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Lexar LJDTT32GASBNA JumpDrive TwistTurn Flash Drive - 32GB, USB 2.0 - $27 + shipping Kingston 32GB DataTraveler Generation 3 (G3) USB Flash Drive (White & Red) - DTIG3/32GBZ - $30 shipped

Maxell 16GB USB 2.0 360° Flash Drive - $14 Kingston DataTraveler SE9 8GB USB 2.0 Metal Flash Drive - $10

Looks like a winner to me! I would choose red...

ADATA AC008-32G-RKD C008 Retractable USB Flash Drive - 32GB, USB 2.0, Plug & Play, Black / Red - $30 + shipping ADATA AC008-16G-RKD C008 Retractable USB Flash Drive - 16GB, USB 2.0, Plug & Play, Black / Red - $14 + shipping Corsair 32GB Voyager Mini USB Flash Drive - CMFUSBMINI-32GB - $25 shipped

SanDisk Cruzer 64GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - $58 CORSAIR Flash Voyager GT 32GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive Model CMFVYGT3-32GB - $34 after MIR Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (White & Blue) Model DTIG3/16GBZ - $14

Maxell 32GB USB 2.0 360° Flash Drive - $28 Kingston 8GB DataTraveler 100 Generation 2 (G2) USB Flash Drive - $8

Instead of posting a new thread for every USB Flash Drive deal that comes along, I'm going to try it this way. I'll create a new reply to this thread with every new USB Flash Drive deal that I post. Anyone else is welcome to post a deal as well. However, please try to keep discussion out of this thread, as it will inevitably get lost as the thread gets longer. Most importantly, if you are in the market for a new USB Flash Drive, you can simply subscribe to the thread and you will receive an email whenever a new deal is posted. Once you find one you like, you can unsubscribe from the thread. If this system works well, then I will start similar sticky threads for other common unRAID components.

4-in-3s you'll be able to install without case modification. For 5-in-3s you'll need to flatten or remove the tabs separating each 5.25" bay (in the photos it looks like they might be removable, I'm not sure if that's the case or not).

Technically not true. Most 4-in-3's have rail slots (so if your case has those support tabs in the 5.25 bays you don't have to bend them out of the way). All 5-in-3's I believe do not have slots (so if your case has support tabs, you Must bend them/cut them whatever to get the cage into 3 bays) That's true, and a good point I forgot to mention. 5-in-3 cages will fit in the same space as 4-in-3 cages only after flattening the separating tabs between each 5.25" bay. Some cases don't have these tabs, but most do.

Added!

With some cages a fan speed controller will work. Look at photos of the back of the cage. If the fan plug is exposed, then there's no reason why you couldn't put a controller between the cage's backplane and the fan. If the fan plug is not exposed, then chances are it won't work. I know the Icy Docks definitely would not work with those. I think the Norcos and Supermicros would. If you want quieter performance, most people just replace the stock fans. I recommend a few replacement fans in my Greenleaf Prototypes Blog. Just do a search for the drive cage you want (Supermicro, Norco, etc.) and you'll find my fan recommendations.

A 5-in-3 takes up the same space as a 4-in-3 (the drives are just closer together). It should fit.

Nice hexen! I added a couple of my favorites as well. I'll keep working on this later (adding pics, etc.). By the way, just yesterday I updated this section of my Prototypes blog with some new cases, such as the Utgard Window (the original has been discontinued).

There's also a few new 4 x 5'25" bay cases by Gigabyte. This one is my favorite: GIGABYTE GZ-X5BPD-500 Black I think it looks pretty sharp, and it also sports a 120mm rear fan. Some of the others have 80mm rear fans. GIGABYTE GZ-P5HA3W Black GIGABYTE GZ-P5HA3W Black GIGABYTE GZ-X6BPD-500 Black (shiny!) GIGABYTE gz-KX9 Black (interesting look...but a little too weird for me) GIGABYTE GZ-X2BPD-500 Black (dig it!)

There's a few new 12 x 5.25" bay cases on the market by Xigmatech: Xigmatek Elysium Black Server Edition (non window) CCC-HSA0DS-U03 All Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case - $220 + shipping Xigmatek Elysium Black CCC-HSA0DS-U01 All Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case - $220 + shipping Xigmatek Elysium Silver CCC-HSA0DS-U02 Black / Silver Aluminum / Steel ATX Super Tower Computer Case - $220 + shipping Pricing is roughly half-way between the Lian Li cases and Antec cases. I still prefer the looks of the Antec 1200 to these, although the Xigmatechs appear to have lots of rubberized cable management cutouts, which is a nice feature. The built-in casters (wheels) in two of the three models are also very nice, as 20 drive servers are heavy!

Nice list! Stickied!

I noticed something in the manual for this board the other day. It specifically says NOT to mix 3 pin and 4 pin fans on the motherboard headers. I doubt that's the cause of your beeping issue, but I figured it can't hurt to mention it anyway.

I recommend the Corsair 600W for your server (it happens to be on sale right now as well!). It has 40A on a single +12V rail, which is allows 34A for your green drives and leaves 6A to power the motherboard and fans (which is plenty). By the way, when shopping for power supplies there's really no point in calculating the wattage. All decent power supplies will give you an amperage rating for the 12 V rail, so just look at that. The wattage can be deceiving, best just to look at amperage and ignore the wattage. Also, as you said, all of your drives will spin up on boot, power down, during a parity check, and during a rebuild from parity. You need a PSU that can handle your server at full load. Don't skimp on your PSU!

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Are you able to connect your fans to the motherboard as a testing measure?

true: There are several helpful responses earlier in this thread. Try going into your BIOS and settings your fans on full speed. Alternatively, try disabling all automatic control of fan speeds.

Your PSU has 28A to power the hard drives, motherboard, and fans. Assume 3A for the motherboard and fans. Your drives currently pull 24A (18 for the green drives, 6 for the 7200 RPM drives). If some of your green drives are Western Digital drives, then they actually use a bit less power (1.5A instead of the standard 2A). If there are no WD drives in your server, then you are currently using 27 of your 28 available amps. Adding one more of each type of drive is a total of 5A, which brings you to a total of 32A, which is definitely over the limit for your PSU. I would definitely hold off on adding any more drives until you get your replacement CX500. If you are using a lot of WD drives, then there's a good chance you can get away with adding one more green drive, but even then you might be pushing it. If you are using a cache drive, consider removing it temporarily to make space for another data drive if you need the space before you are able to get the replacement PSU.

You are correct, you have a split rail PSU with 17A on each rail. Generally one rail powers the CPU and GPU and the other powers the motherboard, fans, and HDDs. Leave 3A for the motherboard and fans. That means you have 14A to power all of your drives. Allocate 2A for each green drive and 3A for each 7200 RPM drive. I'm not sure about your Hitachi drives, are they green? If so, then you should have about 15X2A = 30A. If they are 7200 RPM then you'll have (9X3A) + (6X2A) = 39A. Either way, your PSU is definitely under-powered and you should look into upgrading it immediately. I'm surprised that your server still boots with that PSU. There are a few factors that could be at play. First, some PSU manufacturers advertise their power supplies as split rail when they are actually single rail because split rail is more attractive to gamers or people who have lots of PCI/PCIe cards. I didn't think that Seasonic was in this practice, but maybe they are. Second, the WD Greens actually use about 1.5A instead of 2A, they boast the lowest power consumption of all green drives. Even still, that only saves you 1.5A total, which doesn't account for the 13A (or larger) gap that you currently appear to have. I still recommend assuming the WD Greens pull 2A just so you have a bit of overhead. Best of luck!

Twenty drives in the external enclosures(four 4 bay and one 5 Bay--one four bay has 3 drives in it). Then I have the cache and parity drive in the 3in2 enclosure in the PC case. Hi Aaronwt, I was wondering how your running the Sans Digitals on the Unraid server? And do they become one drive added to the server or 3,4 or 5? I have 2 Sans Digital 5 drive (Raid5) and wondered how I might be able to use them with my setup. I guess I'm wondering if your using the Sata Raid cards that might have come with yours as well? And if so that would be great for me if I decide to use mine. Also are you having any bottleneck issues using these external boxes? You need to use a motherboard and/or SATA card(s) that support port multipliers via eSATA. The drives will show up as individual drives, not one big one.

Also, Seasonic has some of the best customer service on the planet. Several people on these forums have just sent them an email asking for more of the modular molex cables and Seasonic sent them for free!