Hey guys, i was very excited to find this forum !!!, i want to build my personal server and have these attached products.

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811345016

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171052

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131843

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145315

 

now im new to unRaid, how would i set up the drives and what software ?

 

Thanks guys!!

Unraid is the OS and is the only software you need to create an excellent server. Lots of plugins. Most popular would be Sanznbd, Sickbeard and CouchPotato. You could probably take your time and get better deal on hard drives. I bought a 3TB from Amazon last week for 89.00.

 

If have a old PC laying around you can try out the free version of Unraid and get a feel for how it works, before jumping in the deep end.

 

Have a look at this thread for s few ideas.

 

http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=18872.0;topicseen

I bought a 3TB from Amazon last week for 89.00.

 

 

 

 

 

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A bit confused still, so unRaid is like Raid 0 or 5 or 0+1 ?

A bit confused still, so unRaid is like Raid 0 or 5 or 0+1 ?

 

unRAID™ is similar to RAID-4 in that for every n hard drives, there are n-1 data drives, and a single fixed parity drive. This provides similar drive failure protection as other RAID organizations:

 

    Tolerates a single failed hard drive. Array parity permits reconstruction of a single failed data disk.

    Tolerates single drive read errors . Read errors from a single disk are corrected "on-the-fly".

 

Unlike other RAID organizations, however, files are not striped across the data drives. Instead, each data drive is formatted normally with its own file system. The unRAID™ organization offers several key advantages over other RAID systems:

 

    Increased flexibility: not all hard drives need to be the same size or speed. The only requirement is that the parity drive must be as large as or larger than any of the data drives.

    Easier expansion: new data drives may be added to the array without disturbing the data on the other drives. Since data is not striped, no lengthy stripe reorganization needs to take place before the new storage is available.

    Better fault tolerance: in the unlikely event of catastrophic hardware or software failure, data corruption would be much more isolated than that which could occur with other RAID organizations. It is almost impossible to lose all your data, since each individual data drive has its own file system.

    Better power management: not all hard drives are required to be spinning in order to access data normally; hard drives not in use may be spun down.

    Potentially better multiple-stream read performance. If multiple files are read from different disks, overall read performance can be higher than with other RAID organizations.

 

What are the advantages of unRAID over similar products?

 

No striping, so safer for multiple drive failures; parity protection, so resistant to single drive failure; flexible, can mix and match drive brands, sizes, and types, easily add additional drives, etc...

 

Each drive is an independent file system. An unRAID array can be thought of as a parity protected JBOD. If the array fails, the individual drives are still accessible, unlike traditional RAID arrays. Spin down can be controlled per drive, so a drive with rarely accessed files may stay off (spun down) for months, saving power costs, and possibly increasing its life. With standard striped RAID arrays, the entire array must be spun up or down, so generally stays spun up.