June 30, 201115 yr Hello, I'm still reading this forum but i think I got a good idea about wich hardware will fit my purpose Case: SILVERSTONE KUBLAI KL01B MB: GA-890GPA-UD3H Proc: AMD Athlon II 245e Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 4GB 2x2GB CL9 PowerSupply: Cooler Master GX 750W Certification 80 PLUS unRAID: free to try, then pro HardDrives: Starting with maybe 3x 2TB WD20EARS NIC: Intel PRO/1000MT dual (already have it) Got some questions becouse my english is not good enought and I'm scared to do a mistake. If i get free unraid and then get pro license, the license just unlock options or require to change anything on the cfg? I don't like at all a sempron config becouse i feel like if I expand to about 10 x 2TB WD20EARS won't have enought power and will loose performance, I'm wrong? I started thinking about an e350 config but I feelt like wouldn't be able to handle. If I understood all correctly i can increase space just adding more drives, no problems as with raid5 that when growing space i can loose all my information. I haven't found that but if ALL my motherboard crashes and cant find the same model... If I just plug ALL drives again on another system and plug the usb with unraid... I can recover all??? Thanks a lot for your time, sorry for noobish questions and opinions about hardware would be great.
June 30, 201115 yr If i get free unraid and then get pro license, the license just unlock options or require to change anything on the cfg? Yes, that's right. You simply replace the license file on the USB key (simple copy and paste / file copy) and reboot. When your server comes back up you will have the new functionality. You will, of course, have to change config settings via the web interface at that point to take advantage of any of the new features you want but if you do nothing but apply the new license and reboot nothing will change with regards to your existing setup. I don't like at all a sempron config becouse i feel like if I expand to about 10 x 2TB WD20EARS won't have enought power and will loose performance, I'm wrong? I started thinking about an e350 config but I feelt like wouldn't be able to handle. In terms of disk performance? You wouldn't suffer a penalty or see any slowdown because of your CPU. However if you plan on using your unraid server for other tasks - bittorrent, virtual machines any of the other community enhancements you may find that more cpu power will become useful. If I understood all correctly i can increase space just adding more drives, no problems as with raid5 that when growing space i can loose all my information. You understand correctly. You only need to make sure your parity drive is as large or larger than the largest data disk in your array. I haven't found that but if ALL my motherboard crashes and cant find the same model... If I just plug ALL drives again on another system and plug the usb with unraid... I can recover all??? Presuming your new boards hardware is supported by unraid then yes this should be possible without any data loss - though you may have to take some care to make sure the configuration is correct. Unraid uses a standard filesystem on the data disks to store your data. In your worst case you can just mount them under any other linux OS or even windows to access the data. Hope this helps.
June 30, 201115 yr Author Then if e350 can handle just unraid functions.... I change to this config Case: NOX Core - Black (have 3 x 5.25" external (a possible 5 on 3 case), 1 x 5.25" internal, 6x 3.5") MB: Asus E35M1-M Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 4GB 2x2GB CL9 PowerSupply: Not sure unRAID: free to try, then pro HardDrives: Starting with maybe 3x 2TB WD20EARS NIC: Intel PRO/1000MT dual (already have it) The Asus MB has 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 @X4, 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1, 2 x PCI 3.0. Can plug the intel nic on one PCI. Becouse it have 5 sata only 2TBx4=8TB + 2TBparity that isn't what I expect for future upgrades. I understand I can plug on the PCIe x1 a 2 sata port, but about the PCIe x16 says it works at x4 so is correct if I assume that I can plug a x4 directly without any conversor or raiser? I only see PCIe x1 and x8... so only a x1 2 sata port will be pluged? My noobish knowledge says 5 sata + 2x 2port sata = 9 sata drives. 8x2TB=16TB + 2TB parity. How much PSU power I need 500-600W? All use to have only 6 sata conectors the one I found... does it needs a mod to increase that? Thx for your time, all answers will be apreciated.
July 6, 201114 yr Case: NOX Core - Black (have 3 x 5.25" external (a possible 5 on 3 case), 1 x 5.25" internal, 6x 3.5") MB: Asus E35M1-M Memory: Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1600 PC3-12800 4GB 2x2GB CL9 PowerSupply: Not sure unRAID: free to try, then pro HardDrives: Starting with maybe 3x 2TB WD20EARS NIC: Intel PRO/1000MT dual (already have it) That all looks good. If you tell me exactly how many and what type of drives you want to use I can recommend a power supply. Otherwise, you can consult the power supply thread for recommendations. You can also probably use some cheaper RAM, as unRAID doesn't need fast RAM. Becouse it have 5 sata only 2TBx4=8TB + 2TBparity that isn't what I expect for future upgrades. I understand I can plug on the PCIe x1 a 2 sata port, but about the PCIe x16 says it works at x4 so is correct if I assume that I can plug a x4 directly without any conversor or raiser? I only see PCIe x1 and x8... so only a x1 2 sata port will be pluged? Correct, you can plug in a PCIe x4 card into the PCIe x16 slot without any converter or riser. There are also several 4 and 8 port SATA expansion cards that will work in a PCIe x4 slot, the most popular being the Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8. A 2 port PCIe x1 card such as the SIL3132 cards will work in that slot as well. My noobish knowledge says 5 sata + 2x 2port sata = 9 sata drives. 8x2TB=16TB + 2TB parity. How much PSU power I need 500-600W? All use to have only 6 sata conectors the one I found... does it needs a mod to increase that? How much PSU power you need depends on the type of drives you are using. If you are using all green drives, estimate 2A per drive. For 7200 RPM drives, estimate 3A per drive. Then add a few amps on for overhead of the motherboard, fans, etc. Consult the power supply thread for more detailed recommendations.
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