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I have applied the Intel_pstate change to my Haswell i3-4160 on a Gigabyte H97N-wifi with apparent success.
Instead of reporting 3500/3500, 3500/3500 while idle it now reports 3400/800, 800/800 or similar low power combinations such as 2500/800, 1000/800.
Let me know if you want anything checked in my BIOS or if you want edits to the .cfg files.
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As a rule of thumb, a WD Red takes about 10 hours per Tb for a full pre-clear, split into three stages taking 25%, 25% and 50% of that time.
For a 3Tb drive...
== Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 7:58:35 (104 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 7:22:50 (112 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 15:21:37 (54 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 30:44:01
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Yorgo - the CPU percentage is just a reporting issue - see three posts above yours for a good explanation.
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And you might also want to look at a good UPS which will protect you from the power issues.
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The upgrade from 10a to 12 was flawless but I too have noticed the CPU speed reported at a constant max.
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Mover functioned as intended for me last night on a clean beta10a install.
I had a few BD rips sitting on the cache and this morning they were transferred to the data drives as expected.
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I have just started loading my unRAID v6.0-beta10a NAS and everything is working as expected. Just in case you are interested in either a shopping list or a benchmark, here's what I used...
Motherboard : Gigabyte H97N-WIFI
Processor : i3-4160 3.6GHz
Memory : 16Gb (2x8Gb) Corsair DDR3-1600
Power : Corsair RM650
Hard Drives : 6x WD Red 3Tb
Graphics : none, onboard only
Keyboard : none
Mouse : none
Case : temporary in full tower until CaseLabs X2 is out of prototype
Pre-clear time : 30 hours per drive per pass, running 3 at a time.
== Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 7:46:21 (107 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 7:09:39 (116 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 14:56:16 (55 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 29:53:14
I have set it up to use one drive as Parity (currently offline while I load the array with my movie files), four drives as data for a total of 10.9Tb and the last drive as Cache (warm spare). I am finding that BD rips are transferring to the array at about 110MB/s across my Gigabit network.
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unRAID works fine without a display right from the start but you will need a temporary display to make sure the motherboard bios is updated and unnecessary onboard services are turned off.
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It is what I have just bought to set up a home NAS because of the six SATA III ports and convenient layout of the power connectors. It pairs nicely with something like an i3-4160, 8 or 16Gb of DDR3-1600 and a Corsair RM650.
I am in the middle of my first preclear pass on 6x3Tb WD Reds so can't comment on speeds yet.
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With the new beta saying that mail notifications and similar will be included, does this deprecate some of the recommended plugins from the new server configuration guide (such as the plugins in "Install and Configure Mail and SSMTP")?
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You have a couple of choices. I assume you are referring to a removable caddy that will allow you to insert and take out a 3.5" HDD?
There are plenty of options, depending on whether you want it to be completely external to your PC/Laptop or in a 5.25" bay (but still be able to eject the drive), what interface you want to connect it to (USB3, Firewire, eSATA or TB for example) and how many drives you want it to house.
Could you give us some more information about what you would like to do with the product?
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A quick question... the motherboard I am looking at has DVI-I and HDMI out but my monitor is neither so I assume I can just connect the unRaid box straight to my TV with an HDMI cable?
I will only need to get the BIOS set up and then I should be good to go headless for the actual unRaid work.
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Thanks for the replies so far... I think I am getting a handle on the build.
I agree that going for parity + 4 data + cache is a good way to start. It gives me the advantage of a warm spare too. I will consider the extra cost of 4Tb drives over the 3Tb I had specced.
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Hello folks - I would appreciate some new user help with the choices ahead of me as I begin to plan my first home NAS based in unRaid.
First the background... this is intended to be a new, compact NAS for a single user. It is intended to hold a modest movie collection of around 60 BDs, hold a small iTunes music collection and act as a backup repository for one PC and one iMac. None of the data is irreplaceable or business-related. A likely usage scenario will be daily backups for the two attached home computers, music being requested throughout the day to a single device and a movie being requested to a single device. I envisage something like a Mac Mini acting as the movie server with this new NAS box being the repository.
I would like a compact mITX Intel board because I envisage using the CaseLabs X2 case once it is in production. This case strictly fits an mITX board and has 6 full height bays plus some concealed SSD space.
Capacity-wise, I will need 2.5Tb on day one with space for growth. We are not frequent buyers of movies so I figured if I started with, say, 3Tb drives and had one parity and five data this would give me around 13Tb usable storage.
Budget is not unlimited but also not constrained. I would like to do it right even if it means paying more for the initial outlay.
Now the questions...
Here in the UK we have limited choices of mITX boards and I would like to stick to a major reseller with good RMA rather than scrounge parts from eBay. From the likes of Scan.co.uk I see there are no mITX Xeoon boards in stock so that largely rules out the Xeon/ECC route. I do not believe I need VMs and the data can always be re-ripped or pulled from backup of I get corruption. Given my intended usage, will a non-Xeon/non-ECC board be fit for purpose?
There are only two mITX boards in stock at Scan that support 6x SATA III onboard which means I could not use a cache drive without a PCI-E card. Both boards with 6x SATA III have features I would not need such as wifi, Bluetooth and redundant NICs. They are the Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI at £95 and the ASRock Z97E-ITX/AC at £108. Would I be advised to use one of these two boards and forgo a cache drive or opt for a 4x SATA III board but pay for a PCI-E card to feed some of the drives? There is the Asus H97I-PLUS with an M2 slot and 4x SATA III which might be suitable at £100 given the correct PCI-E card.
As for the processor I was thinking something like the 3.6GHz i3-4160 but have no experience of how these processors fit into what is needed for a good unRaid box. I need advice here too.
So, please could you look this requirement list over and offer advice for a UK purchaser and sanity check my expectations.
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I have noticed the following error at the top of the browser when clicking through from the Forum News ticker to the wiki.
<b>Warning</b>: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given in <b>/home/limetech/public_html/wiki/extensions/Auth_SMF.php</b> on line <b>902</b>
It is intermittent and usually goes away on an F5 refresh.
OS : Windows 8.1
Browser : IE 11.0.9600.17351
Anti-Virus : Kaspersky Pure 3.0 with advert blocking ON
Steps to reproduce : View the forum home page while logged in and wait for the Forum news ticker to offer the "Lime Technology Home | unRAID wiki | #unRAID on IRC". Click on the unRAID wiki entry and a new tab opens. Roughly half the time, I see the error message as the first line in the browser with the rest of the wiki below it. The other times the wiki will display normally.
CPU freq not stepping down
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Brilliant! Would that mean we could undo the edit to the syslinux.cfg once you push the update?