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One more question... Would this card work based on the firmware the seller has flashed it to or would I still need to reflash myself? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-H310-6Gbps-SAS-HBA-w-LSI-9211-8i-P20-IT-Mode-for-ZFS-FreeNAS-unRAID-/162834659601?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l4275.c3 From the description: Listed for sale are what were originally Dell H310 RAID SAS controller cards that I modified for use with ZFS. They have been cross-flashed to Avago / LSI 9211-8i IT (Initiator Target) firmware version P20 (specifically 20.00.07.00). I also flashed the LSI/Avago MPTSAS2 BIOS ROM version 07.39.02.00 and UEFI 07.27.01.01 so that it is easier to access the controller's ROM without booting an OS. In addition, I replaced the full profile PCI bracket with a ventilated one to improve airflow over the heatsink. LSI Avago IT mode firmware version P20 (20.00.07.00) MPTSAS2 BIOS ROM flashed version 07.39.02.00 MPTSAS2 UEFI ROM flashed version 07.27.01.01 Original SAS address preserved Ventilated PCI bracket These are based on the LSI SAS2008 SAS controller chipset and support PCI-E 2.0 specifications with x8 lanes. The controller has 2 SFF-8087 connectors, each carrying 4 SAS lanes. You will need a compatible cable to connect these to your hard drives or a backplane. NEWER HIGH AIR FLOW design now available at my other listing here If you need one with a low profile bracket, see my listing here These cards were used with my storage server running ZFS on Linux (ZoL), but this setup is also ideal for other ZFS setups, FreeNAS, unRAID, Proxmox VE, etc. I have fully tested them using all 8 SAS lanes.

Thanks johnnie!

I'm thinking of picking up a Supermicro CSE-846A 24bay case with a SAS2-846EL1 Backplane. The motherboard is a Supermirco X9DRI-F. I was reading last night about controller cards and what I need to get to connect to the backplane and had some questions I hope someone can help me with. I assume I need an LSI based controller card. Would the Dell H310 flashed to IT mode work here? Will there be a bottleneck on parity checks/rebuilds with this backplane/controller combo? What kind of speeds should I expect on parity checks if all bays were filled with 8TB drives? Is it ok to assume it would be 6GB/s split 24 ways or am I limited by the single SAS2 connection on the backplane? Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for the replies. I didn't want to lose the benefits of the SSD cache drive (90MB/s write speeds) for transferring files to the User share which I believe would have happened if I wrote directly to the disk shares for non Zappiti transfers. I did some more research and the Dune can open up multiple NFS shares so I created a User share on the SSD only for Zappiti and access it from the Dunes via NFS. The movies and tv shows are still accessed via SMB. With this set up, I get awesome write speeds when transferring ripped movies to the server and exporting Zappiti only takes a few seconds now. In addition, I think that viewing the index on my Dunes is now faster than it would be if the index were on an array non SSD drive.

Would it be possible to set something like this up? Media/.Zappiti Or would the "." need to be for a User share and not a folder underneath the user share?

I've got an SSD I'm using for a cache. I would like to have my Zappiti index stored on the cache drive to make loading faster on my Dunes. The structure is as follows: Media (top level user share) / | \ Movies TV Shows Zappiti The Zappiti index has to be in the same share as the media or the Dunes can't open the files from Zappiti. The Dunes can only open one share at a time I think. Can I set up a folder on the cache drive for the Zappiti folder that won't get moved by the mover? If so, how would i do it?

I have been trying to figure this out for around six hours. Thank you!

I'm having this same issue. I ordered a new MOBO this morning from Newegg but now am not sure if that is the issue. The first time I booted, I had one controller that failed to detect the port but unraid booted. I then shut it down and have had no luck ever since. I've removed the battery from the MOBO, switched the RAM to all possible configurations, removed the PCI cards, unplugged all fans. I get no beeps and nothing on the screen. The first time I turn it on, the fans stay running but I get nothing else. If you turn it off and try turning it on again, the fans will turn on and then shut down a few seconds later. They will then start back up again and shut down and repeat that process. My power supply is this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005E98I0G/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It is a Corsair TSX650M. I'm now worried that it might be PSU related. Can anyone help?

I'm building Raj's 20 drive rackmount beast and accidentally bought a Norco 4020 instead of a 4220. I realized this last night as I was putting it all together and tried to connect the drive planes to the PCI cards. The drive planes on the 4020 have four SATA connectors while the 4220 have SFF8087 SAS connections. I am debating between returning it and getting a 4220 or just buying some breakout cables. My questions are: Is there a performance hit to staying with the 4020 and buying some SFF8087 to SATA breakout cables? If not, would these work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132039&cm_re=sas_to_sata_breakout-_-16-132-039-_-Product What is the difference between a forward breakout cable and a reverse one? These are my PCI cards: http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=AOC-SASMV8&title=Supermicro-AOC-SASLP-MV8-8-Port-SAS-SATA-Add-on-Card Thanks in advance for any help. I built an unraid server 3-4 years ago but that is my only building experience and I seem to have forgotten everything I learned back then.

I've never had an interuption streaming while writing to the server. It doesn't matter if I'm reading from the same disk that is being written to either.

Hi, I added a disk to the server last night and started to preclear it. I was able to copy a file to my cache drive last night after adding the disk and starting to preclear it. However, the mover still hasn't moved it to the array and I can't write to the other disks. I was able to save one txt file to disk 8 once but then not again. I'm not sure what the problem is but the syslog from unmenu had lots of red lines. Attached is my syslog. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Noah syslog-2011-11-01.txt

Yeah. I didn't think anything else supported 3TB. Definitely wouldn't switch even if anything else did. I love my unraid. Would my system run ok with 3TB drives on beta 5.12a? The only add on I have from unmenu is the APC daemon. Everything else is stock. I built a 20 drive budget build about a year ago. System consists of: mobo - Supermicro C2SEE Desktop Board - Intel - Enhanced SpeedStep Technology - Socket T - 1333MHz, 1066MHz, 800MHz FSB - 4GB - DDR3 SDRAM - DDR3-1333/PC3-10600, DDR3-1066/PC3-8500, DDR3-800/PC3-6400 - ATX 2 x SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller 1 x Intel Celeron 430 Conroe-L 1.8GHz LGA 775 35W Single-Core Processor BX80557430 2GB RAM all in a norco 4220

axeman - what other alternatives currently offer 3TB support? I'm on 4.7 but am nearing capacity and will need to add another drive soon. I'd like to get a 3TB and reuse my current 2TB parity drive but may end up getting another 2TB in the meantime. I've currently got 15TB of data. Is 5.12a stable enough to upgrade my array to?

I have two Dune D1's and they work great. I use Zappiti (www.zappiti.com) as the media jukebox and it is awesome. Plays every file I can throw at it, bitstreams or decodes to PCM Dolby TrueHD and DTS MA, and it plays bluray iso files with full menu support. The Netgear Neotv and the newer popcorn hours also play bluray isos with full menu support.

First, I really like your diagram there and I think I'll use it for the wiki... Joe answered your question in that you just enter the numeral in the field. Second, split-level is identifying the lowest level directory in the hierarchy that can be split among multiple hard drives (where level 2 is considered "lower" than level 1 - your diagram is great for this). Hence if you set split-level to 3, then your "Zappiti Info" directory can be spread among multiple disks; are you sure this is what you want? YAMJ for example has a similar giant directory with all the generated html, etc., called "Jukebox" - typically I want Jukebox to not be split because I only want that drive which contains it to spin up when it's being accessed. Make sense? Thanks for that. I was thinking that the split level was the lowest level that could NOT be split rather than the lowest level that could be split. In my case, I have two other folders under Zappiti Info so in my current configuration, I think the two folders could be on different drives but the contents in the folders would stay in their respective drives (if the folders were split). I may change the split level to 2 so that they all remain on the same drive and any movie folders under movies stay on the same drive as well. The other thing I've been thinking about is how that interacts with a cache drive. I've noticed that Zappiti, when updating the database, will delete files and add new ones. I assume that when using a cache drive, the deleted files will be deleted from the "permanent" drives and the new files will be added to the cache drive and then moved over at the scheduled time. That's how it seemed to work last night when I was looking at the drive activity while exporting Zappiti to the server.

thanks muchly

Can someone tell me the command to cancel a running preclear?

Apologies for the noob question. What is the proper form that the split level should be written as? ie "Split Level 3" or "Split Level = 3" or "3" or something else? The reason I ask is because I am using Zappiti with a Dune media player and it stores all of its info in one of my user shares and it has thousands of files in its folder which I think causes my server to hang when I try to update the files. My configuration is: Level 1 Media (User Share) / | \ Level 2 Movies Zappiti TV Shows | Level 3 Zappiti Info I believe my split level should be set to 3 but am unsure what I should type into the Split Level: box on the web management page. I think I should just type in 3?

That did the trick. Thanks. Here is the smart report after the long test. Last night everything seemed to be behaving. I was able to rip and view at the same time. I'm going to watch this disk closely to see if it gives any more problems. Thanks for your help everybody.

Here are my syslog and smart report. I can't tell if the smart report was aborted for some reason or if it is still at 80% after all day. I'm going to try to run another one and see how it goes. smart_1-26-11_PM.txt syslog-1-26-11.txt

I've been able to stream two bluray rips simultaneously from the Samsung drives but don't think I've tried from the WD drive. I'll give it a shot tonight too. If I end up being SOL on the other WDEARS drive as well, I may take a spare 1TB drive I have and make it a cache drive to solve the problem. I really wish they were still making the F3 2TB Samsung drives (or that I bought more of them)...

First off - Thanks for your help guys. I'm viewing bluray rips (full bit rate) and ripping blurays when the stuttering occurs. It is the same content on all my drives. I tested last night ripping a bluray to a different disk and was able to read fine from that disk as well while ripping to it. I guess yesterday was the first time I tried to both read and write from the WD drive. I started a long smart test this morning before I left for work and can post that and a syslog when I get home. I ran the short test last night and it didn't show any errors. I've got a spare WDEARS drive in reserve that has been precleared. I may drop it into the array tonight and rip something to it to test if I can read that file while ripping to the other drive. I'm leaning towards a bad drive right now because everything has been problem free till now but I'm a noob so don't really know. My box is the 20 bay budget build from Raj's thread (below). The drive in question is on the same drive plane as another drive that works fine. I can't remember right now if it is the drive plane using the SAS to SATA breakout cable or one of the SAS to PCI-E controller cards. 20 Drive Beast (pics using custom fanplate and a different motherboard) Mobo: SUPERMICRO MBD-C2SEE-O CPU: Intel Celeron 430 RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR3 1066 PSU: CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W Case: Norco 4220 SATA Expansion Cards: SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS SAS RAID Controller x 2 Cables: NORCO C-SFF8087-4S Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout) Cable x 1 NORCO C-SFF8087-D SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 Internal Multilane SAS Cable x 4 Fanplate: Norco 120mm fanplate Fans: COOLER MASTER R4-S2S-124K-GP 120mm Case Fan (4 pack) (these may not be powerful enough for 20 drives, currently untested)

I'm running version 4.6. I ran the preclear cycle twice on the drive and there weren't any reallocated sectors or sectors pending reallocation. I do have pins 7&8 jumpered. Tonight was the first time I noticed the problem and I was ripping a bluray to the server from my pc so I guess the file is really large but it is only writing at around 10-20 MB/s. I wonder how I update the firmware of the drive to see if that is the problem.

I have a WD20EARS drive jumpered and while writing to it, I am unable to watch a video without severe stuttering. If I stop writing to it, videos play stutter free. Videos from other drives in the array also play stutter free while writing to the WD20EARS drive. This is the first WD20EARS drive I'm using in my array. All other drives are F3 Samsungs and I could write and read to them simultaneously. I rebooted the server and the problem still exists. Is this normal for WD20EARS drives? Attached is a smart report for this drive. I only precleared it twice but it had no reallocated sectors or sectors pending reallocation. I ran a parity check on Jan 18th and there were no errors. Another thing I've noticed is that the array seems to respond slower once I added this drive. Viewing folders takes a few seconds to open folders, almost like a drive needs to spin up. smart.txt

Sorry for the probably dumb question but where do you get the jumpers? Do they possibly come with the drives?