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To wrap this up, I ended up purchasing these parts for the new build Supermicro X11SSM Kingston Server Premier RAM ECC DDR4-2133 (2x 8GB) - (KVR24E17S8/8MA) Xeon E3-1230v6 w Noctua NH-L9x65 cooler Dell Perc H310 HBA So now I can lean back and wait for things to start arriving. Thank you to all for input!

Nope, a local retailer here in Denmark :-)

I found it the other way around by seeing what was available for immediate delivery and then checked on Kingstons site.

Okay - thanks for the fast response :-)

Have a good offer on subj. but checking the HCL here it says that it should not be used: Highpoint RocketRAID 2720 8 PCIe x8 SATA III Marvell 88SE9480 DO NOT USE with 6.1.x+, upon reboot there will be parity sync errors. Can anyone confirm if this is still an issue or if it has been resolved? Thanks!

I went ahead and ordered the 1230 v6 last night, saved a lot based on your input. Thanks! I think Crucial is actually the "consumer arm" of Micron? In my case, 2x8GB (Kingston Server Premier) were actually cheaper than going for the 1x16GB module. Just goes to show that good planning can lead to good savings :-)

The X11SSM has the AST1400 onboard GPU. It's very much not fancy, but okay for basic stuff.

Actually a fair point - I've just looked into the E3-1230v6 - I can shave almost USD100 of my cost by accepting a little lower frequency and no GPU. Since I'll be pairing it with the X11SSM which has on-board GPU and this is for server use, there's no actual need for the GPU fitted one. Will consider this before I order tonight. Thanks for bring it to my attention.

dmacias, thank you for your input. Yes, unfortunately the C2750-D4I seems prone to dying after a couple of years service. Mine was bought in April 2015 so it is within the 3 year warranty you mention. Im just not sure that it is 3 years here in Europe but I will try to reach out to the retailer to get it RMA'ed. If succesful, I too will sell it off. If they offer a refund, even better. Got that on a Seasonic (of all PSUs...) last month. Unfortunately there is not really much to find on eBay (available in my area), so I am looking at buying new parts since I can't wait too long for the right offer to come along. The X10SL7-F I had my eye on turned out to be more expensive than the X11 I ordered (by approx USD 50) and the E3-1245v3 is the same price as the E3-1245v6. So in the end, there is not very much (for me) to save by trying to reuse my RAM. If I can sell my DDR3 ECC at a modest price, the difference between X10-based or X11-based will be USD30-40. I consider that quite ok for getting a couple of generations newer kit.

I hadn't read about it until you linked to it in the thread in UCD, so thank you for making me aware. Thankfully, the X11SSM is one of the boards that have an updated BIOS out that fixes the issue. I have just pulled the trigger on the X11SSM as there was a favorable offer from a retailer that had it in stock (most had a weeks delivery time, and I'd like to get up and running soon) So now I have to decide on a CPU - I am leaning towards the E3-1245 v6 as it is priced the same as v5. Performance wise they're probably neck to neck, but it is one generation newer and now that I'm refreshing and not reusing I might as well go for the latest one. I'm thinking of only getting 8GB to start with, though. Don't think that I'll be needing more with my usage pattern.

I believe that for X11SSM there is a 2.0b BIOS update that fixes this issue :-)

Apart from my server having taken the crapper yesterday, and not only fearing it, I am like you looking at a new build. Have also looked a lot at the X11SSM-F. I would definitely go for the ECC RAM. Where I am, it is like 10-20% more. If everything else is server level, I wouldn't skimp on getting that extra level of error prevention. Have you considered a V6 Xeon? I also looked at V5 but I've just noticed that fx an E3-1245 v6 is actually marginally cheaper than the E3-1245 v5. Go figure.

There is of course also the option of buying the C2550-D4I (slower version of the board I had) and accepting the crappy IPMI access. Would only be around USD200. Just seems kind of .. meh.

So, I've kind of narrowed things down to two options. Option 1: Hang on to ECC DDR3-1333 RAM (2x 8GB) Buy Supermicro X10SL7-F with 6xSATA and 8xSAS and cross flash to IT mode. Buy Xeon E3-1246v3 Rough cost: USD 630 (I converted from euros) Option 2: Sell off existing ECC DDR3 RAM Buy Supermicro X11SSM with 6xSATA and add my RocketRaid card (4xSATA) Buy 2x Kingston ValueRAM ECC DDR4-2133 (2x 8GB) Buy Xeon E3-1245v5 Rough cost: USD 850 Any thoughts, suggestions as to what is the better option? I don't think there is much difference in terms of perceived performance in everyday use, so the argument for the newer setup would be that in a couple of years, I would be able to pick up a used top shelf CPU at a reasonable price, whereas the option 1 is already some generations older and will probably strand once something goes *poof* Cheers, T.

Thanks - I'll look around for an E3 xyz5 variant :-) I've had some time to research what might have put my AsRock board out of commission, and it seems that they have a tendency to die of due to a BIOS bug where use of a watchdog timer triggers writing to a flash circuit, wearing it down prematurely. Even though AsRock has fixed it now, I've kind of lost faith in the mobo...

Have no problem going for second-hand :-) I realize that with the price tag some older stuff seems to end up with, I might end up being financially better off by skipping the ideas about re-using the RAM and instead going for a newer generation. But since I don't have high performance requirements I might get away with some second-hand stuff :-) I am a bit partial to SuperMicro since the IPMI on AsRock ended up not-working very well due to AsRock not maintaining the security certificate. I could power cycle and monitor voltages and such, but the KVM over IP was non-functional due to Java not accepting the security certificate :-/ This might be better with newer AsRock boards. The feature set in terms of SATA is better out of the box, though. Price wise, here in DK they're mostly a tie.

So, came home to a dead server today :-( My trusty AsRock C2750-D4I has given up, so I need to find a replacement pretty quick. - I would like to re-use my ECC DDR3 (2x Kingston kvr1333d3e9s/8g) and would appreciate a board with 10+ SATA ports (aternatively, I do have a RocketRaid SATA card in a drawer which could be utilized of there are fewer ports) - At least two ports must be 6Gbps for the SSD cache disks. - The server is housed in a Node 804 which I also want to re-use - IPMI is not a harsh requirement but it is very nice to have... - I do like low power consumption, so if that could be met I'd be a happy camper Server runs Plex (not much in terms of transcoding, max one stream at a time), SabNzbd, SickBeard, Crashplan. I do run dual parity disks. I have looked at Supermicro X10SL7-F (mATX) and E3C224D4I-14S. I am unsure if the latter which is extended mini-ITX will fit my Node 804. Also unsure what CPU to pair it with. Any input is appreciated as I need to figure out parts and order this weekend :-) Cheers, T.

Hi Squid. Have you had a chance to dig deeper into this? :-) Thanks.

I just ran the steps again to be sure - it outputs matching md5 :-/ Will await your feedback in a couple of days :-) Thank you for your support!

Output before tripping: root@Tower:~# md5sum /mnt/user/TV\ Shows/SquidBa* 762e371d252f2575c7fe47af3d3d05f2 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.docx 1812b82cd617c7cc6acab62809a1d531 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.jpg c5ec9350bdf66275683fc8a58b8aae85 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.pdf a01288d5973fc030b51db2f5a0cb9f03 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBanking-DO_NOT_DELETE.xlsx Output after tripping: root@Tower:~# md5sum /mnt/user/TV\ Shows/SquidBa* 762e371d252f2575c7fe47af3d3d05f2 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.docx 1812b82cd617c7cc6acab62809a1d531 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.jpg c5ec9350bdf66275683fc8a58b8aae85 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.pdf a01288d5973fc030b51db2f5a0cb9f03 /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBanking-DO_NOT_DELETE.xlsx

EDIT: You fixed the quote :-)

Disabled AFP on "offending" share. SSh'ed in and ran the command you listed. Re-enabled AFP Accessed share (which triggered RP) Output: root@Tower:~# inotifywait --fromfile /boot/config/plugins/ransomware.bait/file> Setting up watches. Watches established. /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.docx CLOSE_WRITE,CLOSE root@Tower:~# <st -e move,delete,delete_self,move_self,close_write Setting up watches. Watches established. /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.pdf CLOSE_WRITE,CLOSE root@Tower:~#

I get "xattr: command not found". :-/

Just reproduced the problem from my Macbook - so it happens when accessing from both my Mac mini and my MBP. Will try to ssh in and check before and after as suggested :-)

So, I never had something trigger Squidbait until tonight. Got sick of waiting for SMB network access to come around when connecting from my Mac, so I enabled AFP for the specific share I wanted to access. After briefly listing the share contents in Finder, Squidbait kicked off and shut down access: Ransomware Protection: 08-09-2017 21:57 Possible Ransomware Attack Detected Possible Attack On /mnt/user/TV Shows/SquidBait-DO_NOT_DELETE.docx While I am not entirely ruling out that some mischief is going on, I find it more likely that MacOS and it's incessant need to disperse dot-files allover is at work. Anyone have insights? Cheers, T. Edit: Just reset the permissions and tried accessing via AFP - triggered again. No issue when accessing over SMB apart from the horribly slow speed when listing large network shares.