Rich

I was hoping it was that. I did actually try doing that, via telnet using terminal on OSX but I just get 'command not found'. Could it be an unRIAD 5 function that i don't have (running 4.7) Any ideas?

Sorry, I am very new to unRAID and Linux. What does "lspci -vv" mean and what should I be doing? Major noob, lol. Rich

Well i am happy to report that the card does indeed work and that my parity check has increased by 35,000-50,000KBps, which is excellent and i'm assuming a good sign that the card is not being limited to PCIe x1? I am also using the Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 8x SATA Controller, instead of the Adaptec 2241000-R x4 channel controller (from the recomemdation above) and its obviously working, as yet, with no problems So thank you for the advice guys, Rich

Cool, I just wanted a second opinion, as I've read a few other bits that say otherwise. Fingers crossed then, i'll post back with a defo answer once my card arrives

Thank you, i have actually already looked at that thread But my concern is not with digital/vga output, it is weather the PCIe x16 slot will be limited to x1 if i put a PCIe x4 raid controller in it, something the Intel G41 chipset apparently may do?

Thanks for the quick reply, most appreciated. I have managed to find some more information scattered around (however no definite yes or no), which again makes it look like the Intel G41 chipset, might actually limit the slot to PCIe x1 when a non PCIe x16 / GPU card is being used!? I appreciate that your (probably) not a specialist on Intel chipsets, but is that something that you've heard of, or is likely to happen? Rich

Hi all, I apologise for the similarity of this question to other threads, but i have only managed to find information on the inter-compatability of PCIe slot sizes and no definitive answers to transfer rates. I have an Asus P5QPL-AM mobo in my unraid DIY build and am, at the moment, using a PCI 4 channel raid controller, but am looking to switch to PCIe and make use of both the x1 and x16 (GPU) slots on the board. I have googled the topic and am aware that i can use the x1 slot with a two channel controller with no significant performance sacrifices, but am not so sure about the x16? My mobo manual says that the x16 slot is for a GPU, but more googling has revealed that others have plugged a x1 raid controller in the slot with no trouble, so there is no worry of slot size compatibility. Where i get confused though, is re transfer rates. My natural assumption is that if a x16 slot can also house x1 - x16 cards it would also be able to automatically switch to the relevant transfer speed, but even more googling (extreme noob with PCIe) has informed me of such things as 'x1 mode' which a post in another forum suggests the intel chipset on my mobo has. Meaning that if I plug anything less that a x16 card into the x16 slot, it will work, but clocked down to a reduced x1 speed, which as i am looking at buying a four channel card, would put me over the recommended two channels, for a x1 slot. So my issue is this... As my x16 PCIe slot will take smaller slot sizes, i would like to install the recommended 'Adaptec 2241000-R PCIe x4, 4 channel (3.0Gb/s) (1430SA SGL)' controller, but if the chipset on my mobo is going to clock back the transfer rate to x1 (as it is not a x16 card) i would be better off just buying two, 2 channel PCIe x1 controllers, one each for the x1 and x16 slots, as not to compromise transfer speeds. I'd appreciate some advice, as i am very new to PCIe and quite clearly don't fully understand the whole 'interconectivity of slots' thing, lol. Does my scenario hold water, or have i just written down a load of rubbish and will be fine plugging a PCIe x4 four channel card into the x16 slot, with no sacrifice in performance? Thank you (very much) in advance, Rich

Hi all, I know this is probably a very stupid question, but i'm still going to ask... Will it be possible to plug the below card, featured on the first page of this thread, into a pci-e x16 slot? Is that what the 'or faster' means? I cant find any reference to it working in a pci-e x16 slot on the manufacturers website, but i want that card, if it will work? Thanks for the advice, Rich Adaptec 2241000-R PCI Express x4 SATA II (3.0Gb/s) 1430SA SGL Requirements: PCIe x4 or faster slot

You're a legend! Thank you, I'd have never noticed that on my own. What is odd tho, it that the file was still there, but I replaced it with a copy of the original and in now works. Corrupted during the upgrade maybe? Thanks again

Yeah sure. So in the 4.7 pic you can see all my hdds assigned the way i want them, but in 5.0b6a, what was my cache drive, is now not visible to be assigned as anything. Mystery!?

Hello All, I am the very proud owner of a new unRaid DIY build (so sorry for the noob questions) and have just ungraded to 5.0b6a from 4.7. My first question is that my cache drive (from 4.7) has disappeared from the main menu, is there something obvious i am missing?