once again, appreciate everyones help.

I'm new and have gone against most suggestions here, fix the memory issue before releasing the final. That's only my opinion

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Thanks man, Ive fitted this PSU in before with another motherboard. Can someone please tell me if the ethernet controller for the Asus P8H77-I motherboard will work? Realtek® 8111F, 1 x Gigabit LAN Controller(s)

Hi Guys, Spent a month now researching various options for my first NAS. From Synology, QNAP, Thecus even HP Microserver. The obvious choice for me is UnRAID because of its flexibility. My media library has really outgrown itself and I'm hoping you guys can help evaluate my build. •What is your budget? $500 (without drives) •How many drives do you want your server to be able to support and how much capacity do you need? 6 Drives (11-13TB in total) •Is expandability important to you? My long term goal is to have a protected nas so I dont lose my media, 14TB is enough for me. •Are you interested in running any unRAID Add Ons (see here)? Plex Media Server Couchpotato Transmission Airvideo Server •Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives? WD RED's & SEAGATE GREEN's •Do you have any spare parts laying around that you would like to apply towards your build? Antec Earthwatts 430 PSU LIAN LI PC-Q08B CASE •If you already have parts in mind, please oh pretty please post links to them so that we don't have to look them up. Complete part list: ASUS P8H77-I $125 (6 x SATA Connections, 2x6G / 4x3G) - Uses Realtek 8111F LAN??? http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=20017 i3 3225 $135 (Integrated HD4000) http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=21886 Corsair 8GB $49 http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=18373 WD RED 3TB $178 (Already own 1 x WD RED 3TB + 2 x Seagate Greens 2TB + 1 x Seagate Greens 1TB) UnRAID Plus $69 Total $556 Already own Antec Earthwatts 430 PSU LIAN LI PC-Q08B CASE So I guess the question is, hows my build? and will it be able to do everything I require it to do? Mainly streaming BLURAY Backups to my XBMC HD 1080P Mini Machine Plex to iOS devices at home such as iPad Download Torrents etc Your help is greatly appreciated. Justin