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Where were you six months ago?
I would have seriously considered a custom built unRAID box if one had been available in Australia. Taking a look at your website the boxes seem remarkably similar to what I built. The price jump between the non-IPMI and IPMI versions of your systems are baffling as the IPMI boards aren't THAT much more expensive than the standard boards without IPMI. Looking at the pics modular PSU and better cable management would be a something to consider as well. If I am paying a premium to have something built then I expect a neat, tidy layout. -
1. I setup my unRAID server and then ran the preclear script on all drives before configuring the array. I ran three passes on each drive.
2. Install the drives in your unRAID machine.
3. I copied my data across using Teracopy and a USB SATA docking station. Copying across all the data from around six drives took several days. From memory the copy speed was roughly 20-25MB/s which is quite acceptable IMO. I set Teracopy to verify files as it copied. If your copy speed is slow then there is probably something wrong.
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No backplate on my board. I may just go with the stock cooler.
Hurrah. I must have been unlucky then.
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I've got the Norco 4224 and I replaced the fanwall with Noctua 120mm fans and its very quiet. The CPU heatsink fan is causing more noise than the case fans.
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The problem with updating to use 4TB drives is that you really need to buy 3 drives to start you off. One drive for parity, one for data and one to keep as a spare in case your parity drive dies. That's $1,200.00 just to add 4TB to your array. Of course you don't have to hold onto a spare drive, but if your parity drive fails who wants to leave their array unprotected for a week while a replacement drive arrives and is tested.
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I'm looking at the CoolMaster Hyper TX3 Evo. At 136mm high I estimate it should fit. I am away this week so will measure it on Friday.
The EVO seems to have a push-pin mount which may not be compatible if your board comes with a backplate. Note that the Vortex Plus specifications mention a Universal mount while the EVO does not. The instructions for installing the EVO also show push-pin mount for Intel boards.
Edit:I am looking at the Noctua NH-U9B SE2, it is definitely not the cheapest but I do have a Noctua theme going...
I looked at the Noctua heatsinks as well, but they use a custom backplate which may not be compatible with boards that come with a pre-installed backplate. If you do buy one and it works let me know.
If you haven't received your board yet maybe you should wait before ordering a heatsink/fan. While the board I ordered came with a preinstalled backplate yours may not. I would wait and see. If the board doesn't come with the backplate then you can use any LGA1155 cooler.
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as far as the heatsink.. ugh you want to use that PCI slot for sure. that's an 8X slot. what heat sink was that?
The heatsink/fan is Coolermaster Vortex Plus. The card clears the heatsink but there are two small metal clips that hold the fan on to the heatsink that is very, very close. You can see the clips in the closeup pictures here:
http://www.coolermaster.com/product.php?product_id=6648
The dimensions given on the website don't seem to take into account the additional width taken by these clips. The card fits into the slot okay, however the solder joints on the back of the card are either extremely close to or just touching the clips. I might have another look at them over the weekend. In the meantime I've put the two cards I have into slots 4 & 6 on the board.
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My M1015s arrived today. The 0.5 metre SAS cables definitely do not fit
. Another 20mm and they'd be just long enough. I'll order some replacement cables before Monday.Another (minor) issue is that heatsink/fan JUST touches the LSI card if I place one in the PCIe slot closest to the CPU.
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I'm hoping that the Hitachi 5K3000 3TB falls to under $200.00 again before mid next year. Prices are currently sitting around $300.00.
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Can I ask why you choose theM1015 card instead of the AOC-SASLP-MV8 card?
The primary reason I purchased the M1015 was cost. The M1015 was $127.00/card versus $155.00/card for the AOC-SASLP-MV8.
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I can now add a CPU cooler to that list. Probably the Coolmaster Vortex Plus that gtaylor recommeded as it is cheap and I know it will work.
The Coolermaster Vortex Plus is working a treat. The fan isn't completely silent but its pretty good. You can always upgrade the cooler later if you need to.
I'm waiting on the M1015 cards I ordered so I can't comment on the cable situation. I suspect that the 0.5m cables I purchased may be too short due to the location of the connections on the M1015 compared to the AOC-SASLP-MV8 that I had originally planned to purchase. I'll let you know when I get the cards how I go.
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I can get it from overseas and for a little cheaper also. The risk is that if it is faulty it will be difficult to get it replaced under warrenty.
Is it worth the extra risk? reader opinions please.
I live in Australia and I purchased the X9SCM-F through eBay. The board I purchased came with a backplate preinstalled which meant I couldn't use the stock heatsink/fan. I ended up purchasing a Coolermaster Vortex Plus which is working perfectly. Apart from that I haven't had any issues so far (touch wood). My experience is that mainboards don't fail too often so I wasn't worried about warranty support.
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The X9SCM is a great board. I've had my server up and running for a bit over a month with the X9SCM-F. There are a number of other members here also running the X9SCM-F so there's plenty of people around who can answer questions. If you are planning to expand your system up to 20+ drives I think the X9SCM-F is the board of choice.
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Do you have a DHCP server on your network (usually a modem/router with DHCP enabled)? If not you will need to manually configure an IP address for your unRAID server. The easiest thing is to ensure that DHCP is enabled on your broadband modem/router.
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Yes you can use Gigabit Ethernet on Cat5e cable. As long as your cabling is up to standard it will work fine. If UNRAID is showing that the server is connected at 1000MB/s and your Windows 7 PC is also showing its connecting at 1000MB/s then the problem is likely to be some sort of issue with your UNRAID server. I achieve a reasonably consistent 30MB/s copying to my UNRAID server over gigabit ethernet.
If you have access to a cross-over cable I would try connecting your PC and UNRAID server directly. This removes the Gigabit switch as a possible point of failure.
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I've finally decided to get the M1015. The deciding factors were cost and the ability to have the cards flashed to the IT firmware by the vendor. There are a number of users now with the M1015/X9SCM combination so I'm confident that this will be supported by unRAID going forward.
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Assuming you ventilate your case properly the stock cooler will be more than adequate to keep your CPU at a comfortable temperature. You aren't going to be overclocking or running the CPU at 100% for hours at a time. Most of the time the CPU will be virtually idle. The stock Intel cooler is already fairly quiet at stock speeds so the only reason I can see to use a different cooling solution is if you want a completely silent setup or you are planning to overclock.
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I am in exactly the same position as Siamsquare. I'll need to make a decision within the next few days so I can add more drives to my array.
Reading through the posts on the board I am leaning toward the M1015. There are issues with both the SAS2LP and M1015 depending on which beta version of unRAID you run. Beta 12 had issues with the SASLP-MV8 while Beta 13 has issues with the M1015. My main concern with the M1015 is how fickle it can be to update the firmware. However this is mitigated by the fact I can purchase the M1015 with the IT firmware installed.
I plan to purchase 3 cards so I can run up to 24 drives in the array. I can purchase the M1015 for $127.00, the SASLP-MV8 for $155.00 or the SAS2LP-MV8 for $195.00 (includes delivery).
Any comments/suggestions are welcome.
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You can also fix an IP address in DHCP so that when the server is rebooted it gets the same IP address. This is the method I use.
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Prices are still going up. In some places the price of 3TB drives has doubled.
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I'm currently testing 5.0 beta 12 with 3 x 3TB Hitachi drives with no problems so far (up around 10 days).
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Level One Certifications for X9SCM-F
unRAID Version 5.0 Beta 12a (basic)
System Setup:
CPU: Intel Core i3 2100T
Mainboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F LGA1155
System Memory: Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G (2 x 4GB Kit)
Hard Disks: 3 x Hitachi 5k3000
Case: Norco RPC-4224
Power Supply: Seasonic X-750 750W
USB: Lexar Echo ZX 8GB
Performance:
Copy to the array is a constant 30MB/s.
Copy from the array is around 37MB/s.
Parity Check takes approx. 9 hours.
The three Hitachi drives are attached to the SATA-II connectors on the board. The SATA-III ports have not been tested. I have copied 4.6TB of data to the array and ran a parity check three times with zero errors. The server has been running for around 10 days.
I have attached a copy of the syslog.
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No idea why UNRAID keps defaulting back to that IP though, all I can assume is something is going on that I've somehow set and it's overwriting the config file.
I'm not familiar enough with unRAID yet to answer that question. One of the longer term users might be able to help with that one.
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colour me confused....
I reset the config file....rebooted it all....it's reverted back to dhcp off etc.
I'm guessing there must be another setting somewhere up in UNRAID reverting it each time.
You may need to shut down your unRAID server, remove the USB and edit the file on another computer. Keep a backup of the original file just in case.
I would have seriously considered a custom built unRAID box if one had been available in Australia. Taking a look at your website the boxes seem remarkably similar to what I built. The price jump between the non-IPMI and IPMI versions of your systems are baffling as the IPMI boards aren't THAT much more expensive than the standard boards without IPMI. Looking at the pics modular PSU and better cable management would be a something to consider as well. If I am paying a premium to have something built then I expect a neat, tidy layout.
. Another 20mm and they'd be just long enough. I'll order some replacement cables before Monday.
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Is there anything I need to upgrade/change before adding these 8TB drives? I'm currently running unRAID 5.0.6 (latest release) with the following hardware:
CPU: Intel Core i3 2100T
Mainboard: Supermicro X9SCM-F LGA1155
SAS Controller: LSI M1015 <- Running v7 firmware
System Memory: Kingston KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G (2 x 4GB Kit)
Case: Norco RPC-4224
Power Supply: Seasonic X-750 750W
USB: Lexar Echo ZX 8GB
Drives: A mix of WD REDs, Hitachi 5k3000 & Samsung drives.
The firmware on my LSI M1015 is a little out of date but everything is working fine so I haven't seen the need to update.
Is there anything else I need to consider before adding 8TB drives to my array?