July 8, 201114 yr from what I read I was thinking of unmenu femur possibly simple features definately email notification preclear disk maybe Mover thanks Single Core will work fine for those add-ons.
July 15, 201114 yr Hi, I was planning on purchasing the "JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard" from Newegg a few days ago, but me being lazy delayed for a few days. Now it seems like it's deactivated. Do you know of any good alternatives to that board?
July 15, 201114 yr Nope, not yet. I just finished getting that board tested and it was deactivated a few days later. I'll start searching for another one soon, but I don't have any recommendations at the moment.
July 17, 201114 yr I'm in the process of building a 5 Drive Budget Box as spec'd and I have a dum dum question about installing the Norco SS-500... Is it necessary to supply power to both power inputs? Do they power different drives in the array? When I expand with one or two more of these drive bays, but I've run out of power connecters from the Corsair CX430, can I daisy chain them with some sort of expansion power cable?
July 17, 201114 yr I'm in the process of building a 5 Drive Budget Box as spec'd and I have a dum dum question about installing the Norco SS-500... Is it necessary to supply power to both power inputs? Do they power different drives in the array? When I expand with one or two more of these drive bays, but I've run out of power connecters from the Corsair CX430, can I daisy chain them with some sort of expansion power cable? they both need power, you can use a standard molex power spliter or "y"-cable
July 18, 201114 yr Nope, not yet. I just finished getting that board tested and it was deactivated a few days later. I'll start searching for another one soon, but I don't have any recommendations at the moment. I'm in the same boat. Was just about to start when the rug was pulled out from under me. Eager to hear your next recommendation! I'll be waiting.
July 19, 201114 yr Hi I just use one connector on the Norco SS-500 no problems here. From my understanding it's for the use of redundant power supply and if you measure it there just connected together. Rob
July 19, 201114 yr Hi I just use one connector on the Norco SS-500 no problems here. From my understanding it's for the use of redundant power supply and if you measure it there just connected together. Rob Huh, you are right...according to Norco they are redundant. That is not the case with all hot swap enclosures, but it does appear to be the case with these particular ones. Thanks for pointing this out!
July 19, 201114 yr Hi I just use one connector on the Norco SS-500 no problems here. From my understanding it's for the use of redundant power supply and if you measure it there just connected together. Rob Huh, you are right...according to Norco they are redundant. That is not the case with all hot swap enclosures, but it does appear to be the case with these particular ones. Thanks for pointing this out! News to me also. Then again, I have yet to get hands on one of those units. I tend to stick to the SM ones to keep standardised.
July 19, 201114 yr The JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF motherboard is back in stock at Newegg. Great news, thanks! Still not as cheap as it was when I first chose it as my newest budget board, but at least it is available.
July 19, 201114 yr Is their any reason to recommend the Intel i3-2100 over the Intel Pentium G850? It seems the video properties of the i3 are wasted in Unraid... just a thought.
July 19, 201114 yr I actually recommend against all socket 1155 CPUs at the moment because there are no unRAID-friendly 1155 motherboards (that I know of) that use a NIC other than the known incompatible Realtek 8111E. I recommend sticking with the socket 1156 CPUs until this changes. If anyone has any recommendations on good 1155 motherboards, I'm all ears.
July 19, 201114 yr I know the Gigabyte boards use an Atheros Nic, but I don't know if they still have HPA issue's. Then their is the Supermicro boards which are running Intel Nic's, but they're not as budget friendly.
July 19, 201114 yr I actually recommend against all socket 1155 CPUs at the moment because there are no unRAID-friendly 1155 motherboards (that I know of) that use a NIC other than the known incompatible Realtek 8111E. I recommend sticking with the socket 1156 CPUs until this changes. If anyone has any recommendations on good 1155 motherboards, I'm all ears. Look at this one. Expensive but has IPMI which I will not do without any more. Edit. Actually since it uses the Intel 82579LM chip it isn't really an option currently. Edit2. Although the 2nd nic (Intel 82574L) is - I think anyway.
July 19, 201114 yr I actually recommend against all socket 1155 CPUs at the moment because there are no unRAID-friendly 1155 motherboards (that I know of) that use a NIC other than the known incompatible Realtek 8111E. I recommend sticking with the socket 1156 CPUs until this changes. If anyone has any recommendations on good 1155 motherboards, I'm all ears. at this time, all Supermicro C202 and C204 based motherboards. At least 2 are level 1 certified. Mine should be level 2 certified but I never kept it on for a month. They have dual Intel NICs. 1 Intel 82574L and 1 Intel 82574LM NIC on them. The Intel 82574L is rock solid in unRAID and ESXi. The Intel 82574LM Does not work in unraid or ESXi (no drivers, it does not even load up at this time [5beta9]) You can get them with 3-4 PCIe slots or a combo of PCIe and PCI slots depending on the model They all have 6 Sata (6x sata 300 or 4x sata300 & 2x Sata600) You can also get them with or without IPMI. they definitely work with 3TB drives. If I am not mistaken there is also a Tyan board with the same config.
July 20, 201114 yr The JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF motherboard is back in stock at Newegg. Great news, thanks! Still not as cheap as it was when I first chose it as my newest budget board, but at least it is available. It looks like I just ordered the last one. Sorry.
July 20, 201114 yr The JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF motherboard is back in stock at Newegg. Great news, thanks! Still not as cheap as it was when I first chose it as my newest budget board, but at least it is available. It looks like I just ordered the last one. Sorry. No need to apologize! Glad a fellow unRAIDer snatched it up.
July 20, 201114 yr I actually recommend against all socket 1155 CPUs at the moment because there are no unRAID-friendly 1155 motherboards (that I know of) that use a NIC other than the known incompatible Realtek 8111E. I recommend sticking with the socket 1156 CPUs until this changes. If anyone has any recommendations on good 1155 motherboards, I'm all ears. at this time, all Supermicro C202 and C204 based motherboards. At least 2 are level 1 certified. Mine should be level 2 certified but I never kept it on for a month. They have dual Intel NICs. 1 Intel 82574L and 1 Intel 82574LM NIC on them. The Intel 82574L is rock solid in unRAID and ESXi. The Intel 82574LM Does not work in unraid or ESXi (no drivers, it does not even load up at this time [5beta9]) You can get them with 3-4 PCIe slots or a combo of PCIe and PCI slots depending on the model They all have 6 Sata (6x sata 300 or 4x sata300 & 2x Sata600) You can also get them with or without IPMI. they definitely work with 3TB drives. If I am not mistaken there is also a Tyan board with the same config. Thanks for the info! I will still refrain from recommending these boards because of the extra work required to disable the primary NIC that doesn't work with unRAID. A pretty minor BIOS change, I know, but I would still prefer the boards to be as plug-n-play as possible. Once the Intel 82574LM NIC is supported in unRAID, then these boards will make great candidates for my recommended/prototype builds. Edit: Also, Newegg only claims compatibility with Xeon CPUs. They do work with i3s, correct? Also the massive number of PCIe slots on the SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O gives it the potential to be the base of a 38 drive server! Good lord! I wear sunglasses when viewing the forums, because unRAID's future is so bright.
July 20, 201114 yr There is no need to even disable it in the bios. Works fine "active". just plug the Ethernet into NIC #3 (assuming NIC 1 is the IPMI one). Unraid never see's the other nic to try and load a driver it looks like. I have 2 SUPERMICRO MBD-X9SCM-F-O's one is unraid and one is ESXi. For the ESXi one, I am considering expanding it to 2 norco cases with 2 HPA's and 2 Raid controllers I have not had a better more solid board in a long time. I am recommending these in sumpermicro cases for servers are work.
July 20, 201114 yr There is no need to even disable it in the bios. Works fine "active". just plug the Ethernet into NIC #3 (assuming NIC 1 is the IPMI one). Unraid never see's the other nic to try and load a driver it looks like. Hmm, that does change things...thanks for the info.
July 20, 201114 yr I just updated the following builds: 5 Drive Budget Box 10 Drive Budget Box 12 Drive Budget Box 12 Drive Budget Box (alternate) As the JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF is now discontinued and difficult to find, I've substituted the Biostar A880G+ for many of my builds that used to call for the JetWay board. The Biostar A880G+ is a solid board, I've tested it personally. It seems that I forgot to post my test results, but rest assured that it is at least Level 1 tested. The only issue with this board is the limited expandability. With only 4 onboard SATA ports and a single PCIe x16 slot, the board effectively maxes out at 12 drives (without resorting to the slower PCI bus). The upside of this is that all of these builds are now cheaper by $20 - $50. The downside is that expansion from any of these builds to a 15 Drive Server now requires replacing the motherboard as well as other components. As for the builds that still list the JetWay JMA3-880GTV2-LF, I am actively looking for a replacement, but testing takes time. If you want a board flexible enough to support the 5 - 10 - 15 Drive Budget Box upgrade path, then I recommend you way for my next recommended Budget Board. I can't give you an exact time-frame, but I hope to have a new board chosen within a month or so. If you wish to speed the process along, consider donating to the GreenLeaf Hardware Blog.
July 21, 201114 yr Anyone know of an alternate, reasonably priced, source for the 1m 30AWG Internal Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male to Mini SAS 36pin (SFF-8087) Male Cable used with the Norco 4224 cases. Monoprice appears to be out. Is this it http://cgi.ebay.com/Mini-SAS-36-Pin-Mini-SAS-36-Pin-SFF-8087-Data-Cable-/220738394049?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33650897c1 If so will the 29" length be ok?
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