[[$49.99 shipped] Rosewill RC-218 PCI Express x4 ($40 off)]

And the card works well... I have two of them in my system... pulled the glacially-slow-booting Adaptec 1430's for these...

 

 

[Installing VMware Server on unRAID Box]

Have you looked at the free offering from Sun called Virtual Box ?

 

[Looking for better ideas how how to sleep/suspend my unraid box]

Thanks.... that clears up some "mysteries" for me 

 

[Looking for better ideas how how to sleep/suspend my unraid box]

Is the current directory not on the search path in Linux?

 

 

[4.5-beta6 - Performance Issues (SysLog Attached)]

This a known and oft reported issue... I have it on my 4.4 box as well...

 

 

[Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800]

Whatever... no more Crucial for me.... don't need companies like that...

 

[Is it possible to run commands or have a console prompt via web interface?]

then go and download Putty...

 

[Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800]

Funny how experiences can differ... I have requested SO many RMA's from Crucial on their Ballistix DDR2-800 Cas4 ram that I've lost count - and tossed all of the many sticks in the trash... and before you get into the performance ram issues and increased Vdimm required, I was running all of this stuff per the Type1 Jedec SPD ratings: DDr2-667 at 1.8V stock.  Lately I've switched to PNY sticks and never looked back.

[Rosewill RC-218 4-port PCIe x4 SATA card]

Hi,

I just replace my promise TX4 PCI card with this one and now my parity check went from 30 MB/s to 60 MB/s...That good. This card has the same Marvell 88SX704 chip as the Adaptec 1430SA card.

Mike

 

Too bad we can't dispense with the Adaptec 1430sa's bios chip alltogether and use native chipset support.... 

 

[Unraid Drive Clearing Hard Drive Clicking]

Clicking in this context USUALLY means the drive is doing a re-cal, USUALLY because it lost its servo position...

 

=BAD 

 

[One or two cheap SATA cards?]

you can hardly go wrong with a card based in the SiliconImage chips... 3132?

 

[Unraid Drive Clearing Hard Drive Clicking]

Doesn't sound good to me... 

 

I think I'd be asking for an RMA...

[Re: preclear_disk.sh - a new utility to burn-in and pre-clear disks for quick add]

Thanks Joe !!! 

 

[Re: preclear_disk.sh - a new utility to burn-in and pre-clear disks for quick add]

But always at 88%??

 

Don't remember the details, but I have seen the 88% hang on Seagate 1tb as well....

 

Jim

 

[Unraid Server-side application question]

either way...

 

[Swapping Motherboard]

I take it we're on opposite sides of the "pond"  :P

 

[Swapping Motherboard]

Let me know if your AB9 becomes disposable... 

 

[Powering fans from a dedicated external PSU]

good call !!! 

 

[unRAID Server release 4.5-beta6 available]

Also, be careful about populating all 4 memory slots on your motherboard... SOME mb's don't like this and when you read the fine print, they often recommend under-clocking your sticks when you do this... i.e. an Asus 965 based MB will tell you for 4 sticks to use 667mhz instead of 800 mhz.  In reality, this often ends up being a 1x clock from the FSB and actuall improves memory performance overall !!

 

[Powering fans from a dedicated external PSU]

no experience with this precisely, but as an EE I can say you should have no problems as long as the wall-wart ahs the current rating you need...

 

[Adaptec 2410SA SATA Raid Card]

Does the documentation for the controller specifically say that the drives can be configured as JBOD ??

 

[KVM Extenders over IP]

thanks for that, BubbaQ

!!

 

[Another Flash issue]

fervently following this and hoping for a wrap-up how-to at the end 

 

[Adaptec 1430SA - How To Set Up Two Cards]

let me know if the Adaptec cards go up for sale !!

 

 

[Laptop sata drives - Can I connect them with a regular sata cable?]

same as the big'uns....