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Same, its really the best pay-for AV around, then MSE would be (from my own independent reading again) the best free AV these days. Gotta remember that at one time AVG was good, same with AntiVir & Kaspersky. After time when you look back and read about independent stats for catching viruses they usually drop out or go lower and lower each year. There's always new viruses and malware, it depends on the company to keep those definitions timely. Sidenote: Symantec AV (Business/Enterprise offering not residential Norton product) is also good. Additionally: Malware-Bytes in safe mode catches anything that might fall through the cracks of what some might categorize as virus... There is an option when installing NOD32 to block unsavory apps that could be malware but it may not be checked by default.

Hey guys, System still see's that drive as Disk1 (only item in array for the moment). I installed vbox last night. After it slowed my system down considerably, I resorted to scrapping it and rebooting. Now the array is started and seems to be working but the precleared single drive has changed /dev assignments on its own from sdb to sdd. Should I be concerned if things are still able to read/write as usual? Currently on 5-beta 12a.

If you've already added it to the array, no. It is no longer pre-cleared as unRAID has written to it. If you had not yet assigned it to the array, then it is simple to change the partitioning using the -C option in preclear_disk.sh However, it is perfectly fine as you have it. The ONLY drives with the performance issue are Western Digital EARS drives. They have firmware that works less efficiently if not aligned on a 4K boundry. No other drives have this issue. Please post the preclear report for that drive. you'll find it in /boot/preclear_reports I'll be curious to what it says. Good to know! Thanks so much for your help Joe. Attached below is the report. Drive was freshly unboxed/installed and not attached to anything else prior. Its condition should be A1. ========================================================================1.13 == invoked as: ./preclear_disk.sh /dev/sdb == ST2000DL003-9VT166 5YD1VH8Y == Disk /dev/sdb has been successfully precleared == with a starting sector of 63 == Ran 1 cycle == == Using :Read block size = 8225280 Bytes == Last Cycle's Pre Read Time : 5:58:20 (93 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Zeroing time : 7:12:26 (77 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Post Read Time : 12:11:59 (45 MB/s) == Last Cycle's Total Time : 25:23:48 == == Total Elapsed Time 25:23:48 == == Disk Start Temperature: 23C == == Current Disk Temperature: 26C, == ============================================================================ ** Changed attributes in files: /tmp/smart_start_sdb /tmp/smart_finish_sdb ATTRIBUTE NEW_VAL OLD_VAL FAILURE_THRESHOLD STATUS RAW_VALUE Raw_Read_Error_Rate = 116 100 6 ok 116989000 Seek_Error_Rate = 60 100 30 ok 1252314 Spin_Retry_Count = 100 100 97 near_thresh 0 End-to-End_Error = 100 100 99 near_thresh 0 Airflow_Temperature_Cel = 74 77 45 ok 26 Temperature_Celsius = 26 23 0 ok 26 Hardware_ECC_Recovered = 36 100 0 ok 116989000 No SMART attributes are FAILING_NOW 0 sectors were pending re-allocation before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after pre-read in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors were pending re-allocation after zero of disk in cycle 1 of 1. 0 sectors are pending re-allocation at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors pending re-allocation did not change. 0 sectors had been re-allocated before the start of the preclear. 0 sectors are re-allocated at the end of the preclear, the number of sectors re-allocated did not change. ============================================================================

Trying to confirm the HDD partition is correct. OS: 5.0-beta12a Ran latest "preclear_disk.sh /dev/sdb" thinking the value in Settings > Disk Settings > "Default partition format" would be considered automatically. 26 hours later and added into the new array with no data yet added... Next time I will be using "-A" switch to ensure the MBR is set correctly but is there anyway to fix this without doing the whole 26 hour operation again? Examined the the Seagate Barracuda "ST2000DL003": root@Tower:/boot# fdisk -lu /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 2000.4 GB, 2000398934016 bytes 1 heads, 63 sectors/track, 62016336 cylinders, total 3907029168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x00000000 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 63 3907029167 1953514552+ 83 Linux Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

Initially when I spec'd a build it was intended on OpenIndiana/ZFS calling for 16GB (non-ECC) memory on 4x modules. Is there anything I can do with these to get higher performance or any kind of actual usage? If not I may take 3 for a gaming PC with just 2GB memory. I'd prefer to use it in the unraid box but if its simply not needed then I can find other uses for it.

Hi! first time poster. Starting this build was heavily influenced by Johnm's Goliath (Thanks for making good forum reading materials!). If anyone has suggestions for apps or what I could also do I'd be happy to hear it! I love tinkering with the cutting edge stuff and apps that make things faster or interesting. Just want to note that if I didn't cheap out on a low-power i3 2100 and went with a Xeon chip I'd have been happily passing through the BR10i cards and making the most of what I got... Good thing is with the i3, its power draw is lower than a Xeon would have been. Parts (Canada prices/availability): 2x glcomp.com: $146.91 w/ shipping - IBM System X ServeRAID BR10i SAS/SATA Controller Newegg.ca: $430 - NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case Newegg.ca: $130 - Core i3-2100 CPU Newegg.ca: $124 - SeaSonic USA X-560 Newegg.ca: $180 - SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCL-F-O 2x Newegg.ca: $140 - Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 2x Newegg.ca: $46 - SUPERMICRO CBL-0281L SAS Data Transfer Cable 4x Newegg.ca: $80 - NORCO C-SFF8087-D SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 Internal Multilane SAS Cable 3x Newegg.ca $75 - Noctua NF-P12-1300 120mm Fan 2x Newegg.ca $42 - Noctua NF-R8-1800 80mm Case Fan ipcdirect.net: $40 - RL-26 Heavy Duty Ball Bearing Slide Rail ipcdirect.net: $11 - 120mm fan wall bracket for RPC-4224 2x ipcdirect.net: $14 - Drive 4Pin 1 Male to 7 Female Power Extension Cable memoryexpress.com: $240 - Cyberpower CP1500O 1500VA UPS Battery Backup Pure Sine Wav w/ 10 Outlets memoryexpress.com: $15 - DataTraveler G3 Ver. 2 USB Flash Drive, 8GB (unraid installed and running on motherboard USB connector) Replaced all the fans in the Norco 4224 with the Noctua models and noticed it was extremely quiet compared to what I was expecting. Just be sure to use the rubber mounts and not the metal screws on all 5 fans. The BR10i's f/w upon delivery: 1.30.00.00-IR & 1.27.88.00-IR. Upgraded to current IT mode file here using Win 7x64 with one card being attached at a time running the included scripts: See here for f/w LSI Controller FW updates IR/IT modes. BR10i's aren't supported on the latest beta 14a. Using "beta 12a". I will be gradually moving the 8x 2TB drives off of my WHS server and putting them into this starting with a fresh 2TB I picked up at Staples for $120 at the time. Current loaded apps: unmenu (useful for installing other apps) simplefeatures (awesome GUI!) unraid-web (uninstalling as it is unneeded) preclear_disk - No more playing roulette with my drives! (tests HDD fully for errors and adds note to unraid view with result... a 2TB could take some 25 hours to finish)