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They are back up on ebay but the price is up to $300 + $24 shipping to my location. http://cgi.ebay.com/SuperMicro-SC933T-R760-CSE-933T-R760B-3U-15-Bay-Chassis-/360318031906?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53e4a0d822 Now I am thinking again. You might check this out if you haven't seen it already. There are two different listings that have the case with guts for $500-$600. That's a tough price to beat. http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=8705.0

I guess I ordered mine just in time. Almost makes up for missing out on the Supermicro motherboard steal last week. Now I just need to find a great deal on another board. These look like great cases.

Looks like they already upped it to 116.99.

Not in the same case unfortunately. You would have to add a motherboard, CPU, memory, etc., and I don't think there is enough room in that case, not to mention problems with airflow, rear panel ports, and such. I don't think it is a good choice for unRAID.

Is this how everyone is ripping their DVD's? I was planning on ripping directly to the unRAID array, but I didn't realize it would tax the parity drive. Isn't demuxing just separating the audio and video? Can you please explain why ripping it locally and then moving it over is better than ripping it directly?

I haven't researched it yet, but what about all of these new TVs coming out that are DLNA certified, let you install Web apps, have Google TV built-in, etc? I tried a first-generation HP MediaSmart TV and it was horrible, but I think this new generation is much better. Has anyone tried installing Twonky or something to stream directly to your TV without another machine in the path? I currently have a couple of machines running Windows 7 Media Center and that works pretty well, but I'd like to get away from Windows. It's also a bit of a pain to watch TV episodes online because the "Internet TV" options inside of Media Center are pathetic, so you have to either go directly to the TV network websites via Web browser or use Hulu or Boxy, so break out the keyboard. There may be third-party applications that you can install to work around this somewhat, but I haven't looked into it. I'm playing with an XBMC box, but made the mistake of purchasing untested hardware to install it on and haven't worked through all of the issues yet, but the interface looks promising and it is widely used. The wife really doesn't care for the Windows Media Center setup because of its inability to easily stream online content, but I think she will like XBMC if I can ever get this box working right. Of course, I could also resolve 90% of her issues with Media Center if I just recorded or downloaded the content she wants to watch onto unRAID instead of trying to stream it live, but that's a less than ideal workaround for a significant (but understandable) deficiency. I have not tried streaming online content in XBMC yet, so I don't know if it's any better.

http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/10/01/10000-hard-drives-stolen-craigslist-hard-drive-market-crashes/ They're gonna need a lot of plywood.

Well then I urge you to not look at this! I almost ordered that board last night, but decided there was no rush since it was good until the first. Little did I know the Egg was going to be giving them away a few hours later and unRAID users would come out of the woodwork to take them off of their hands. Oh well. I guess I'll have to wait to catch the next one. What a steal!

Great work Raj! I really appreciate your contributions to this forum, and I'm sure I'm not alone. I have found many of your posts very helpful and I'm sure these designs will be well used. You should get a kick-back from the sellers. It would be great if we could set up some kind of group buy discount.

Dammit! Why did I go to sleep last night. This board would have been perfect. :'(

unRAID runs on a flash drive, so no spinning disk (or SSD) required there. Check out this new forum which is a great way to start and will save you a lot of time: http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Configuration_Tutorial Here's a great deal on a widely supported unRAID board (though it's probably not the best choice for your use unless you decide against the VMWare): http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=8496.0

Great work. No doubt this will be immensely helpful for new users. Perhaps we could also provide links to other helpful resources for more details on specific steps and tools (like unmenu and preclear) - uh, like you already did.

Hey Raj, I noticed you recommended DDR2 memory for the Supermicro MBD-C2SEE-O 20-drive beast. Doesn't that board require DDR3?

well, whether it's cheap depends on what you've ordered...and I reckon you said "I don't know what to do with it yet" in jest....right? In all other respects, unRAID can be considered cheap, yes (needless to say, buying parts that are seeing no use is pretty pricey ) Yes, in all seriousness, I believe unRAID is a great value for most users. Unfortunately, I too suffer from Raj's inability to pass up a good deal on perfect unRAID hardware (which is darn near anything).

You make it sound easy and hard at the same time. I don't know if I should be scared or encouraged.