Smitty2k1

Across the internet. My clients would primarily be PCs but if there is iPhone support I would be interested to know about that as well. Thanks Smitty

Hey all, my dual core 1.6GHz ATOM unRAID array is working perfectly with 6 HDDs in place. It has been rock solid for several months now. I would like to take it to the next level and achieve: 1) Torrent downloading/uploading 2) File serving/transfer/streaming across an FTP or some other (better) way I'm a total Linux newbie and don't know where to begin to accomplish these. Running unRAID PLUS with 5 data HDDs+Parity. Have room to expand to 14 with proper hardware and unRAID PRO. Have a SuperMicro motherboard with IPMI support. THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!! Smitty

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by plastic standoffs; could you please post pictures? Do you think this board will work with the Lian-Li Mini-ITX PC-Q08 case? This case has built-in standoffs (see pictures in link). If it doesn't fit, I'll have to go with the D510 version of the Supermicro board. This particular sized motherboard varies a bit from the mini itx version. It has spots for standoffs in a few places most mini-itx boards do not. So, supermicro gives you small plastic standoffs that clip into the standoff holes in the motherboard and then just rest on the case beneath them. They are secured to the motherboard instead of the case. I don't think you will have any issues with the built in standoffs on your case. Correct, newegg only had the flex-atx version when I purchased it. Looks like the mini itx version still hasn't hit retailers yet. As far as I can tell the two boards are identical besides the slight size variance. So far I've had no issues with my SM X7SPA-HF board with SASLP MV8. I've now maxxed out all SATA ports (6 MOBO and 8 PCI card), all with 2TB WD drives. My only "expansion" option left is to wait for a SuperMicro UEFI board that supports 3TB drives (and unRAID 5+) and then start swapping out the 2TB for 3TB drives. The reason I want to stick with SuperMicro is because of their IPMI feature as this is an invaluable feature for me as it allows me to run this machine headless and I am able to control this machine from anywhere. Over an internet connection, it's performance is very slow, which is why I remote to one of my computers and control the SuperMicro from there. Cool, I didn't realize IPMI worked outside the LAN. I might have to check that out sometime. I've filled about 3.5TB out of my 8.0TB of useable space so I should have some time before I need to buy that 8 port card. I'm considering getting a blu ray drive and ripping my blu ray collection. Right now I watch blu ray on my PS3. Also, I would like to say my system is two months old and has exactly ZERO crashes. I accidentally pulled the power once and the computer booted back up and passed a parity check. I do occasionally get hicups streaming over gigabit ethernet and long delays when first accessing the shares but 99% of the time it is flawless.

Hey all, my music that is playing off of a HDD in my unRaid server skips about 50% of the time when I copy files to my server. This is regardless of weather the files are copying to the same disk as the music or a different disk in the array. I have noticed the issue from two different computers. I'm new to unRaid and I'm pretty sure this is NOT supposed to happen, but I can understand why it WOULD happen. That said, music should be a very small read for the array and I have even increased the buffer in my music program (foobar2000) to help with network skipping issues. It doesn't seem to do much for my unRaid skips. unRaid 4.7 6 drives, no cache drive gigabit LAN connection to all hardwired devices/computers Attached is a syslog syslog.txt

When I am copying files to my unRaid server, I am unable to play music files on any clients without major stuttering. This happens even if I am copying "movies" which are physically stored on a separate disk than my music. Is this normal? Specs: unRaid Plus 4.7 Supermicro Atom 525 motherboard 4GB ram 6 1.5/2.0TB hard drives 2TB WD EARS as parity No cache drive gigabit ethernet connection to rest of network (although I have no way of proving it is actually operating at gigabit speeds)

I'd just like to update everyone and say my Atom525 board is working just great. I just took the server down for a few minutes to replace the stock fans with 2 80mm and 1 120mm GEILD PWM fans. The motherboard only has 2 PWM fan headers so the two rear 80mm exhaust fans are split with a Y cable to connect to the PWM header. Also, I'm up to 6 HDDs and using unRaid Plus. When I fill up my space (still got a ways to go) I need to buy the Supermicro 8 port SATA card before I can add any more drives.

I use these in my TV stand/on the back of my TV/everywhere possible: http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10520&cs_id=1052006

I just built my first unRaid machine with the Atom 525 version of this board. I posted this elsewhere in the forum but thought it wouldn't hurt to put it in this thread Right now I'm pre-clearing 3 brand new 2TB WD WEARS hard drives. Once these three are ready to go, I have another 2TB and two 1TB hard drives sitting in my gaming computer ready to be copied to the array and then cleared and added into the server case. I bought a 4U server case that can hold 15 hard drives (this board can support 14 with an 8 port SuperMicro add in card) and I will have a backup drive ready to go in the case. This board is the "flex-atx" Supermicro's proprietary board size. It's about 1" longer than mini-itx. Supermicro included some plastic standoffs that snap to the board since most cases won't have tapped holes in the extra spots for standoffs. Can't wait for the hard drives to be ready so I can build an array and get some peace of mind with my data

Well, yes and no. It's not unusual for drives that are exactly the same to have different preclear times. That being said, a two-fold difference is pretty substantial. I forgot to mention I actually have the newer ATOM 525 version. Other than the difference in RAM (DDR3) and clock speed (1.8GHz) I don't think there is any difference. As for the pre-clear time, the two "slow" ones are starting to catch up and they are only about 5% behind now.

Woah! Go figure I just built my first ever unRaid server with this board TODAY! I was getting ready to post a writeup on it and saw this post. Right now I'm pre-clearing 3 brand new 2TB WD WEARS hard drives. One is pre-clearing twice as fast as the other two; is this common? Once these three are ready to go, I have another 2TB and two 1TB hard drives sitting in my gaming computer ready to be copied to the array and then cleared and added into the server case. I went a slightly different route with my case selection. I bought a 4U server case that can hold 15 hard drives (this board can support 14 with an 8 port SuperMicro add in card) and I will have a backup drive ready to go in the case.

Thanks so much for the help!

I already have a large computer that runs 24/7 with several HDDs worth of storage. My current storage solution involves a JBOD setup. I am about at max capacity and was going to purchase a few 2TB HDDs to double my capacity or so. At the same time I'd like to implement some sort of backup solution... IE unRaid. Is it possible to run unRaid on a virtual machine inside of my Windows 7 x64 install? This storage array would eventually be moved to dedicated hardware in a dedicated case which would also hopefully be possible. Thanks for the help Smitty

It seems there are two types of ECC memory. Registered and un-buffered. Supermicro and other server motherboards that support both Xenon and i3 CPUs require different memory. The Xenons can use Registered and the i3's can only use un-buffered. Note that both types are indeed ECC memory. The un-buffered memory does have a slight premium over regular DDR3 memory but the registered stuff is quite a bit more 2-3x the price.