helio

Sorry - what would the benefit of that be from a speed perspective? Is unRAID a little slower or would I be able to use Dual Lan outside the array?

It might not be the bottleneck you are concerned with. How are you planning on using unRAID? For home use. As a general NAS and for use with a distributed Media centre. I am using LinuxMCE http://linuxmce.org/ and currently have 2 media directors that may be drawing HD content from it at the same time. That should all be fine with a single Gbit connection though. Mainly I wanted Dual LAN just to make transferring large files / ISOs across a little quicker....

Fair point. I guess I'll go back to the drawing board. Considering Dual LAN / Teaming isn't going to work it might not have been worth it anyway. Is there anyway to do some kind of LAN bridge that you are aware of? Seems that this is the bottleneck currently. I was hoping this might help me side step it... Thanks for your help Helio.

Thanks queeg. I noted that in the other post I referred to above, but assumed this could be turned off in BIOS. I guess I better make sure that is the case. If it was off in BIOS - this shouldn't be an issue right?

Hi All, Looking at building an UnRaid server with a Norco 4020 (recently purchased). To begin I will only be using the 6-8 onboard SATA connections. After 6 months I will start to expand with PCIe for extra SATA connections as required (up to 20). Key decision now seems to be the MOBO. I am in Aus and a few that have been suggested are either old, unavailable or rather expensive. This one seems to have the key things I want: MOBO: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 AMD http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?sort=3a&products_id=46315 That is: Dual LAN 2 x Realtek 8111D chip (10/100/1000 Mbit) Support for Teaming Support for Smart Dual LAN 6-8 on board SATA 2 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors Only reference I found on the forums was for the Gigabyte GA-890GPA-UD3H - which is similar but lacks the Dual LAN: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=6745.0 Anyone have any comments/suggestions or feedback on this board? Will Dual LAN/Teaming work with UnRaid? I am not set on AMD. Intel are ok too.... Mainly depends on the MOBO. Many Thanks! Helio EDIT: LAN teaming doesn't work apparently :-( http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=3751.0

Thanks for the info. I went the 4020... now off to find the best MOBO

Thanks Chris - that helped. That is all very expensive down in Aus - but ebay might make it possible Cheers, Helio.

Hi All, Hoping someone can clear this up for me. I am looking at building a NAS (unraid of course) and the best options seem to be the Norco 4020 or 4220. Thing is I am a bit new to SAS and I am a bit confused as to why everyone is getting the 4220 that comes with the SAS modules. Does this mean some are also getting 5 x SAS adapters on their MOBO, or buying MOBO's with SAS integrated? Or if just using SATA and bypassing the SAS plugs? Or using SATA to SAS Cables? In this scenario is there any real benefit? And if not - why not just go the 4020? I am probably screwing this up but as far as I can work out the hardware options are: HDD SATA <=> MOBO SATA (Case 4020): - 2 x PCI(e) SATA x 8 expansions [+ MOBO SAT ports] - 20 x SATA Cables HDD SATA <=> SAS module (Case 4220) <=> SATA MOBO: - 2 x PCIe SATA x 8 expansions [+ MOBO SAT ports] - 5 x SATA Reverse Breakout Cables HDD SATA <=> SAS module (Case 4220) <=> SAS MOBO: - 5 x SAS PCIe Adapters?!!!?!? (really?) - 5 x SAS Cables? Have I screwed that up? Thanks :-) Helio