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Quote:Originally Posted by Thomas J. Coyle
ednigma,
Also, the Intel specification, on the D865GL support page, for this motherboard indicates that the led on the right side of the RJ45 socket will light yellow if it running at 1000MB and green if it is running at 100MB.
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ednigma,
Also, the Intel specification, on the D865GL support page, for this motherboard indicates that the led on the right side of the RJ45 socket will light yellow if it running at 1000MB and green if it is running at 100MB.
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Thanks Tom and also to Doug for your help. Unfortunately, I don't have a gigE switch yet, I'm looking for one that supports Jumbo Frames.
After getting home this evening, I started to do some more research. Seems that D865GLC is the family identifier for the mATX version of the MB. This board comes in three models, no lan, 10/100 lan, and 10/100/1000 pro. The 10/100/1000 pro has the 82547EI PLC chip next to the first PCI slot. The 10/100 version has a 82562EZ PLC chip in its place and the no lan version has no chip, obviously. Hope this info helps someone else.
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I don't wish to be unfair here, but has anyone else had a problem with contacting the unRAID website? I sent in a query to the support e-mail address a week ago, and have had no response. I also see that limestone hasn't been active here for a while. There might of course be a perfectly good explanation for all this, and if he's working on upgrading the software, that's great.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Martin Blank
I'm trying to determine how much risk is involved with using my own motherboard combination. What types of issues might I have, is it just a matter of making sure I have the correct device drivers and bios settings?
I have a newer Asus P4P800 SE that's begging to be used for this. Some of the basic stats:
Intel 865PE MCH
FSB: 800 / 533 / 400 MHz
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-2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
-2 x Serial ATA, RAID 0,1 function
-Marvell 88E8001
Am I crazy for trying to go the just the software route with a non-recommended mb, or is it a reasonable amount of risk. I've been computing since I was 15 and I'm significantly older than that now, so the technology doesn't phase me -- but if I'm going to waste more than two weekends or if there is a risk that the unraid might become corrupted -- that is more risk than it is worth.
BTW - developing this approach was a great idea and I'm looking forward to giving it a try!
I'm trying to determine how much risk is involved with using my own motherboard combination. What types of issues might I have, is it just a matter of making sure I have the correct device drivers and bios settings?
I have a newer Asus P4P800 SE that's begging to be used for this. Some of the basic stats:
Intel 865PE MCH
FSB: 800 / 533 / 400 MHz
ICH5R South Bridge:
-2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
-2 x Serial ATA, RAID 0,1 function
-Marvell 88E8001
Am I crazy for trying to go the just the software route with a non-recommended mb, or is it a reasonable amount of risk. I've been computing since I was 15 and I'm significantly older than that now, so the technology doesn't phase me -- but if I'm going to waste more than two weekends or if there is a risk that the unraid might become corrupted -- that is more risk than it is worth.
BTW - developing this approach was a great idea and I'm looking forward to giving it a try!
That MB should work, but we don't have it in house and haven't run the s/w on it. You will have to set the drive configuration in the bios to [legacy] or equivalent in order to disable the sata ports. The driver for that Marvell chip is included. If you want to give it a go, we'll work with you to try to solve any problems & if all else fails you can return the Flash for a refund.
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Quote:Originally Posted by jimwhite
can the USB dongle be 'backed-up' in the normal methods (since it's fat32) and restored if 'disaster' strikes (like, say, the Cat takes the dongle outside and looses it) ?
can the USB dongle be 'backed-up' in the normal methods (since it's fat32) and restored if 'disaster' strikes (like, say, the Cat takes the dongle outside and looses it) ?
There is a config file on the Flash drive called model.cfg which contains the model of the system and a serial number which is matched to the particular USB Flash drive. The management software will only run if this serial number is correct; so try and keep your cat away from the server
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Quote:Originally Posted by ohlwiler
I would like to relate another experience I had when first building my array. I placed a known bad disk in the array just to see what would happen. This particular disk has a difficult time reading from just a few sectors of the disk. When it first went bad in a Windows machine only about 4 or 5 files were lost.
Back to the Lime Tech array, I started the array and the drive cleared fine. I don't recall if the problems occurred during formatting or parity generation, but the array locked up. I tried three times and each time the array froze. Each time I waited several hours, just in case.
On a windows machine this particular drive tries for about 10 minutes to read from the problem sector, and then quits trying. Also in Windows, Disk Management indicates 'errors'. Should this same failure mode occur with the Lime Tech array, I don't know how I will find out easily which drive is causing the problem. Maybe I will try booting with another USB drive and run some of the manufacturers DOS based diagnostic utilities. I imagine the chances of that happening are remote, and I will deal with it when it happens.
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I would like to relate another experience I had when first building my array. I placed a known bad disk in the array just to see what would happen. This particular disk has a difficult time reading from just a few sectors of the disk. When it first went bad in a Windows machine only about 4 or 5 files were lost.
Back to the Lime Tech array, I started the array and the drive cleared fine. I don't recall if the problems occurred during formatting or parity generation, but the array locked up. I tried three times and each time the array froze. Each time I waited several hours, just in case.
On a windows machine this particular drive tries for about 10 minutes to read from the problem sector, and then quits trying. Also in Windows, Disk Management indicates 'errors'. Should this same failure mode occur with the Lime Tech array, I don't know how I will find out easily which drive is causing the problem. Maybe I will try booting with another USB drive and run some of the manufacturers DOS based diagnostic utilities. I imagine the chances of that happening are remote, and I will deal with it when it happens.
Scott
We've found that Linux tends to try and be heroic when it comes to error recovery - that is they retry and retry. Nevertheless, this sounds like an interesting failure. P/M me if you're interested in selling/loaning/trading this disk to us so we can test with it.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Thomas J. Coyle
ohlwiler,
Nice analysis.
Based on the fact that the ATX switching power supplys are more efficient when operated closer to their maximum rating, I think that is why Lime Tech recommends using only 300 watt power supplys. I suspect that a fully loaded UnRaid array will push the two 300 watt supplys fairly close to their optimum efficiencies.
The two supplys that you were using are over 100 watts/supply bigger than the recommended 300 watts/supply. I suspect that had you been using the recommend 300 watt supplys, your array's power consumption would be more inline with your single bigger supply's power consumption. Just a thought.
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TCIII
ohlwiler,
Nice analysis.
Based on the fact that the ATX switching power supplys are more efficient when operated closer to their maximum rating, I think that is why Lime Tech recommends using only 300 watt power supplys. I suspect that a fully loaded UnRaid array will push the two 300 watt supplys fairly close to their optimum efficiencies.
The two supplys that you were using are over 100 watts/supply bigger than the recommended 300 watts/supply. I suspect that had you been using the recommend 300 watt supplys, your array's power consumption would be more inline with your single bigger supply's power consumption. Just a thought.
Regards,
TCIII
Yes, I agree, nice analysis. We did something similar, finding that Seagate drives tend to use the most spin-up current on +12V rail. The dual 300W supplies should be just adequate for an all-Seagate configuration. We chose Sparkle/Fortron just on their reputation.
In many cases, a single 430W or 460W supply would be just fine and even advantageous.
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Well I just came across this thread yesterday (I've only skimmed it, so apologies if any of this has been asked already), and it's looking like a really good product.. well done.
At the moment I'm running a 'normal' (i.e. striping) sofware RAID5 array on Linux, and am very pleased with it (especially the performance on old hardware). The main problem with it (and striping RAID4/5 in general) is the lack of flexibility in terms of sizes of drive for the home user. Hence why I like the look of this product.
A couple of questions though:
1) Have you considered selling a driver-only version of the software where people could just get the linux non-striping RAID4 driver you wrote and configure the rest of the system the way they like (i.e. pick your own prefered distro, installed programs, etc.)? I guess this would have to be a source release in order for people to be able to compile it against any kernel version.
Well I just came across this thread yesterday (I've only skimmed it, so apologies if any of this has been asked already), and it's looking like a really good product.. well done.
At the moment I'm running a 'normal' (i.e. striping) sofware RAID5 array on Linux, and am very pleased with it (especially the performance on old hardware). The main problem with it (and striping RAID4/5 in general) is the lack of flexibility in terms of sizes of drive for the home user. Hence why I like the look of this product.
A couple of questions though:
1) Have you considered selling a driver-only version of the software where people could just get the linux non-striping RAID4 driver you wrote and configure the rest of the system the way they like (i.e. pick your own prefered distro, installed programs, etc.)? I guess this would have to be a source release in order for people to be able to compile it against any kernel version.
Our plan at this point is to release the driver source under the GPL, but not make any effort to 'mainstream' the code. This means that a motivated linux geek could get the driver to run on a 2.4 kernel; however all the management s/w will be non-GPL for time being.
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2) I'm no GPL expert and was just wondering how this stood regarding the GPL? Am I right in thinking that there is no obligation on you to release the source code for the driver (I'm guessing it's loaded as a module rather than compiled into the kernel?)?
Correct, it's loaded as a module.
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3) Performance question: am I right in thinking that write performance on the is decreases with the number of drives in the array? Writing one chunk of data to a drive in an array with n drives (including the parity drive) involves reading data from n-2 drives (in order to calculate partiy data), and writing data to 2 drives (the drive to be written to, and the parity drive). So I'm guessing max theoretical write performance is ((PCI bus bandwidth) / (number of drives)), eg. 133 / 12 = 11MB/s for a 12-drive array. Is this why there's a limitation to max 12 drives (to keep the performance reasonable? Have you tested on PCI-E systems with multiple controller cards (this should give good performance as bandwidth isn't shared.
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All the same of course, 10MB/s is plenty for an AV server..
4) Are there any plans to release driver code into the main Linux RAID kernel driver?
4) Are there any plans to release driver code into the main Linux RAID kernel driver?
No.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Richard_P_Harvey
Is it the general thinking here that because it's Linux that there is no need for an Anti-Virus package to be running on this box..? Sorry I'm a Linux newbie so this may be a VERY lame question.
Is it the general thinking here that because it's Linux that there is no need for an Anti-Virus package to be running on this box..? Sorry I'm a Linux newbie so this may be a VERY lame question.
Not lame. It's hard to imagine how a virus could get running under the linux OS, because everything running under linux is open source (except, *cough*, the UnRAID s/w), which means it's available for folks to examine for vulnerabilities.
That said, if your shares were visible on an untrused network, then yes, someone could put malicious files on the Flash (since the flash is currently a writeable share), or put something on one of your data shares - so don't put UnRAID on an untrusted network
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Quote:Originally Posted by sonofdbn
I don't wish to be unfair here, but has anyone else had a problem with contacting the unRAID website? I sent in a query to the support e-mail address a week ago, and have had no response.
I don't wish to be unfair here, but has anyone else had a problem with contacting the unRAID website? I sent in a query to the support e-mail address a week ago, and have had no response.
I try to answer every email, but the volume has been pretty high recently; I'll go back and see if there's something unreplied-to.
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I also see that limestone hasn't been active here for a while. There might of course be a perfectly good explanation for all this, and if he's working on upgrading the software, that's great.
Right you are & some travelling. Hey, Limestone Technology.. I like it
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kind of off topic, but interesting for us guys slowly piecing this together. there has been quite a few refurb cm stacker cases on ebay as of late for under $100 shipped .. might be a good reason to get this project started!
can't wait to order my usb flash!
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What's the status of getting LVM (logical volume management) working on the unRAID software? Is the goal with that feature to combine all of the drives into a single share?
I'm looking for a replacement for a RAID5 server, and the thing I really like about that system is having all of the drives combined as a single share. Being able to add new drives on the unRAID without any hassles is a good selling point, but having to deal with storage allocation across drives is the only downside for me.
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I'm looking for a replacement for a RAID5 server, and the thing I really like about that system is having all of the drives combined as a single share. Being able to add new drives on the unRAID without any hassles is a good selling point, but having to deal with storage allocation across drives is the only downside for me.
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Should we expect to be able to mix and match sata and pata in a future version of the software?
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There's 13 refurb cases right now on ebay just search by model number.. STC-T01
Very tempting
Very tempting
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Thanks.. I should have broadned my search terms!
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There's 13 refurb cases right now on ebay just search by model number.. STC-T01
Very tempting
There's 13 refurb cases right now on ebay just search by model number.. STC-T01
Very tempting
I picked one up today off ebay for $83.00 shipped. Some lucky guy got his for $71.00 shipped on the same round of cases..
There's also a 10% off ebay coupon floating around as of yesterday. Check some of the deal sites like techbargains, etc ..
good luck!
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Hi all,
For those of you who are rolling your own hardware, if you purchase your Promise Ultra 100 TX2 cards off of eBay or through some other source that is not a computer hardware retailer, make sure that the BIOS revision is at least 2.20.0.14.
If it is not 2.20.0.14 or up, the BIOS cannot recognize hard drives bigger than 137GB. The Promise website has instruction about flashing the BIOS to the later versions.
Also, make sure that the controller you are buying is the Ultra 100 TX2 and not the Ultra 100. Several sellers on eBay are listing the controller as an Ultra 100 TX2 when in reality the picture shows an Ultra 100! The Ultra 100 was designed for the slower 33 MHz PCI bus and not the newer 66 MHz bus.
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TCIII
For those of you who are rolling your own hardware, if you purchase your Promise Ultra 100 TX2 cards off of eBay or through some other source that is not a computer hardware retailer, make sure that the BIOS revision is at least 2.20.0.14.
If it is not 2.20.0.14 or up, the BIOS cannot recognize hard drives bigger than 137GB. The Promise website has instruction about flashing the BIOS to the later versions.
Also, make sure that the controller you are buying is the Ultra 100 TX2 and not the Ultra 100. Several sellers on eBay are listing the controller as an Ultra 100 TX2 when in reality the picture shows an Ultra 100! The Ultra 100 was designed for the slower 33 MHz PCI bus and not the newer 66 MHz bus.
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TCIII
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What about the Ultra 133 tx2. This card will work right?
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What about the Ultra 133 tx2. This card will work right?
What about the Ultra 133 tx2. This card will work right?
It should but apparently there's no throughput increase and they are harder to findmore expensive.
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Promise Ultra133 TX2 28.2 14.9 16.1
Promise Ultra100 27.5 14.7 15.7
Just did a quick search and looks like an Ultra100 tx2 will save me some money Now lets hope there are some good black friday deals..
Tom - Is the SATA version ready yet? What about mixed?
Only reason I ask is SATA drives are comming down in price almost to the point where the deals are becoming tempting
Promise Ultra133 TX2 28.2 14.9 16.1
Promise Ultra100 27.5 14.7 15.7
Just did a quick search and looks like an Ultra100 tx2 will save me some money Now lets hope there are some good black friday deals..
Tom - Is the SATA version ready yet? What about mixed?
Only reason I ask is SATA drives are comming down in price almost to the point where the deals are becoming tempting
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I've done it..I pulled the trigger and purchased just about everything I need. Now to find some good HD deals and buy the unraid software.
Oh the cremax racks where 15.99 at newegg yesterday. I tried to buy 12 but they didn't have that many. So I decided to wait now they don't even list them
Oh the cremax racks where 15.99 at newegg yesterday. I tried to buy 12 but they didn't have that many. So I decided to wait now they don't even list them
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Only reason I ask is SATA drives are comming down in price almost to the point where the deals are becoming tempting
Only reason I ask is SATA drives are comming down in price almost to the point where the deals are becoming tempting
Yep. I have been picking up Seagate 300GB SATA drives for about $100 - $110 after all those stinking rebates. Not as good as $80 PATA, though.
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Well I won one of the refurb cases from Ebay pretty cheap ($51 + $40 shipping) so we'll see how it looks when it gets here.
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Hi, Tom!
Any updated ETA on the SATA unRaid? I've got 4.8TB worth of drives sitting here now, and I'm anxious to fire these puppies up!
Thank you!
MarkF
Any updated ETA on the SATA unRaid? I've got 4.8TB worth of drives sitting here now, and I'm anxious to fire these puppies up!
Thank you!
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Well I won one of the refurb cases from Ebay pretty cheap ($51 + $40 shipping) so we'll see how it looks when it gets here.
Well I won one of the refurb cases from Ebay pretty cheap ($51 + $40 shipping) so we'll see how it looks when it gets here.
So did I..did you make sure to use the ebay coupon thats floating around for 10% off?
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I need to get parity drive. Which 500gb drive would you recommend? or would you go with a 400gb drive?
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I need to get parity drive. Which 500gb drive would you recommend? or would you go with a 400gb drive?
I need to get parity drive. Which 500gb drive would you recommend? or would you go with a 400gb drive?
I'm using a 300Gig drive as it's at least as big as any other drive in the system. If at some point I find a good deal on larger drives I will simply buy two, move my Parity to a data position, and use one of the new drives as the new parity. I just didn't see the sense of paying a bunch for a really big parity drive when costs for the drives hadn't fallen enough for me to be willing to buy. Bottom line: You need not buy a huge Parity drive off the bat, it can be upgraded later if needed.
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Yeah I noticed the 500gb drive are expensive so I looked around and found this https://shop2.outpost.com/product/44..H:MAIN_RSLT_PG 400gb drive for 189.99 after rebate. This way when the 400 gig drives come down more in the next year I won't have to worry about parity for a while. I aslo bought the 300 gig http://shop2.outpost.com/product/428..H:MAIN_RSLT_PG for 89.99 after rebate. I was able to find 2 more of the 300gb drives on amazon from private sellers fror 89 each.
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So I now have 900gb of storage at .30 cents a gig and a parity drive at .47 or .35 cents a gig for the 1.3TB.
I'm hopping to get one or more 250 plus drives durring black friday for cheap.
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So I now have 900gb of storage at .30 cents a gig and a parity drive at .47 or .35 cents a gig for the 1.3TB.
I'm hopping to get one or more 250 plus drives durring black friday for cheap.
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The last thing Tom needs is more work, but..
As I was thinking of how some folks are paying a premium for a large parity drive to keep from having to replace it later an idea hit me.
What if two physical drives could be used as a single logical 'parity' drive?
If that were the case, then two smaller existing drives could be used as a larger logical 'parity' drive until prices on the 500Gig drives dropped some more.
I have no idea how much this would change the unRaid driver, but it sure would make it flexible for those re-using existing drives and make the unRaid software even more attractive to those who might not have funds for both Tom's software and a big parity drive. (It would also make the 'parity' drive twice as likely to fail.. but you can't have everything)
Since the driver is only reading and writing 'blocks' of data to the parity drive, the odds are it is not too much change to the driver to read/write a second parity drive once it gets past the end of the first parity drive.. unfortunately, it would likely be a much larger change to the management utility.
Tom. got any spare time for requests for new features???
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As I was thinking of how some folks are paying a premium for a large parity drive to keep from having to replace it later an idea hit me.
What if two physical drives could be used as a single logical 'parity' drive?
If that were the case, then two smaller existing drives could be used as a larger logical 'parity' drive until prices on the 500Gig drives dropped some more.
I have no idea how much this would change the unRaid driver, but it sure would make it flexible for those re-using existing drives and make the unRaid software even more attractive to those who might not have funds for both Tom's software and a big parity drive. (It would also make the 'parity' drive twice as likely to fail.. but you can't have everything)
Since the driver is only reading and writing 'blocks' of data to the parity drive, the odds are it is not too much change to the driver to read/write a second parity drive once it gets past the end of the first parity drive.. unfortunately, it would likely be a much larger change to the management utility.
Tom. got any spare time for requests for new features???
Joe L.
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