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I'm glad it helped. I'm still debating about returning this and getting a WD20EARX from Amazon for $10 more - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VFJ9MK

I regularly reference the excellently written Configuration Tutorial - http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Configuration_Tutorial It covers everything from setting up Networking to installing unMenu, preclearing your drives and setting up shares and adding your data. There's also a lot of info in the other wiki's.

Here's the contact info, if that helps: http://lime-technology.com/company/contact

OK, thanks, I've started the pre-clear cycle.

Note: using unRAID v 4.7 I had a disk get disabled/red-balled after a parity check and replaced it with another I had available (after the new one was pre-cleared in another system). My main system is back up and running with the new drive, after a re-build by unRAID, so my data is safe. Before I replaced the disabled drive, I ran a short smart test: smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 Serial Number: WD-WMAZA274XXXX Firmware Version: 51.0AB51 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Fri Apr 20 15:28:03 2012 EDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x85) Offline data collection activity was aborted by an interrupting command from host. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 121) The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (36660) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x3035) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199 199 051 Pre-fail Always - 1554 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 253 169 021 Pre-fail Always - 1908 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1717 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 6082 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 332 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 21 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 193 193 000 Old_age Always - 23470 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 123 115 000 Old_age Always - 27 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 001 000 Old_age Always - 70 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 58 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 6082 3704627856 SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. I now have the drive in my test system and ran a long smart test on it: smartctl 5.39.1 2010-01-28 r3054 [i486-slackware-linux-gnu] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-10 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: WDC WD20EARS-00MVWB0 Serial Number: WD-WMAZA274XXXX Firmware Version: 51.0AB51 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: Exact ATA specification draft version not indicated Local Time is: Tue Apr 24 17:39:38 2012 EDT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED General SMART Values: Offline data collection status: (0x84) Offline data collection activity was suspended by an interrupting command from host. Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled. Self-test execution status: ( 121) The previous self-test completed having the read element of the test failed. Total time to complete Offline data collection: (36660) seconds. Offline data collection capabilities: (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate. Auto Offline data collection on/off support. Suspend Offline collection upon new command. Offline surface scan supported. Self-test supported. Conveyance Self-test supported. Selective Self-test supported. SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering power-saving mode. Supports SMART auto save timer. Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported. General Purpose Logging supported. Short self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes. Extended self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 255) minutes. Conveyance self-test routine recommended polling time: ( 5) minutes. SCT capabilities: (0x3035) SCT Status supported. SCT Feature Control supported. SCT Data Table supported. SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 16 Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds: ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199 199 051 Pre-fail Always - 1554 3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 253 169 021 Pre-fail Always - 1925 4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1720 5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 200 200 140 Pre-fail Always - 0 7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x002e 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 092 092 000 Old_age Always - 6087 10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 11 Calibration_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0 12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 335 192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 21 193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 193 193 000 Old_age Always - 23473 194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 127 115 000 Old_age Always - 23 196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 198 001 000 Old_age Always - 743 198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 0 199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 58 SMART Error Log Version: 1 No Errors Logged SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1 Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error # 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 6082 3704627856 # 2 Short offline Completed: read failure 90% 6082 3704627856 SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1 SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS 1 0 0 Not_testing 2 0 0 Not_testing 3 0 0 Not_testing 4 0 0 Not_testing 5 0 0 Not_testing Selective self-test flags (0x0): After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk. If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay. I've done a lot of reading, but I'm still confused about how to interpret these reports. I suspect these lines are most concerning: This one didn't change between reports: 1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x002f 199 199 051 Pre-fail Always - 1554 and this one which did: short test: 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 200 001 000 Old_age Always - 70 long test: 197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 198 001 000 Old_age Always - 743 and then there is this one, which I'm not sure about: 200 Multi_Zone_Error_Rate 0x0008 200 200 000 Old_age Offline - 58 I had been tracking the MZER raw number which was going up over time, but now I've read that the raw number doesn't matter and to look at the VALUE and WORST which haven't changed. I've read that the current pending sectors will get re-mapped (if possible) on a subsequent write, but does the VALUE and WORST of 198 001 on Current_Pending_Sector indicate this disk is toast? My plan was to run a pre-clear cycle on the disk and then check it with WD diagnostics to determine if it should be RMA'd? Is that the best course to take? TIA

I just received one of these and they are labeled as Samsung, Model: ST2000DL004, HDD P/N: HD204UI and also have www.seagate.com and Barracuda Green on the label. I wonder if this is what Seagate is going to use to cover the Green 5400 RPM market segment, since I understand that Seagate was switching to 7200 RPM for their drives. Anyway, I just checked the warranty for the drive here: http://support.seagate.com/warranty and it expires 3-28-2013 and the drive was manufactured on 3/2012, so only one year. That wasn't what I was expecting. I thought I read that Seagate and WD had lowered their warranties on green drives to 2 years. Now I see that it's only 1 year for Seagate green drives - http://www.storagereview.com/western_digital_and_seagate_cut_hard_drive_warranty_lengths I should've done more research, but I checked Newegg's page on this drive and it showed and still shows a 3 year manu warranty on the detail tab: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152245

To run preclear with email notifications, use something like: ./preclear_disk.sh -m [email protected] -M 4 /dev/sdX replace youremail and sdX with your own parameters. If you added "("root" email address)" to the end when you executed the command, that would give you an error.

I've seen these at my local library to check out.

You could also add this for remote power on: http://www.hd-plex.com/remote.control.html

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Just kidding about replacing unRAID, but it might be an interesting way to access your movies and augment your home server. http://www.vudu.com/disc_to_digital_press_release.html I'm not sure how this is going to work, or if it's going to be cost effective for Walmart/VUDU, but it appears you take your DVD/BD to Walmart and for $2 have access to it thru VUDU (all of its various apps and players) for no additional fee for your "lifetime" (or the lifetime of the service). You can have access to the VUDU SD version for your DVD and $2, or the HD/HDX version for your BD and $2, or upgrade your DVD to HD for $5. As an example - the movie Blade hasn't been released on Blu-ray, so you could take a DVD of Blade and pay $5 and get HD access as often as you want. Blade rents for $3.99 for HD, $4.99 for HDX for a one time viewing. It seems like there wouldn't be anything preventing someone from buying a used disc, borrowing from family/friend or renting from the video store and taking it to Walmart to get "ownership" of their "cloud" access to the movie, since you get to keep your disc. It would be a lot cheaper then the $15 to $20 they want to "own".

It's going to be $179.99.

I got mine from monoprice. It looks to me like they have a bunch of different SATA cables in stock. There are a few 18" cables that are OOS, but lots of other lengths and colors. http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10226 Here is one for $0.69 or less: 24inch SATA 6Gbps Cable w/Locking Latch (90 Degree to 180 Degree) - Black

Adequate for what? I put a 4GB compact flash card in my Zbox and installed XBMC Live on it.

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Sorry, you are right, I was remembering incorrectly. The Newegg cables are shorter, and the Monoprice ones are longer. Both work equally well (though the longer cables pose a cable organization challenge). Last time I checked, monoprice had 0.5m, 0.75m, and 1.0m cables. The only 0.5 meter mini-SAS cable that I see on Monoprice is this one: 0.5m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male w/ Latch to SATA 7pin Female (x4) Forward Breakout Cable - Black Which doesn't look the same as this one: 1m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male to Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male Cable - Black

Those cables are correct, but here's a better source for the miniSAS cables: Monoprice.com. Those cables are shorter (which is good) and half the price. The quality is fine. You'll need two of these cables for each SASLP card. Typically four total miniSAS cables are needed (for two SASLP cards), and two reverse breakout cables (for the 6 onboard ports). It looks like the Monoprice cables are 1 meter long and the Newegg cables are only a half meter. Or am I missing something? Is Newegg the best (only) place to get the reverse breakout cables?

Are yellow backplanes bad?

NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays It looks like this is as cheap as it's been since last May.

Thanks, that worked. I forgot how to use find. Is that for another version of unRAID? I'm not familiar with unRAID-Web.

Is there any easy way to determine which disk a file resides on? I've been doing it by trying to cd to the directory - e.g. cd /mnt/disk1/Movies/whatever, cd /mnt/disk2/Movies ... It seems like that info must be stored somewhere. edit: I'm using version 4.7, btw.

It must have expired, there was no coupon, it was just $69.99 (with note that it was $10 off) on their site. I didn't see any 8 gig sticks for the X9 server board.