DavidInDE

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  1. Thanks everyone for your input - at the risk of starting things up again, would your views change based on the fact that the files I intend to back up are on a media server predominantly, and therefore change hardly at all? There are SOME document files, but really not that many. So I'm assuming a sync rather than an incremental backup would suffice? Thanks again
  2. The closest question I could find to my situation! Not sure if it helps, but I'm running UnRAID and thinking of building a FreeNAS box to backup to. I'm looking into software and will let you know my findings (currently looking at urbackup).
  3. I installed the container for the latest version of Krusader, and I already had Unassigned Devices, but Krusader would only show me the root level of the USB disk I plugged in, it said that nothing existed on the disk, whereas Dolphin File Manager recognized everything. Any ideas?
  4. Hello everyone I was wondering if someone could tell me what the benefit of hooking BOTH SFF8087's from an 8i PCIe 3.0 HBA to the bottom two Mini-SAS HD 8643 ports on the SAS 3 backplane is, as per the Supermicro user manual for the BPN-SAS3-826EL1/2. If only one connection is required, I could use a 4i/4e card instead and connect the external 8088 to a SAS2 backplane on another chassis. Is it just for redundancy? Thanks in advance - I think I've got my connector numbers correct, but bear with me if not. If I didn't give any info that is needed, please reach out and I'll answer any questions. S/M weren't able to help, but I know that someone out there on this forum can!
  5. I am the first to admit my ignorance on this topic, so... Can one hook up a disk shelf (as we discussed) and use both the original storage server AND the shelf to store 12 SATA disks on each, or is this locking the user in to the use of SAS drives?
  6. I'm sorry there don't seem to be any replies to this post, as I was interested in the very same thing...did you get any further with your plans? Where is the best place to look for follow-up info?
  7. Thank you. You've been really helpful; it's always good to know you've learned something new.
  8. I am impressed - I actually learned more from those two posts than several hours of web searching (with an unhealthy fixation on Supermicro's web site) yielded...
  9. Quick question...since the backplane of the controller is SAS3, and the backplane of the disk shelf is SAS2, will I get higher IO sppeds from those drives connected to the controller backplane? or will the bottleneck be at the PCIe slot? Thanks for the benefit of your knowledge!
  10. Thanks for your advice johnnie.black....would I be better off going with something like this, as it is also PCIe 3.0, but has the four internal connections (for the controller), plus four external (which would go to the shelf). Am I thinking correctly?
  11. Hi I was wondering if I could get the assistance of those more knowledgeable than me (ie most of you) in cabling up a new system: My hardware - a 12 bay Supermicro SC826BE2C with SAS3 dual-expander backplane, an X9-DRF EATX motherboard and 2 x Xeon E5 2650l V2 CPUs ('controller'). A second Supermicro CSE826 JBOD 12-bay chassis with BPN-SAS2-826EL1 backplane ('shelf'). My questions are: a) What HBA will be best (I was looking at the LSI 9211-8i, but am completely open to suggestions) b) What cabling will I need? I was thinking HBA to backplane of 'controller' and then downstream SAS connection from 'controller' to 'shelf', or am I making things way too straightforward? I'd appreciate your help, as although I am likely to learn from my mistakes, I'd rather get it right first time than waste money needlessly! I am referencing the EL1 manual, which can be found here. If I've left any pertinent information out, let me know and I will supply it. Thanks again, and Merry Christmas everyone!
  12. Hello, and firstly let me apologize if this question has been asked and answered elsewhere (I am sure it has, but a brief search didn't come up with anything). I am just starting out with UnRAID, and I was wondering what the recommended way of transferring (in my case) 18TB of data to a new array would be? I have 4 4TB USB drives, and a 2TB USB drive, all of them full or nearly full. My initial idea was to use Unassigned Devices to hook the drives up as shares outside the array, and then to use Krusader to copy the data across to the array, but I stand/sit to be corrected! Thanks to anyone in advance...
  13. Thanks - that is a good point. I don't intend that, but it's when you don't intend doing something that you usually end up doing it anyway (if that makes sense), so that's useful to bear in mind.