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Apparently Supermicro released BIOS Version 1.7a to fix the boot issue, which has worked for me.

Updated today to RC1. Issue remains the same. 😒

Updated today to Beta 35. Issue remains the same. Update: I removed pretty much any Plugin and rebooted to SafeMode - still stuck at formating when selecting a encrypted format. New Password is accepted and in the GUI the drive shows as unlocked but invalid filesystem asking to format.

I have been having the same issue. (Since Beta 25/24[?]. Started with that, so has never worked.) Neither 2-disk pool nor array finishes formatting when selecting encryption. Attached log is after putting in a new disk into an empty array. Given up on BTRF encrypted this was with encrypted XFS. Basically it asks for a new key, then format. Then Format is done and wants format again. This then gets stuck. No HDD activity. Pulled log below and triggered restart. After the restart, entered Key. Drive is showing as unlocked, but FS seems to be damaged. (See screenshot.) GUI wants to format again. I have this week off and this is basically a new server (Been running a few month doing BOING. Bunch of plugins not much else.). So I am all game if you need me to try or test anything. redoctober-diagnostics-20201012-1503.zip

Yes, same purpose & config - it's a little bit shorter and much nicer looking. 🤩 Updated my parts list. Thanks! 😃 Looking forward to hear about your case.

Okay, that is unfortunate. I pretty sure this is supposed to work like that. Guess not. 🤔 A low cost solution might be a Arduino Nano or maybe a delay timer kit from China powered from 5V USB-StandBy. Put a reed relay in parallel to the power button and also use the power LED as an Input signal. When 5V come on, a timer starts, and after the set time AND if the power-LED is still OFF then activate the reed relay for 0,5 sec. Something along this line. As a no-cost-solution, maybe you can do something with Wake-on-LAN from another machine. If it has to be totally independent, get some el-cheapo router you can put something like OpenWRT on and put it together with the server power. I am pretty sure it can not be to hard to send a Magic Paket from the Router to the server after Router Startup. Instead of the router maybe use some Pi.

Just a totally unrelated side note about the Silverstone DS380 (maybe applies to the CS380 as well) When you look up many older builds, pictures, reviews, videos etc. it shows the backplane being powered by 2x Molex connectors. (for the 8 HDDs) I believe this has somewhat recently and quietly changed to 1x Molex and 2x SATA Power. I am considering this case with a Corsair SF450 PSU which has one cable with Molex-only and one with SATA-only. The good thing with this change is that power for the 3,5" HDDs can now easily be split between two cables from the PSU without any adapters - which is a good idea - however getting power to the four 2,5" Slots is more awkward. Likely will use a Molex to 4xSata splitter, that looks like it uses crimped connectors and will be fine for the lower power needs of SSDs and 2,5" HDDs. (DeLock 60142) I have no idea if there may be old stock around or when this change has actually happened. Maybe order your case first and check before getting any additional or custom cables.

Maybe I didn't see it, but have you actually tried in the BIOS in the Power section if you have an option "Restore AC Power Loss" that you could change to [Power On] ? (Instead of [Last State] or [Power Off]) Shutdown the system as needed and when the power cycles the system should turn back on automatically. (I do not know the details of what's happening but personally I would consider putting a UPS in between your Server and the grid, as switching on the grid can be a messy affair electrically speaking with voltage spikes and instability at the beginning. I believe decent UPS can be configured on how long they wait after power has been restored before sending that to your machine. Or maybe you can find some delayed start power strip. If your are electrically inclined you could also build something like that.)

Do not throw stuff at me or something, but since the OP is so bend on exactly 4 HDDs and otherwise basic specs plus some mild uncertainty about the rest of the hardware needed, can I just throw in like any boring HP ProLiant MicroServer? Are they any good (with Unraid)? Expandability is propably NIL, so maybe a bad idea in the long run. Idk.

Without looking at anything else really "transcoding 10 stream" is the big one - the one with the biggest unknown / factor due to codec and resolution of your library. Must read: https://support.plex.tv/articles/201774043-what-kind-of-cpu-do-i-need-for-my-server/ May want to go look for a P2000 already... 15 drive means you will need an HBA card anyway. Maybe two, depending on the board and 8 vs. 16 port ones. One spare PCIe for 10 GBit networking, one for a transcoding GPU. Unraid itself might need a separate GPU. All interesting questions - none I can really answer. Sorry. 😋 No impact on your build but also always fun times: You mentioned you will reuse your existing HDDs for the array. Think ahead about the logistics of moving the data. E.g. is there a backup you can fetch the data from, do you have access to intermediate storage, can you shrink the Synology array one by one, grow Unraid one by one etc. Like exactly what are the steps are going to be?

Without more details I do not think it is impossible to judge if you really need the high speed, random-access and IOPS of a SSD or rather, how much a HDD based solution would slow you down for real. Maybe monitor your current disk during work. Unless you change your process you would need like 480 TB-written per year. A 1 TB 860 Pro would get about two years and I think is is only available as SATA not M.2. Need to think bigger... These M.2 with about 1.6 PBW could last you like 3 Years: Gigabyte NVMe SSD M.2 2280 1TB, M.2 (GP-GSM2NE3100TNTD) PNY XLR8 CS3030 M.2 NVMe SSD 1TB, M.2 (M280CS3030-1TB-RB) Patriot Viper VPN100 1TB, M.2 (VPN100-1TBM28H) Corsair Force Series MP510 960GB, M.2 (CSSD-F960GBMP510) If a SATA SSD is enough speed and IOPS then maybe: Micron 5200 MAX 960GB, SATA (MTFDDAK960TDN-1AT1ZABYY) Micron 5300 MAX - Mixed Use 960GB, SATA (MTFDDAK960TDT-1AW1ZABYY) ...8.7 PBW... 🤯 Might be the last SATA SSD you will buy - every. But again, really look at your actual load.

Very compact but not off-the-shelf-NAS-compact might be the notorious Silverstone DS380 case. Has some thermal issues that have to be addressed. (search "cardboard trick" / 2x 3D-printed parts on thingy verse) But it holds 8 front accessible 3,5 inch HDDs + 4x2,5" internal. Maybe overkill for you - or expandable...

I also believe in separating Wifi and Router/Firewall if your budget allows. With $ 150 you are at the tipping point. I would like to throw in the classic one-two-punch Ubiquiti EdgeRouter X ER-X together one Ubiquiti UniFi UAP AC Long Range UAP-AC-LR Access Point which would come in just little above your budget. They do NOT work together via Unify, so you have to manage them separately, but you are also not immediately "sucked" into the Unify world and stay flexible. The ER-X Router is a solid device and pretty inexpensive for what it can do. You can use a more powerful / less expensive MikroTik instead or a solution via Unraid. The UAP-AC-LR Access Point I would advice not for sending long range but rather because the improved antennas supposedly help with receiving signals from the client. And since it is only 20 bucks more then the Lite Version, one might as well...

According to the manual p.28 you can draw 1 A on each header. Your fans are 0,08 A each. So you are fine power wise - and the built-in splitter with these fans is nice. (Side Note: The Case has 6 x 120 mm and 2 x 80 mm fans. You specifically only mentioned the 120 fans. Just saying. Also - fan extention cables for the front fans needed, maybe?) When looking at Q-Fan Control in the manual p. 55 it looks like the two CPU Fan headers share one PWM signal and the others can be controlled separately. I pretty sure there is a ASUS software to control the fans from windows, so BIOS fan control can be overwritten. -> As far as having the hardware for software controlling the fans this looks very promising. As to controlling them by HDD temperature this is a rabbit hole in itself. Unfortunately so far nobody has jumped in here with the same hardware and shared his story how easy and straight forward it was or something... But also no nightmare stories either. 😁 Take a look at dynamix_auto_fan_control plugin. Without searching too much in it I noted other X570-Chipset users in the tread wrestling with fan control right now: (Generally this is mostly about the PlugIn detecting the sensors on your specific board.) Maybe consider searching for 'fan speed' and you MoBo name - with some luck you find others have gotten it working or or at least posted a similar build so you could ask them. (Or really nobody ever posting, which means it works out of the box - maybe, hopefully...?) Otherwise I am afraid you have to jump in I guess and give it a try. (If you have one or two spare PWM fans you could postpone ordering the new ones until you got fan control working with them.)

About the fans in the case: From the pictures of the case the included fans all use Molex Splitters. That means they can not be controlled and always run full speed. Of cause the fan can still be "voltage controlled". Maybe you can move the Pins in the Molex around so he would only run with 7 Volts. (Do NOT use them for something else then!!) Still not controlled, but noise vs. cooling may be acceptable. I am not sure if the motherboard Fan headers in 3-Pin-Mode absolutely require a tacho/speed signal to work. (I believe not.) If not, you might be able to change the wiring to attach the fans there. (Crimping or soldering required.) If a tacho-signal is needed, you would need to have one Fan that provides that tacho signal. This is basically what Splitter is for (partly). Personally I would be afraid to overload the board when paralleling up 5 fans. And this is the other part of that splitter: It takes power from a SATA power cable and distributes the PWM signal to all the other (PWM!) fans. I would advise you to get new 3- or 4-pin fans - depending how you want to control them. How to control them depend mainly on your motherboard. (I do not know what external solutions may exist and how well they work with Unraid.) About the splitter: That thing is intended only for 4 Pin Fans. One Fans speed signal is send back to the MoBo. The PWM from the Mobo signal is send to all the fans. If it works depends on your board. The board, or more specifically the fan header you use, must run in 4-pin-PWM-mode. It seems some boards feature PWM on the CPU fan header and the case headers are only voltage-controlled. You need to carefully read your motherboards manual. About controlling fans: Depends on the board you use. For example for AsRock/SuperMicro there is a special plugin to control the fans via IPMI. Non-server boards will be easier to control. As long as there is a way to control the fans via software there is likely a solution around here. Maybe post you intended motherboard and somebody can advise.