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How does this increase performance by so much - this world is very different to my old HArdware RAID 5 setup! Thanks in advance :-)

Thank you :-)

Hi Guys, Hopefully an easy one - been playing with the new system, set up an Array - then noticed that some of the disks were not in great shape so decided I should Pre-Clear them. That is now running, but can anyone tell me how I can delete the current Array information and start over? I couldnt see anything in the manual and tried searching to no avail... Many Thanks Stuart

Thanks for letting me know :-)

Hi Guys - thinking of getting one of these for the parity drive and perhaps the data drives as well http://www.ebuyer.com/705293-seagate-8tb-3-5-sata-archive-hard-drive-st8000as0002 Just wanted to check these are the 8tb Shingled drive people are referring to and everything is AOK to use. Thanks in Advance - very new to this all :-) Stuart

Hi Guys, I have just bought one of these motherboards Supermicro X10SL7-F and it is just going in my case :-) Quick question - is there an idiots guide on how to flash the LSI onboard firmware to IT mode. Thanks in advance :-) Stuart

Interesting - what does it do and how is it different to the default settings? Thanks Stuart

Thanks :-) Makes Perfect sense....I will be re purposing the drives from the existing raid array - but don't need them straight away... Great simple to follow walk through! Cheers Stuart

So I am just about ready to finally finish my new build and move the data off my current 25TB RAID array. I wanted to ask what the best way to do this was? I wondered if I was better moving it all off without Parity active (if this is possible) so as notto slow the initial write speed down, then turn on Parity and let it build the parity up overnight? Would really appreciate any recommendations. Thanks Stuart

Thanks one of those cards it is then :-) and I am guessing I use it in a JBOD mode....or should it need cross flashing or anything?

doesn't accept questions via ebay! What about this one? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LSI-9650SE-24M8-PCI-E-to-SATA-II-24-Port-HDD-RAID-Array-Controller-Card-512MB-/231492312020?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35e6045bd4

Thanks all for the advice :-) The link to the 24 port seems very cheap if it woudl hit the spot :-) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Areca-24-Port-SATA-II-3Gb-s-PCIe-x8-RAID-Controller-Card-ARC-1280-/291391952108 I'll try that one! Arrr dont ship to the UK!

Thanks - I have 4gb of memory here so that should be fine for testing :-) In terms of the card - this is going to sound very silly but in terms of cabling how to go form the 2 ports on the card to the 24 on the backplane? Some sort of special adapter or cabling?

Hi Guys, Decided to test the water with unraid - currently I have an Adpatec 8 port Hardware RAID controller and sitting off it 8 4TB Red Drives. It's used to stream movies direct to some KODI boxes and also for Plex which transcodes to some ipads for the kids. It is now almost full - so I wanted to test the water with unraid. I have a bunch of old hardware laying around so was planning to potentially reuse it if you guys thought it worth while. I was going to get a new case though a 24 hot swap one form xcase in the uk for £240 x vat - http://www.xcase.co.uk/4u-rackmount-server-cases/x-case-rm-424-gen-ii-24-hotswap-bays-usb3-120mm-fans-rails-279-00-x-case.html The Motherboard I have allready is a Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L and the CPU is an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E6500 "LGA775 Core 2" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) I am guessing I would use MEdia Center which sorts out the meta data for KODI and plex for transcoding to iThings... If they would run unraid ok - all I would need to get is a new PSU - I am thinking something meaty that has 4 sperates molex's fopr the backplane - any recommendations? I guess I would also need a HBA card I guess...again any thoughts? I have a bunch of WD Green 2tb and 3tb drives at home that I could start with and one stick a new 6TB Red in for the parity drive. Looking forward to your thoughts. Thanks Stuart