Beauty Build - ASRock 880GM-LE

[canachi]

Since Raj's latest prototype design chosen motherboard is nowhere to be found, I went with the ASRock 880GM-LE. So far so good, however I'm not an Unraid expert and would appreciate any input in the attached syslog.

Preclear was perfect. I transfered about 1.5 TB of movies already (mostly blu-ray) and I watched a couple of them using a popcorn hour A-200 without a single issue. Yeah, wife wasn't happy this weekend.

 

OS at time of building: unRAID 4.7 Basic

CPU: 2.7 GHz AMD Sempron 140

Motherboard: ASRock 880GM-LE

RAM: 2 GB Kingston DDR3-1333 (KVR1333D3N9/2G)

Case: Fractal Design Define R3 SE White

Drive Cage(s): N/A

Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series CMPSU-430CXV2 430W

SATA Expansion Card(s): N/A

USB Flash Drive: Kingston DataTraveler 101 G2 8GB

Fans: All stock fans

 

Parity Drive: 2 TB Green EARS

Data Drives: 2 TB WD Green EARS (1), 1.5 TB WD Green EARS (1, not added yet).

Cache Drive: None

Total Drive Capacity: 8 Drives

 

Primary Use: media streaming to Popcorn hour A-200 and other computers

Likes: Very quiet.

Dislikes: Nada

Add Ons Used: preclear, unMenu, Mail and SSMTP.

Future Plans: Add more data drives, buy UnRAID Pro Version.

 

 

POSIBLE ISSUES:

I think the following errors were related to the EXT2FSD program (driver) used in my main windows computer to tranfer my movies from a popcorn hour to the server. The main computer was unresponsive when I woke up in the morning. As a result of this the network connection with the computer may have been interrupted.

Any advice is appreciate it!

1. While I was transfering 1TB of movies from my popcorn hour internal hard drive overnight, the syslog showed some errors (2nd attached), however the movies were all transfered and the UnRaid Server was running.

2. while navigating through the Unmenu options, Unmenu lost connection with the server.

 

Can I trust this build to add more hard drives?

1._syslog-2011-07-25.txt

2._syslog-2011-07-24.txt

[Rajahal]

Nice build!  I'm glad you had more luck with that Asrock board than I did (I had two DOA in a row...see here for more details).

 

Your syslogs look pretty normal to me.  I do see the call trace at the end of the second syslog, but I don't know how to interpret it, perhaps someone else can take a look at it.

 

You also might want to try running your server on a static IP instead of DHCP.  I've found that my server becomes much more reliable when using a static IP.  unMenu seems to work better as well.

[kizer]

Yep I always run all my servers as Static. Its always easier IMHO to find a rogue server with a Static than trying to figure out what its new mystical IP address is.

 

Man I'm really liking that white case. Thats slick

[canachi]

Thanks you guys for the advice about the static IP address. I followed the wiki procedure, is it that everything? or I need to setup something in the Router? and what's the difference between the wiki procedure and using the Server Management Utility to make changes?

 

So I'm ready to add the next drive!, I will run one more parity check over night just in case.

 

Regards.

[Kryspy]

I have all of my computers in the house; PS3 included assigned a static IP in my router.  Look under DHCP in the router settings.

 

Kryspy

 

[kizer]

What I normally do is the following.

 

In my router I normally establish a band of IP addresses to reserve for example.

192.168.1.220-192.168.1.250

 

The rest is open to be handed out. Of of course I don't have 30 wireless devices in my house, but I figure I'll give them room to breath. The remaining machines I add dynamically.

 

Then set your Static IP's on your machines you don't want to change.

[canachi]

OK, I have my server running on a static IP. The following tips may be useful and save some time for a newbie like me in the future.

When you change your server to a static IP and is not showing in your network places in windows 7, just type:

\\tower in windows explorer, note that isn't internet explorer and is "\\" not "//" 

 

My server now holds almost 3T and 3 hard drives. I haven't had a single issue and parity is good. The latest syslog is attached.

 

Is this motherboard ready for Level 1 certification?

Is there any other "benchmark" that i should run to make sure that everything is OK?

 

Regards.

syslog-2011-08-01.txt

[flippedcracker]

That case is really slick. I'm using the same mobo, but just started setting up. How's it been holding up for you?

[elkay14]

Really nice build!  Looks like it should be pretty quiet.

[dinggus]

Love the case, how many TB's can it hold?

[HAVOC]

I have the smaller refine case in black as my office pc....love the fractal case the finish is a mesh of rubber and felt and is quite as heck. Very nice build the cable management is on point with this case.

[canachi]

That case is really slick. I'm using the same mobo, but just started setting up. How's it been holding up for you?

 

The motherboard has been solid, not a single issue.

 

 

[queeg]

That case is really slick. I'm using the same mobo, but just started setting up. How's it been holding up for you?

 

The motherboard has been solid, not a single issue.

 

It's been a solid budget motherboard for me, good quality.

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