dannycorker

Ah my bad, it was a permissions error on the 'disks/rclone_volume' path! Will have a play with it later this evening, but looking great at the moment, thanks!

Maybe I'm misunderstanding something - in Sonarr I have a mapping of /data <-> /mnt/disks/rclone_volume/, but if I browse to data within Sonarr, I just see the contents of my local /mnt/disks/rclone_volume/ folder? It doesn't seem that drive is actually getting mounted there.

Sorry to drag up an old thread - does this still work? I've installed the docker, ran the conf and I've got the /data drive showing within Sonarr which is great - I just don't seem to be getting the actual mount to happen at any point? Have I missed something obvious do you think?

Of course it's with the lid on, otherwise it would have said "the drive temps are insane!11!!! I have to run it with the lid off!!!111!!!". It doesn't. Alright, well I'm new to all this and I thought that running it with the lid off might be an obvious thing to do when an extra 2 or 3 drives are crammed in than there should be. I am grateful for all the help I've been given, I'm just trying to get a decent footing in all this without wasting any money

Power -- already answered in this thread: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=11585.msg146008#msg146008 Heat -- already answered in this thread: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=11585.msg139990#msg139990 The heat posts say it runs fine, they say nothing about whether that is with the lid on or off. But thanks anyway.

For 6 drives (one being 2.5"), you would also need an eSATA to SATA cable. For 6 drives, all being 3.5", you wouldn't use the IB-168SK-B (you'd use an X-Swing or equivalent). I can't remember if it comes with a SATA cable, but that should be listed on the Icy Box or supplier web site. 2GB would be enough to run unRAID plus some add-ons. SABnzbd and cache_dirs can both use a lot of RAM, so I'd put in another 2GB or 4GB myself if you wanted to use both of those. Or try it first. Use an N40L compatible BIOS (I think one has been posted on avforums). Thinking of going for the 6 drive option, all 3.5. For this, I would use the spare sata for one of the drives up top, but what about the other? Still use eSata to Sata for it? And would I have to have the lid removed to fit in the drives and keep them cool enough? All the information you have asked about is in this thread. I'm not going to keep answering the same questions over and over when I've already spent a considerable amount of time writing up how-tos. Someone with more patience than me might want to do that, but I'm going to suggest you read the entire thread. Or at least skim it. Or just look at the pictures. OK I've read the thread for the third or fourth time, and I think I have a good idea now of what I would need. I understand where you're coming from with the annoyance at people like me asking questions, and I'm hoping I'll be done after this. But I do have a couple of things that I don't know for definite after reading everything again, and I would just like to double check. My current plan is to fill the 4 standard bays obviously, then add 2 3.5" drives at the top, and a 2.5" cache drive as well if possible. The microserver as I understand has one extra SATA port, that requires a BIOS mod but is fine for 1 of the 2 3.5" drives at the top. There is an eSATA port, perfect for the 2.5" cache drive, leaving a need for one more SATA port for the 2nd 3.5" drive. For this I aim to buy a Rocket 620 (http://www.scan.co.uk/products/highpoint-rocket-620-(r620)-2-channel-internal-pci-e-v2-x1-to-sata-6gb-s-non-raid-controller-card) and a Nexus Double Twin (http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/product_info.php/info/p6594_Nexus-Double-Twin-HDD-decoupling.html) The next thing I'd have to buy - cables. This is the area I have the loosest grip on at the moment. I'll need 2 SATA cables for the data transfer (although I think one comes with the microserver?) but what about power? Will cables that come with the drives suffice? Or will I need one of these to power the 2 drives up top? (I think I will) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Molex-to-2-SATA-Internal-Power-Splitter-Cable/dp/B0002GRUV4 Finally, the lid. I've read speculation in this thread about whether it would be safe to leave it on with 2 drives up top or not, but no definitive answer. I would rather have it on but obviously won't if it would endanger the components. Sorry again for the questions but I don't want to buy things that I don't need, or not buy enough! Once the build is done I can start getting my hands dirty, and hopefully will learn much quicker then Thanks.

For 6 drives (one being 2.5"), you would also need an eSATA to SATA cable. For 6 drives, all being 3.5", you wouldn't use the IB-168SK-B (you'd use an X-Swing or equivalent). I can't remember if it comes with a SATA cable, but that should be listed on the Icy Box or supplier web site. 2GB would be enough to run unRAID plus some add-ons. SABnzbd and cache_dirs can both use a lot of RAM, so I'd put in another 2GB or 4GB myself if you wanted to use both of those. Or try it first. Use an N40L compatible BIOS (I think one has been posted on avforums). Thinking of going for the 6 drive option, all 3.5. For this, I would use the spare sata for one of the drives up top, but what about the other? Still use eSata to Sata for it? And would I have to have the lid removed to fit in the drives and keep them cool enough?

All your answers are in this thread. All you have to do is read it. Thanks, have now read the whole thread and think I have a decent grip of everything. I would gor for 6 drives I think, 4 data, 1 parity and a cache. As far as I can tell all I would need to buy extra for this is the Icy Box IB-168SK-B and relevant cables? (Or do these cables come with the Icy Box as standard?) Of course I would also need to update the bios - is the original Russian version still the best/easiest bet, or the most recent one from this thread? http://www.avforums.com/forums/networking-nas/1521657-hp-n36l-microserver-updated-ahci-bios-support.html Lastly, the 40 model comes with 2GB ram - worth upgrading in your opinion, or enough to run most add ons comfortably? Thanks!

Looking to buy/build first server and this looks more than ideal - how complex is the process of adding drives? I understand it's possible to add up to 6 with some tweaking? What kind of tweaking are we talking about? Thanks! EDIT: Should probably add, I use SAb and SB etc, can the Micro Server run these comfortably?