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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/build-a-10-gbit-home-network-for-1100/284 Now that 10Gige is a reality for the home, it might be time to speed up unraid. Those of us using large video files (Weddings, Advertising (low budjet), it certainly would make moving files around so much faster! Thoughts, Comments, next steps?

So to safely run with the MV8 card, what version of unraid should we be running?

Same problem on same version here. Did U Resolve it?

If only they made a case with a clear front so you can read the serial numbers. Better yet, a smaller version of the backblaze case, where you simply drop the hard drive into the case upright, no screws or cables to plug, and you see the serial numbers!

What is the min Unraid Level that will run the pcix card AOC-SAT2-MV8? This is a production box.

Anyone use this in unriad? IBM ServeRAID M1015 Which cables did you buy? Is it a better deal then the AOC 8 port?

Silicon Image Sil5723 (Drive Xpert technology) - 2 x SATA 3Gb/s setup in Raid0, and it worked very well in unRaid. I never seen unRaid and bubbaRaid boot so fast, not even on my other dual core system (Intel E6850/4GB), same speed roughly. I will have to look into why that is later. I tested transfer speeds with and without parity, stability. Gear: Asus P5Q Deluxe (Left everything default, except removed floppy) (Will have to test again changing the AHCI vs IDE) Intel CPU E8400 Kingston Value Ram 8GB (planning for future) Antec 1200 Case 12 bay case for 190$ Canadian (it even comes with manual variable fan speeds for all 6 fans.) (I will post a review on it at the end of the post. Lots of fans and cooling!) I also just borrowed a kill-a-watt. Will test! Tested using a clean unRaid latest beta4 Disk status Model / Serial No. Temperature Size Free Reads Writes Errors parity Not installed disk1 ata-DriveXpert_HDD0_CP-5723_Port_0_1_0_F * 781,422,736 749,322,752 436 189,567 0 disk2 ata-ST3750640AS_5QD03EHT 38°C 732,574,552 501,380,680 502 46,835 0 Notice the temperature is not properly read from the Disk1 Drive-Xpert. Not certain if the drives spun down or not...will confirm at a later point. There is a significant performance gain between disk 1 and disk2. Disk 1 two seagate 400GB (older gen SATA2 drives 7200.8 ) Model:ST3400832AS Disk 2 one 750GB Seagate Sata2 drive(7200.10 newer gen) Model:ST3750640AS Transfer speeds from xp pro sp3 gige (Cat6 direct connected to same switch) The transfer of two files 15 and 16GB in size (No parity drive) Disk1(DriveXpert Raid0) 42-55MB (mostly 49) MB/s Disk2 31-47 (mostly 38) MB/s MD5 Checksum of first file to both drives is perfect, no corruption: ORIG: MD5: 9aa3eb3c17f202fef560694a534a880a Dsk1: MD5: 9aa3eb3c17f202fef560694a534a880a dsk2: MD5: 9aa3eb3c17f202fef560694a534a880a After this transfer test I will use the Disk1 for Parity. Test speed of parity and transfer: Parity Drive Rebuild: between 43 to 58MB/sec (Average around 54MB/s) The transfer of two files 15 and 16GB in size (With parity drive) Disk2 12-18 (mostly 15) MB/s It seems the drive Expert Raid zero has little effect for a parity drive. Best to use it as a cache drive. MD5 Checksum checks out. dsk2: MD5: 9aa3eb3c17f202fef560694a534a880a Syslog is attached as a zip file. Kill-A-Watt power usage: Motherboard,8GB RAM, GPU, CPU only, no hard drives: Not available... Full Slavo with Drives: 450Watts for a few seconds at boot, then it hovers around 207-235 watts after the boot with all drives powered up. During file transfers with parity and cache drive up, remaining drives idle 118Watts. Too bad sar/iostat are not built in. I would love to see performance over time. LIMEtechnology Server name: Tower Comments: Media server unRAID Server Pro Main | Users | Shares | Settings | Devices version: 4.4.2 (Production version is running 4.4.2, not beta) Disk status Model / Serial No. Temperature Size Free Reads Writes Errors parity ata-ST31000340AS_9QJ1VGNP 27°C 976,762,552 - 26 0 0 disk1 ata-ST31000340AS_5QJ036TR 29°C 976,762,552 - 30 0 0 disk2 ata-ST31000640AS_3QJ00AJF 29°C 976,762,552 - 30 0 0 disk3 ata-ST3750640AS_5QD046F9 29°C 732,574,552 - 30 0 0 disk4 ata-ST3750330AS_9QK0Q3JY 27°C 732,574,552 - 32 0 0 disk5 ata-ST3400832AS_3NF0T88Q 25°C 390,711,352 - 32 0 0 disk6 ata-ST31000340AS_9QJ1KE5W 29°C 976,762,552 - 30 0 0 disk7 ata-ST31000340AS_5QJ0ZSRQ 26°C 976,762,552 - 30 0 0 disk8 ata-ST3750640AS_5QD04LCF 30°C 732,574,552 - 32 0 0 disk9 ata-ST3750640AS_5QD0CZSP 30°C 732,574,552 - 32 0 0 disk10 ata-ST3750640AS_5QD4RPF3 31°C 732,574,552 - 32 0 0 disk11 ata-ST3400832AS_3NF11LFN 26°C 390,711,352 Clearing - - - disk12 ata-ST3750640AS_5QD03EHT 28°C 732,574,552 Clearing - - - cache ata-Maxtor_6B200M0_B413F2CH 25°C 195,360,952 - 30 0 0 I have never seen the drives so cool. consider that I am using home built 5drives into 3 (5.25 inch bays) x 4. The case is amazingly quiet, with all fans on low. With the temperatures so low, I have disabled some of the fans, and the temperatures have not changed. I have 3 spare SATAII cables and two IDE cables. I am currently not using the drive expert drives. No reason really. The transfer speed is decent. I will replace by 200GB Cache drive with a 1.5TB Seagate drive(just as fast at the 10K raptors for less money and more storage). I might even buy two and setup Drive expert on it. Here are pictures of the case and the setup. Notice the Case comes with 3 120mm fans in the front, a 200mm fan on top of the case, and two 120mm fans at the back. You can add a forth fan in front of the drives in the front of the case, and another one on the side panel. But it is not needed. I did have to assemble the 4th fan cage for the front. All parts come with the case, but Ihad to buy one 120mm fan. See photos. Here are pictures of the 5 drives in 3 5.25inch bays I made. Not perfect, but it works. Jig Saw and drill is all that is needed. [/img]