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Depends upon your level of paranoia Sent from my SM-T560NU using Tapatalk One possibility is that if you have some rogue software somewhere on your network, not only might it modify / encrypt your files, but it could also be sending information "back home". My view would be that I would want the server to have share access blocked until I had a chance to get control of things.

And for allowing the UPS to operate with another PC as well as your server, see here... http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=47630.msg463837#msg463837

Full spec is here... http://www.apc.com/shop/us/en/products/Power-Saving-Back-UPS-XS-1500/P-BX1500G

It should shut down the UPS completely. The way it is supposed to work is that before UNRAID shuts down, the APCUPSD software issues a kill-power command to the UPS which also has a time setting (maybe 60 seconds). This allows for UNRAID to complete its shutdown before power is removed completely by the UPS shutting down to prevent excessive discharge of its batteries. The other thing for anyone to remember is to adjust the APCUPSD setting so that the shutdown process begins with enough battery power left for it to run to completion. It's also normal to set the PC's BIOS to allow an automatic start up when mains power is restored. I don't think the ups shutdown works on the cyber power ones. It certainly doesn't work on mine and others reported the same. All other features work, though. My mistake. Thanks.

It should shut down the UPS completely. The way it is supposed to work is that before UNRAID shuts down, the APCUPSD software issues a kill-power command to the UPS which also has a time setting (maybe 60 seconds). This allows for UNRAID to complete its shutdown before power is removed completely by the UPS shutting down to prevent excessive discharge of its batteries. The other thing for anyone to remember is to adjust the APCUPSD setting so that the shutdown process begins with enough battery power left for it to run to completion. It's also normal to set the PC's BIOS to allow an automatic start up when mains power is restored.

I for one would love to see this implemented. Those with lower powered servers (especially those with lower CPU power) could benefit considerably in terms of the general usability of the server during parity checks. And just rescheduling the check is not always an option.

I quite like those $40 cages. Yes - you would need to add cooling, but on the plus side, you get to choose the fans. Some cages come with fans that are either too small, or too noisy, or both. By being able to choose you get to optimise the fan according to your needs and budget. In addition, the fans look like they're relatively easy to fit and replace later if needed. On the down side, you are responsible for all of the cabling to the drives, although I note that the seller that you linked to also sells some nice-looking power cables that span across five drives which would probably help.

Just be sure you can only plug safe loads into it. You wouldn't want a power drill, vacuum cleaner, hair dryer, etc killing your UPS...

In order to run my modem, router, network switch, VOIP phone and KVM box (to switch keyboard and monitor) from my UPS I use a regular multiple outlet mains block, suitably coloured and labelled fed from just one of the outlets on the UPS. That allows me to plug in the standard wall-wart style power supplies generally used by such devices. Most UPS units only have IEC outlets or where they have conventional mains outlets they do not allow sufficient space between sockets for wall-wart style power adapters.

As far as I know it would not be possible, nor would it make sense to run two UPS monitor / control programs. Personally, I never even tried installing Powerchute on my PC. And if the PC is connected directly to the UPS I have another config file that allows it to be the APCUPSD master. As they say - it just works.

Some info here http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=21278.0 I would stick to the APCUPSD software since it does have good cross-platform compatibilty and works well within unRAID. There are non-APC units that will work with it.

I have no info. Did you look here...? http://www.apcupsd.org/

It's worth shopping around for batteries - often you can find deals on "clone" battery packs much cheaper than the APC originals. Good luck!

The key changes that I used were... Change UPSCABLE usb to UPSCABLE ether Change UPSTYPE usb to UPSTYPE net Change DEVICE to DEVICE TOWER:3551 Of course if your server is named differently then change TOWER to the name that you are using. Then reboot the PC of course. THe APCUPSD status icon should shange to show that the network connection is detected and you should then be able to right-click on it to interrogate the UPS status.

Yes - it's possible. You are already half way there since you say you have APCUPSD running under unRAID. What you may not know is that APCUPSD can also run on other machines on the same network as slaves of the instance that you already have running on the server (which is regarded as master). That one is the master because it is the one monitoring the UPS. What you need to do is to install APCUPSD for Windows and then configure it as a slave such that it monitors the current master (setting the IP address or name of the server and port number - usually 3551). You may also need to check and or modify the timing settings so that the Windows machine shuts down when you need it to.

The point is that I, and probably others, would worry about it. Yes, there's a two year warranty, but the fact is that they specify a two year warranty constrained by a ridiculously low power on hours figure, bearing in mind that they also promote (in the first document quoted) the drives as suitable for home servers and NAS devices, which are typically powered 24/7. It simply does not make sense. I would generally prefer to buy drives and other parts where I know for sure what I am getting.

According to this document... http://www.seagate.com/files/docs/pdf/en-GB/whitepaper/7200-drive-spec-comparison-gb.pdf it means 2400 hours when used for 8 hours a day, five days a week and also "on as needed". So, 60 weeks in total, apparently whether it is spinning or not (I would love to see a meaningful definition of "as needed"). Are there any Seagate lurkers here that can enlighten us?

I do know what the word majority means, thank you. You can believe whatever you like. I was simply saying that I found the generalisation offensive. (Anyway, this is rather irrelevant to the badges discussion.)

That's quite a sweeping statement. I am sure that some users do, but to claim that the majority of users do is certainly something of an insult to the many that would never consider doing such a thing. I am sure you didn't mean to offend, but ...

I'm in the process of migrating my server to a Sharkoon T9.... http://www.sharkoon.com/?q=en/content/t9-economy It's not especially high quality, but good enough for my needs with 9 full width slots available. You may have to bend the tabs to accommodate drive cages (for some cages you don't need to), but the metal is pretty thin so should be easy. In fact I am planning on just breaking off the unwanted tabs by rocking them back and forth a few times with a pair of pliers. Four tabs took me about five minutes, so it'll be under half an hour to break off 24, leaving only those needed to support three cages. Edit: Just bought a second one to re-house my back up server. Office will look much tidier soon.

You may want to edit out your email address from those logs...

SOrry. I am the yank mod on a large UK server and forums where the atmosphere is a bit lighter. No offense was meant I apologize if it offended you. No worries - I figured that this was most likely just a cultural diversity thing. You did not offend me personally - I am used to inter-nationality linguistic glitches. That would also cause me a problem. Even worse when it comes from someone in HR. Back on topic - should I splash out on one of these new MicroServers? I don't *need* one, but they look so neat. I am sure I could hack one up to at least seven drives and maybe eight at a pinch...

no sheet.. flipping w***ers.. No need to be quite so rude... (or does that mean something more polite in the US than in the UK?) Anyway, it is comparatively rare that we get rebates in the UK compared to, say, the US where they seem to be a very frequent occurrence with some retailers. I refer to the many posts on this forum that highlight such offers.

Sorry.... You seem to be under the impression that this is a Windows support forum. It isn't. unRAID is (normally) a stand-alone file server based on Slackware (Linux).

For PCI it's hard to get much cheaper than monoprice. I know that 4 port card works. The SIL3114 is used on lots of inexpensive 4 port PCI cards - plenty on Ebay as well for European users who can't access Newegg/Monoprice, etc. Just search on Ebay for "SIL3114"