[Re: Format XFS on replacement drive / Convert from RFS to XFS (discussion only)]

All I see in explorer are user shares.  How do I see the disk contents so I can move /t to the root.  I was going to try Midnight Commander but chickened out.

 

You don't have to do it though Windows Explorer, if you are comfortable with Linux you can move the "t" folder using mv (or another command that works) as well.

 

Going to say this again, because it can't be said too many times.

 

NEVER copy from /mnt/user/Share to /mnt/disk/Share or vice versa. In windows explorer this would be copying from a "Share" to "DiskX" (Where X is the disk number). This causes a file system error that will result in data loss.

 

mnt/user0/share is a special case but I am 99% sure it suffers from the same user share to disk problem.

 

Just to be clear, though, I should be able to move the contents of one share (ex: TV-Shows spread across 5 RFs formatted disks) to another share (ex TV Shows on 5 XFS formatted disks) with no problem right?

 

The shares, are they just directories that I can cd into and do something like a mv * to \(destination share)

 

 

[LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes]

Follow up ...

 

I did find the manual to this motherboard and see that is says both the PCIe slots are reserved for Graphics cards.  Wish I'd have know this was a potential problem before I bought the card.

 

Any thoughts on the links to potential replacements, or any other LGA 775 Core 2 Duo motherboards at Newegg that would work with the IBM ServeRAID M1015 would be appreciated.

[SATA Controller Cards]

Follow up ...

 

I did find the manual to this motherboard and see that is says both the PCIe slots are reserved for Graphics cards.  Wish I'd have know this was a potential problem before I bought the card.

 

Any thoughts on the links to potential replacements, or any other LGA 775 Core 2 Duo motherboards at Newegg that would work with the IBM ServeRAID M1015 would be appreciated.

[LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes]

I posted this in the more general SATA Controller Cards section but since this is a rebranded LSI card I have I thought maybe here would be better??

 

 

Anyone care to offer some guidance?  So I bought one of the IBM ServeRAID M1015 cards as suggested on E-Bay from a seller who flashed it with the IT mode firmware as recommend believing that it I could put it in my second PCIe 2.0 slot on my Biostar TP45 HP motherboard.  Unfortunately when I put the card in it doesn't seemed to be recognized in any fashion.  No errors, so bios options, no hard drive present when computer boots  -  nada.

 

In looking at the manual for the card under the install instructions it notes that some PCIe 2.0 slots will work only with graphics devices *ugh*  Assuming I just haven't overlooked some BIOS setting, how does one determine if such a slot is in their motherboard?  The specs at Biostar's web site simply says "2 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot (CFX x8)"

 

If I look to replace the motherboard, what sort of slot am I looking for?  The card itself is PCI-E 2.0, does that mean it will/won't work in a motherboard that has on board graphics and a single PCIe x16 slot?

 

Would any of these motherboard definitely work or not work with the M1015?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130305

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121373

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130305

 

 

Even though none says PCIe 2.0?

 

[SATA Controller Cards]

Anyone care to offer some more guidance?  So I bought one of the IBM ServeRAID M1015 cards as suggested on E-Bay from a seller who flashed it with the IT mode firmware as recommend believing that it I could put it in my second PCIe 2.0 slot on my Biostar TP45 HP motherboard.  Unfortunately when I put the card in it doesn't seemed to be recognized in any fashion.  No errors, so bios options, no hard drive present when computer boots  -  nada. 

 

In looking at the manual for the card under the install instructions it notes that some PCIe 2.0 slots will work only with graphics devices *ugh*  Assuming I just haven't overlooked some BIOS setting, how does one determine if such a slot is in their motherboard?  The specs at Biostar's web site simply says "2 x PCI-E x16 2.0 Slot (CFX x8)"

 

If I look to replace the motherboard, what sort of slot am I looking for?  The card itself is PCI-E 2.0, does that mean it will/won't work in a motherboard that has on board graphics and a single PCIe x16 slot?

 

Would any of these motherboard definitely work or not work with the M1015?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130305

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121373

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130305

 

 

Even though none says PCIe 2.0?

 

[SATA Controller Cards]

Could some kind soul straighten me out, I'm a little turned around after reading all the comments on sata cards.

 

I've been running a server for several months now and every thing is fine as far as streaming goes but trying to do parity checks and a successful drive build was painfully slow and I'm thinking of trying to upgrade my controller card(s)

 

I'm currently running two SATA300 TX4 cards plugged into my two available PCI slots with eight drives, a combination of SATA II and III drives, are/will be

plugged into all the ports.  In addition to the two (2) PCI slots I have two (2) x PCI-E x1 slots available and one (1) PCI-E x16 2.0 (CFX x8) slot.  I'm thinking of buying a SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 to put into the PCI-E x16 slot but before I spend the money I want to make sure of a few things. 

 

1. Will I see a significant increase is performance or and I working to far down the hardware/price ladder to make a difference?

 

2. If not is there a better card or option that I'm missing that's under $200

 

Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

 

unRaid Server 5.0-beta13

Intel E8400 3.0 GHz

Biostar TP45 HP Ver 5.x (http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en-us/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=366&tab=3)

4 GB G.Skill PC2 8500