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Or you'll have to modify the bzroot. If you have no clue what I'm talking about, best not.

No, powerdown works normally -- just stop the array as usual and powerdown.

Good to hear. There were some bugs that were not apparent on my main machine as I had hacked it so much it was not a clean test bed. I built a small test unRAID box from an old Sony VAIO Pentium4 and found the bugs. That was a project in of itself as the machine is old enough to not boot from USB. I am PXE netbooting it into plop which then boots the USB

Prices should come down by Spring as they get the factories in Thailand back in operation. That flooding really did a number on the country and the industrial output.

Looks like a very nice upgrade for my MacBook Pro when the prices come in a little. I am using a USB connected Intel 320 SSD (120GB) for a Win2008R2 virtual machine and it is way faster than on the built-in hard drive. Lack of latency makes a big difference, even over a slower interconnect like USB 2.0. This SSD is eventually destined to be an ESXi datastore drive once I get the new server hardware procured.

Yep, that chip holds the information abouth the platters, etc. -- it is unique to EVERY drive.

Bugs in script fixed and HOWTO added.

Sent you a PM

unRAID!

I got this working and I sent you a PM baggies. Let me know if you're interested.

First, for some reason the avahi user didn't get added before avahi-daemon started... that's something I'll look at. Second, it appears that there is some permissions issue on the TM dir. Can you send me a personal msg with the perms for that dir and every parent dir behind it? Also, look in /etc/passwd to see if the avahi user is in there.

I re-attached the script as a zip file. As a txt file, the download process was converting it to DOS format and that won't execute on a unix platform (the #!/bin/bash will have a ^M on the end) Download the new attachment (that goes for everyone who previously downloaded the .txt file)

It doesn't have to modify the Mac -- It works just like an actual Time Capsule. It will indeed show up when you boot the install DVD. It doesn't use SMB at all, it uses netatalk to provide native AFP support.

What printer do you have? What version of unRAID?

unRAID 4.7 Time Machine support for Lion/Snow Leopard/Leopard I grew tired of waiting for the production release of 5.0 and so I created a set of packages to enable Time Machine backups to unRAID 4.7. The packages include Avahi and Netatalk to allow out-of-the-box backups to what appears to be an Apple Time Capsule. This is a turnkey solution -- all you have to do is run the attached script. It downloads the needed packages, asks a few questions, and configures everything for you and the config will survive a reboot. NOTE: This does not allow afp mounting of your user shares. It is purely for enabling Time Machine backups. NOTE: This is not well tested with user shares. It works perfectly fine with a disk share. Enjoy. Dec 10 2011: Updated attachment to v0.2.0. Fixes a few bugs and should now work 100% out of the box. Dec 13 2011: Updated to v0.2.1. Backs up all generated conf files for netatalk for restore on reboot. If you have already installed, see my post on page 2 for fix instructions. Apr 06 2012: Updated to v0.2.2. Updated timecapsule package to upgrade to netatalk 2.2.2. Jul 29 2012: Updated to v0.2.3. Updated timecapsule package: netatalk 2.2.3, avahi 0.6.31, db-5.3.21, dbus-1.6.4. The update to netatalk fixes a time machine bug. Verified working with Mountain Lion. Aug 21 2012: Updated to v0.2.4. Fixed bug where libcap package was being download from wrong directory of slackware mirror. Oct 25 2012: Updated to v0.2.6. Fixed bug where paths to packages in go script were incorrect. Add option to put afp database on cache drive if it exists. ------------------------------------ Upgrade HOWTO Either download the attachment and transfer it to your unRAID system, or telnet to it and issue the following command: root@Tower:~# cd /boot root@Tower:/boot# wget -N http://blueskyhorizon.com/unraid/tmupgrade.sh Now run the script and then reboot: root@Tower:/boot# ./tmupgrade.sh (wget output) Upgrade successful. Please reboot to activate. ------------------------------------ First Install HOWTO Either download the attachment and transfer it to your unRAID system, or telnet to it and issue the following command: root@Tower:~# cd /boot root@Tower:/boot# wget -N http://blueskyhorizon.com/unraid/tminstall.sh Now, run the script and answer the questions: root@Tower:/boot# ./tminstall.sh This script will download and install a set of packages on your unRAID 4.7 system that will enable 'Time Capsule' functionality for Time Machine backups. Do you wish to continue? [y/n] y You will now see the script downloading the various needed Slackware and custom packages. The script will now ask where on your array you would like to store your Time Machine backups. This can either be on a user share or a single disk. Where would you like Time Machine to back up to on your unRAID array? ie. /mnt/disk1/TM Enter directory: /mnt/disk1/TM Directory does not exist. Create? [y/n] y Now enter which users you wish to grant permission to back up to. If you do not have user level security turned on, then enter 'none' and guest level access will be automatically turned on. Which unRAID users would you like to grant Time Machine permissions to? ie: user1,user2,user3 Enter comma delimited list of users ('none' will enable guest access): john,alice Do you wish to allow Guest access? [y/n] y If you wish to limit the amount of disk space that will be exposed to Time Machine, answer y to the next question: Do you want to limit the amount of space given to Time Machine Backups? [y/n] y Enter max space in GB (up to XXX) to reveal to Time Machine: 500 The final question asks whether you want to start the service daemons or not. If you want to immediately start using Time Machine, answer 'y'. Otherwise, you'll have to reboot to activate them. Start daemons now? [y/n] y Installation complete! You should now be able to see "Time Capsule" as a valid backup target in Time Machine Start daemons now? [y/n] n You will be able to see "Time Capsule" as a valid backup target after rebooting Now you need to set up Time Machine on your Mac. Open Time Machine from the Preference Panel and click the 'Select Disk' button: Select 'Time Capsule' and click 'Use for Backup' Time Machine will now schedule the first backup in two minutes. The script is safe to run again, but you will need to remove the added lines to the go script /boot/config/go before it will let you. tmupgrade.zip tminstall-0.2.6.zip

SOLD OUT - that was a good one.

SOLD OUT

I found them at mwave: http://www.mwave.com/mwave/SKUSearch.asp?px=FO&scriteria=BA48250

Grabbed an 80GB and a 120GB at newegg. Thanks!

At least it hasn't been discontinued. I want another one (eventually.)

Would $199.99 be a good price to pay for one of these? It is a clocked down and smaller cache version of the E3-1220. 2.2GHz vs 3.1GHz 3MB cache vs 8MB cache 20W vs 80W Max TDP The E3-1220 is $209.99 at newegg. EDIT: Oops, I missed that the 1220L version is dual-core w/ hyperthreading while the 1220 is quad core without hyperthreading. Hmm, not sure if it is worth $200 to me for dual core.

Yes, I got the case on sale. It was a screamin' deal - the sale price was $139.99. I had been looking at it for a couple of days and newegg sent me a coupon for %15 off Lian Li cases. So with $9.95 shipping, it came to $128.98. I upgraded the CPU and RAM with the thought that I'd virtualize unRAID and add a couple other small VM's to consolidate. I didn't realize at the time that I'd need AMD-Vi support to do that with an AOC or 1015 card. The power increase isn't enough for me to pull it back out. $50 for the Phenom II was a good deal, so I'm not too worried about it. I played around with ESXi for a few days and I'm smitten. The goal is to consolidate a lot of stuff I have running onto it when I can afford to buy new guts for the server.

I actually built this server in March, 2011 but I am just now getting around to posting it. It originally had an Athlon X2 3600+ (1.9GHz) CPU that I already had laying around and 2GB RAM. With that it idled at around 45 watts. After adding another 2TB drive, the 250GB cache drive, adding another 2GB stick of RAM, and upgrading the processor to a Phenom II X4, it now idles at 56 watts. I am undervolting the Phenom II X4 to 1.25V from 1.35V. OS at time of building: unRAID 4.7 Pro (on sale at $109) CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 830 ($50 Microcenter) Motherboard: Biostar A760G M2+ ($56 Ebay) RAM: 2 x Kingston ValueRAM DDR2-800 2GB ECC ($40.49 Newegg + $28.74 Amazon) Case: Lian Li Armorsuit PC-P50 ($120 on sale + coupon @ Newegg) Drive Cage(s): 1 x Norco SS-500 ($89.99 Newegg) Power Supply: Antec Neo ECO 400C ($34.99 Newegg) SATA Expansion Card(s): Sil3132 2 port SATA II (from card collection) Cables: 6 x 10 inch UV Blue ($10.02 Monoprice) Fans: SWiF2-800 fan in Norco SS-500 ($10.95 Amazon) Parity Drive: SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB ($80) Data Drives: 4 x SAMSUNG EcoGreen F4 HD204UI 2TB 32MB (4 x $80), 2 x WD EARX 2TB ($80 + $100), 1 x WD EADS 1.5TB (recycled from another system) Cache Drive: WD 250GB (originally TiVo Series 3 drive) Total Drive Capacity: 15.5TB + 250GB cache Primary Use: Storing media files and backups Likes: Clean layout of motherboard. Very quiet even with overkill cooling. Dislikes: No IOMMU (AMD-Vi), so no ESXi virtualization w/ VMDirectPath Add Ons Used: unMenu w/ packages Future Plans: Upgrade to Tyan server board w/ low power Xeon, M1015 card for ESXi passthrough, 3-in-2 3.5" cage + 4-in-1 2.5" cages for top 3 bays (there are tabs for optical drives that I don't want to flatten), lots more disks, cache drive upgrade Boot (peak): 135W Idle (avg): 56W Active (avg): 100W Light use (avg): 70W (Photos taken in March, 2011 before drive additions/other upgrades) I really like the case. It is all-aluminum and therefore very light. With drive cages, it would max out at 4 + 5 + 5 = 14 drives. I have no intention of going much beyond 10 in the near future, however. Total cost with shipping and taxes: Around $1,080. It ran perfectly well with 2GB and the Athlon X2; without those it would have put the cost just under $1,000. (future edits)

Anyone tried one of these yet? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131725 It at least looks like a great unRAID board for massive storage.

I have found that there is no performance difference on the Samsung F4 HD204UI 2TB drive (AF drive) with 4K alignment or not. I discovered this after forgetting the -A switch when preclearing four drives and then reformatting one as 4K aligned. No discernible difference between the two when copying files to them with no parity installed yet.