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Good company (OCZ) and a good price for a solid single rail PSU. Assume you won't get the $15 rebate, however, as OCZ is notoriously inconsistent about them. Bill

Good deal. I have been running a 1300VA for about a year and survived a few thunderstorms where the lights dimmed in the rest of the house. The primary benefit may be peace-of-mind, of course. Bill

You can't be getting 42MB sustaining writes with parity. Well, put another way, if you are then the rest of us want to know how. How specifically are you testing? A good test is to write an entire DVD (4+GB). Cheers, Bill UPDATE: Ah, I see that you have no parity. That should be the same performance as with a cache drive, btw. All the cache capability gives you is a drive outside of parity with a cron'd copy function.

Looks like this ... http://mysite.verizon.net/kaakoon/hotswap/index_enu.htm Bill

Idiots.

This isn't a "for sale" board.

A sustained write (like that of a DVD ISO) should be ~10GB/sec.

Welcome! Stupid questions are not a problem, but we ask you to search before you ask. Your stupid question has probably been asked and answered several times. In addition to the forums, check out the wiki: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=UnRAID_Wiki Bill

Burp! Yep, good here too. Cheers, Bill

I have found Tom's track record of functionality improvements to be more substantial and more frequent than most other applications on the market. Bug fix releases are even better - with betas rolled out every few days as the first wave of feedback rolls in. Bill

Going through the process of elimination is the right thing to do. Rather than arguing logically why each component should work, try a more pragmatic approach and recognize that something is broken. Go through the easy items one at a time. If after eliminating them your unraid still doesn't work, then move onto the next item on the list. We don't suggest solutions randomly, experience is talking. Bill

Yeah, no rebate necessary plus free shipping! Bill

All data points at the CPU being the least important component. I actually underclock/undervolt mine to save energy. So the answer to any modern processor is ... yes, it will be fine. Bill

Need lots more details. Linux? Mac? Vista? XP? Is the unraid working or not? Do you have a monitor on the unraid box? You have two NICs in the unraid or is the 3com in your PC? What speed (100Mb/GigE)? Bill

Really? A kidney sells for that much? Just think how much you can get by selling two! Bill

Folks really should use search and check the wiki (RTFW?), but fortunately the attitude here is fairly mellow. Bill

Head over to slickdeals.net or fatwallet.com ... "Newegg has the Evga GeForce 8600GTS 256MB PCI-Express Video Card + 2GB OCZ DDR2-800 Desktop Memory for $85 - $40 Evga Rebate - $25 OCZ Rebate = $20 with free shipping." Bill ADD: Hopefully some of you were able to get in on this.

I have heard nothing about that. Link? Bill

Multiple logical arrays is what I really want. That way I can have movies, music, and backup arrays all operating from independent parity. The total number of drives is not my most critical item. Sure, I can build multiple servers, but that would cost far more. HOWEVER, I like this news. I may go to the "unraid6" even with my current set of drives. Bill

+1

$82 shipped with the promo code right now. When that's expired, Provantage has been cheaper than Newegg on these all summer (I keep looking up prices on the 1000HX). http://www.provantage.com/corsair-memory-cmpsu-750tx~7CSMC05E.htm EDIT: $74 after rebate from buy.com. 5% off coupon. http://www.buy.com/retail/coupon.asp?prid=84773074 http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-750w-tx-series-80-plus-certified-power-supply-corsair-tx-cmpsu/q/loc/101/206178325.html Good call. I was looking at the final price on screen and forgot about the MIR. BTW, for whatever reason I didn't finalize the deal on the 650 over the weekend like I thought I had, so I went ahead and bought this one. Bill

BTW, the Corsair 750 is on sale right now at Newegg for ~$100 after rebate. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006 Free shipping, too. Cheers, Bill

Some input: 1. Yes, one of the three 1.5TB drives will be your new parity, freeing up the 750GB you now use as parity. 2. Make sure you do a parity right BEFORE the move as well. 3. Not sure if the PSU will suffice - it's a good time to upgrade. I just ordered the 650W Corsair. Check out the separate PSU thread. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=2648.0 Cheers, Bill

Same store, same brand, $2 more, 100W more ... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005&Tpk=650TX Bill P.S. This thread reminded me I need one, just bought it.

Rene, Thanks for the reply. I moved the server to work on it, necessitating a couple of shutdowns (including unplugging) and the problem is still there. I have a second issue (system takes three tries to power up) and my thought is that the PSU is not delivering enough power - I may try a new PSU. Bill