PeteAron Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 I have upgraded my server hardware and would like input on the results. My original server is described here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=16056.0 I had a total of 8 gb space on that, and I need more. So I purchased a Pro upgrade, two 2 tb seagates, and ripped out the 1 tb EADS from my tivo. Here is my new hardware: Intel G620 processor Supermicro C7P67 m/b, with two pcie x16 slots, 4 sata 3.0 and 4 sata 2.0 ports, dual realtek nics Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 8-Port SAS/SATA card 4 gb ram ddr3 1333 9 drives total In the process, I have been forced to upgrade to unraid 5.0 beta 13, due to the nics. I am concerned about the smartctl reports of my new drives - thoughts? syslog-2011-11-24_part_a.txt smartctl_-a_-d_ata_-dev-sdc_disk6.txt smartctl_-a_-d_ata_-dev-sdg_disk7.txt Quote Link to comment
PeteAron Posted November 24, 2011 Author Share Posted November 24, 2011 I had to break my syslog into two files due to the size limitation. part b (here) includes the start of the preclear process. syslog-2011-11-24_part_b.txt Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Your SMART reports look fine. The ones you attached separately were not word wrapped and were therefore almost impossible to read, but the ones in your syslog part B looked good. Syslog part A shows a few issues with SATA ports (I believe the onboard ports) not coming up properly. Do you have any drives attached to these ports? All the drives on the SASLP card appear normal. Quote Link to comment
PeteAron Posted November 26, 2011 Author Share Posted November 26, 2011 Thanks for checking, Rajahal. I have one drive hooked up to the onboard SATA 3.0 port, drive #2. As I add drives I will use those ports. When I first set up this server, using a fresh, free copy of beta13, I had all three drives (I was just going to preclear them) plugged into the onboard SATA 3.0 ports. I had some problems - my old WD 1.0 TB green drive failed preclear; subsequently it passed when attached to my array. Perhaps there is a problem with unraid and SATA 3.0? Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Careful with your nomenclature...the ports are normally referred to as either SATA II vs SATA III or SATA 3.0 Gb/s vs SATA 6.0 Gb/s. You can see that SATA 3.0 is ambiguous...did you mean SATA III? Quote Link to comment
PeteAron Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Hmm, no idea there was confusion. Here's what the webpage says: 4x SATA 3.0 (6Gb) w/ RAID 0, 1; 4x SATA 2.0 (3Gb) w/ RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Core/P67/C7P67.cfm I am referring to the SATA 3.0 6 Gb; is that SATA III? Quote Link to comment
Rajahal Posted November 30, 2011 Share Posted November 30, 2011 Wow, surprising that SuperMicro would write it that way. In any case, you are correct that SATA III = SATA 6Gb. As far as I know, there are no known issues with unRAID and SATA III. Quote Link to comment
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