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Hate to resurrect an old thread, but figured it made sense to vs. starting a new thread... Just looking for opinions on unmenu use in V6? Are you all still using unmenu? are the installation instructions still valid? thanks in advance. al

The only thing i did was setup the application password as i use 2 step auth for gmail. worked like a champ. Make sure your user name is your full gmail address (i.e. [email protected]).

highly recommend the preclear plugin as it is simple. Just like me.

Thanks jonp. I think i will end up buying an ssd and running my VM from that drive (once I build my final server). Appreciate the reply

Hi all- I have built a test Unraid running 6.1.4. For right now, just an old box i had laying around. I currently do not have a cache drive. I have a parity drive and 2 small data drives. I built a Mac VM on one of the data disks and it seems to run fairly well for what i would need it to do. Now, the question... Will that disk ever spin down? Or because there is a VM running on it, will it always spin? Second question... Is it possible to move a VM to a different disk easily, or am i looking at just reinstalling it if and when i add an SSD? Thanks! al

Server has been up since battery replacement, but no storms unfortunately. I may just stop the array and test it the old fashioned way...

Just replaced batteries today in my server. I will let you know if/when we lose power next. Of course, I could always stop the array and pull the power and see what happens.

I will definitely post back results.

Popple- How old is the UPS and/or the batteries? Not sure i saw that in the thread. I have been having somewhat similar issues. Quick brownouts that i don't think my UPS is handling all that well (when it used to just fine) which is leading to the server losing power. I have the apc software and the clean shutdown script and all worked perfectly up until maybe 4 months ago. Generally you will get 3-5 years out of the batteries on a decent UPS. My UPS was bought new about 3.5 years ago, so I am replacing the batteries and will see what happens.

Thanks for the replies all. So I've adjusted my budget a bit Looking at: SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SL7-F-O http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182821 Intel Xeon E3-1231V3 Haswell 3.4GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1150 80W BX80646E31231V3 Server Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117316 Supermicro Certified MEM-DR380L-SL01-EU16 Samsung Memory - 8GB DDR3-1600 2Rx8 ECC Un-Buffer LP http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA5EM2VC2098 Thinking 2 of these for 16 GB of RAM SUPERMICRO CSE-733TQ-500B Black Pedestal Server Case 500W w/ 80 PLUS Bronze Certified 2 External 5.25" Drive Bays http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811152234 Then maybe a 6 TB parity drive (and maybe another 6 TB data drive, or a couple of 5 TB data drives...not sure. Is this overkill? I am literally just looking for NAS services, along with 1 Windows VM (MAYBE another windows/linux VM). And if it is, anyone have any ideas on how to pare it down a bit? Also, what do you guys think of the case? I have read some mixed reviews on newegg.

Thanks for the reply bjp. I will look at those boards. And I agree on how quickly boards turn over. Its been about 3 years since i built my first unRAID server and its been pretty much on autopilot. The only reason i am thinking of building a new one is that this one when i have to reboot, it doesn't always want to boot, and i also want to take advantage of the virtual machine capabilities of 6 (and i think it would be a good idea to have a second unRAID server to backup my data to).

Hi all. Starting to look at building a new unraid to take advantage of the ability to build vms within it. Here's what I was looking at, but it might be overkill for what i want to do (which is basic NAS along with maybe 1-2 low use VM's (1 for certain Windows VM to just run iTunes)). It also blows the budget out of the water. I was wanting to spend no more than say $500-$600 (not including drives of course). ASUS GRYPHON Z97 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard Intel Core i7-4790K Devil’s Canyon Quad-Core 4.0GHz CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) Now, I'm sorta stuck on a case. I'd like to use a 5 in 3 raid cage like: iStarUSA BPU-350-Blue 3x5.25 But having problems finding a good case. Also, obviously need power, so looking for some advice on that too. What do you guys think? I miss Raj's prototype page. that was very helpful..

So I'm looking for a motherboard and keep reading about Asrock H77 Pro4-M however it appears its been discontinued? at least newegg is out of stock and has been. Anyone recommend a similar board that they're using with unraid 6? I'm looking to build a new unraid 6 server (basic nas and potentially a windows vm or two (not doing anything crazy, just serving videos to my apple tv). I have a budget of about $600-$700 (minus drives).

I am starting to look into building a new unraid box so this thread comes at a good time. I only need to support maybe a max of 5 drives, but plan on running a couple of VM's and supporting 6 TB of data (including the VM's). Not many apps really other than the APC UPS monitor/shutdown app, so hardware is maybe overkill? Whats all you smart guy's opinions? Does anyone else miss Raj's prototype builds as much as I do? Thanks in advance

I have this working now and actually posted my process in the forums. Here is the link http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=19418.msg178503#msg178503 It works like a champ

great info. thanks guys.