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Would i be able to just buy this kit and nothing else to fit 2 x3,5 drives?
You might need another set of HDD screws if the Nexus doesn't include any. I've only got 4 left in the door with 4 HDDS in their caddies and 1 in the hot swap bay (which I used the ODD screws to mount in the top bay).
Is there any room left to have an 2,5" SSD below the Nexus Double Twin?Yes there's a space below the ODD bay that you could easily slip an SSD or 2.5" HDD into.
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Yep, it had to be moved to another server. Should be online again soon. PM me if you need it.
Thanks Jens but I got around it.
Just pull out the unRAID stick for a minute
Guess you could do that, it's a little tricky with the stick being internal though.
Still haven't sorted out my cache drive dilemna guys, couldn't get the external casing open without destroying it so chose not to try. Now the local source of the Nexus Double Twin adapters has run out of stock so I'm stuck with using a 2.5" laptop drive rather than the 250gb 3.5" that came with the microserver. I've been offered a WD Black 500gb for $85AUD but not sure if a Black would run too hot.
Edit: I've got pre-clear running on my 5th HDD at the moment, only learned about it today thanks to the Wiki. The first four drives were added to the array without being pre-cleared, should I re-visit them? None have any data on them yet so there's no problem un-assigning & clearing them, will just take a long time.
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The wiki recommends using faster drives (i.e. 7200RPM), just not sure if it matters that much in real life.
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Anyone care to comment on my previous post? I just want to confirm a 5400RPM HDD is okay to use for cache before opening the external up.
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I'm looking for some guidance on the appropriate type of HDD for use as a cache drive. I was planning to use a 320GB 2.5" drive extracted from an external USB case but I'm guessing the drive will be a 5400RPM type (haven't opened it yet). Looking at the UnRAID wiki it suggests a faster drive (i.e. WD Black 7200RPM) be used as the cache drive.
http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cache_disk
I could use the 250GB 7200RPM drive that came with my N36L but that would mean using a double stack bracket in the top bay. I'm a little concerned about cooling issues with that method; I don't really want to have to ghetto mod the standard bay cover to create extra ventilation. If I use the laptop drive instead I can mount my 5th array drive in a sata hot swap bay like the one in the OP (already have one in another PC I can use) which already has ventilation slots in the cover.
Opinions? Is capacity over speed better?
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I was going to use the eSATA loop-back method to connect the 5th drive when someone over on OCAU suggested a PCIe SATA card instead.
I have found a SIL3132 based card on eBay which I think will do the trick :-
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/230714137688?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
The seller can provide a low-profile bracket by request but in his reply to my query mentioned SATA3.0. Perhaps it's a different card, I'm awaiting clarification.
Now the seller tells me the low-profile bracket won't fit this card (after I placed my order and paid), trying to organise a refund now
May have found another but won't place an order till the previous one gets sorted out. I might have to get handy with the pliers and tin snips if I get stuck with the other one. I'll post back once I have a working card, might be a while though (slow boats from China and all).
Also can anyone confirm if a 250GB 2.5" HDD out of a WD Passport case could be used as the cache drive?Pulled the drive casing apart today but sadly mine has the USB connector directly on the PCB so be warned if you are thinking of doing the same. Got it all back together but some of the clips got broken during disassembly so the casing's a bit loose now, at least it wasn't a brand new drive
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I managed to get into the bios flash link from Jens guide earlier but now it has gone awol again. It appears Jens is hosting the file on his own domain so perhaps the host server is down. In any case I have flashed the BIOS using TheBays modified ROM with help from the AVF thread even though I was happily running the Russian hacked one before.
One thing to note when running the actual BIOS flash is that it will terminate at the C:\ prompt; at this point it is safe to remove the USB stick you used for the flash. After re-booting you will get the "-041" Rom version displayed as well as "The Bays" which indicates you have successfully flashed the BIOS (plus the SATA ports 5 & 6 will be visible in certain BIOS options, namely AHCI config and also Southbridge config under Chipset).
Don't forget you will need to change the BOOT order from the UNRAID USB stick to the BIOS update one before running the flash; you will need to change it back again post flash to boot into UnRAID.
Sorry if I'm telling anyone here how to suck eggs, just thought it might help the newbies
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Thanks Neilto for reacquainting me with this thread
I have finally gotten around to buying an UnRAID Plus licence so I can make use of all my 5 x 2TB Hitachi 5K3000 HDDs. I'm planning to use the top bay to hold the 5th HDD plus a cache drive. I was going to use the eSATA loop-back method to connect the 5th drive when someone over on OCAU suggested a PCIe SATA card instead.
I have found a SIL3132 based card on eBay which I think will do the trick :-
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/230714137688?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649
The seller can provide a low-profile bracket by request but in his reply to my query mentioned SATA3.0. Perhaps it's a different card, I'm awaiting clarification.
The only thing I'm not sure about in the specs is this:-
? Support 1-lane(x1) PCI-Express with transfer rate 2.5 Gb/s
? Compliant with PCI-Express 1.0a specification
Does the 1st bullet point mean the card will only work in the PCIe x1 slot? I've read somewhere that throughput is best if the card is in the x16 slot but I'm not sure if that is correct.
Also can anyone confirm if a 250GB 2.5" HDD out of a WD Passport case could be used as the cache drive? From the case opening tutorials on YouTube it seems they have a standard SATA interface but I haven't tried opening mine yet. I could just use the 250GB 3.5" that came with my N36L but that means buying a double stack bracket (i.e. Nexus DoubleTwin). Using the 2.5" means I could mount it under the ODD bay and use a SATA hot swap caddy in the ODD bay for the 5th array drive.
MicroServer N36L/N40L/N54L - 6 Drive Edition
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I just purchased a generic 4 port SIL3132 based card off eBay (2 SATA, 2 eSATA; only 2 can be used at any one time though). Have not had a chance to try it out yet though, my Tardis is still chugging away pre-clearing a HDD. UnRAID can be picky but SIL3132 chipset cards should be OK, just make sure you get one with a low-profile bracket and a PCIe interface.