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    Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS

    in Storage Devices and Controllers

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    Previously posted that I have dual Opteron rig (940) but nothing more, as I wasn't doing a full blown fault finding session, but rather as a newcomer to Unraid, trying to establish opinions whether as an order of magnitude my initial parity drive build speed was reasonable, before I spent more time trying to debug the issue (if there was actually an issue).

     

    Following that, we had the possibility of running a new version that didn't need the jumpers, so I decided to wait a little more.

     

    If I come back for support, I'll certainly post the full syslog and specs etc.

     

    Thanks

     

     

    Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS

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    I am not fully clear where I mentioned that I had an issue with the work involved in adding a jumper? :-/

    then why not install it.

     

    I'm certain lime-tech will take you up on your offer at some point, if you still have the drives un-allocated.

    I merely offered to test a limited version, that could not be used in full, to test if the changes gave significant improvements to EARS users.

    I understand.

    I personally don't buy £100 drives for them to run at a substandard rate; so am trying to establish the best route to utilise my 4 EARS drives.

     

    If these drives will not be utilised as they were designed by Unraid, then i guess I will use them elsewhere and wait to purchase new drives that Unraid can utilise as designed.

    They ARE designed to be used by ANY OS, just install the jumper.  some OS need it, some do not.  You are being slightly stubborn.    :(

     

    OK you are right, if that helps, the jumper is not meant to be a bypass to the new format for OS's that cannot use the drive natively, it is there purely so a user can choose which they prefer.

     

    I'm not trying to make this personal; so who knows if I am being stubborn or merely wanting, as a user, to maximise the disks as they were designed.

     

    Currently unraid is very slow with these disks and the jumpers do not appear to change that  for me, after applying them and then removing and then applying again, RMAing one drive to WD etc etc; I was hoping to try a revised version that may have resolved my issue...  ???

    Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS

    in Storage Devices and Controllers

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    I am not fully clear where I mentioned that I had an issue with the work involved in adding a jumper? :-/

     

    I merely offered to test a limited version, that could not be used in full, to test if the changes gave significant improvements to EARS users.

     

    I personally don't buy £100 drives for them to run at a substandard rate; so am trying to establish the best route to utilise my 4 EARS drives.

     

    If these drives will not be utilised as they were designed by Unraid, then i guess I will use them elsewhere and wait to purchase new drives that Unraid can utilise as designed.

     

    Regards

     

    Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS

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    Releasing as a beta with the normal caveats would then allow it to be tested first, giving you more time to decide on the release pattern.

     

    Once the functionality is stable, then I am not sure of the reasons why you would need to go back (he says naively).

     

    Obviously users with mixed setups should perhaps wait until fully stable before upgrading or even jumpering the one drive, preclearing and adding that one drive to the array ... so I presume your new version would identify this drive as normal rather than advanced and would do nothing different...

     

     

    Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS

    in Storage Devices and Controllers

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    Firstly after a very hot day getting to work on the tube in London, you have made my day :) thanks for your efforts..

     

    I can finally get my Unraid server going at last!

     

    So I have 4 ears drives with no data on them; so I can test whatever you need.

     

    Can i just remove the jumpers from the drives and use your latest test version and let it do the work? or do I need to do preclears?

     

    Thanks

    Advanced Format Drives - WD10EARS WD15EARS WD20EARS

    in Storage Devices and Controllers

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    I'm about to setup a new system with these drives as I haven't done the jumper bit yet, after using the drives elsewhere...

     

    Question is; is the native version being tested so I can be a tester for the native, or is it months away and I should just mess with the jumpers and get it done now?

     

    Thanks in advance

    not even close to being months away.  no mention of it in anything lime-tech has posted.  Install the jumper. Hope your drive has the firmware where it can be changed after the fact.  If not, RMA it.

     

    Thanks Joe.

     

    Is there a quick test to check whether it will accept the change after the fact? purely by speed after adding the jumper?

     

    Cheers, thanks