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  1. I would like to include the Unraid USB license key with the sale of my server, but I do not want to violate any license terms; is this permitted or what is the best way to handle this? Thanks...
  2. **SOLD**SOLD**SOLD**SOLD** PHOTO SLIDESHOW LINK BELOW: http://s209.photobucket.com/user/justinkas/slideshow/unRaid I am selling my beloved unRaid Tower Build simply because I am moving into a smaller residence and no longer need anything this monster large. This system was built to server specifications, and has been running perfectly & SILENTLY for the past 1.5 years. It has NEVER had a hiccup of any kind and all hardware is functioning flawlessly. Unit condition is Excellent and there are no scrapes, scratches or dings anywhere on the box. It may have some very minor case wear marks here and there, but nothing notable. I have always run the latest version of unRaid on this beauty with 4 - SSD brtfs cache pool drives, 17 - 6TB hard drives - (21) bays total (17x3.5" & 4x2.5") and it flies through any task without even warming up. This system was not only designed to be industrial grade, but also totally silent, always cool and lightning fast. It has had all internal firmware updates and requires absolutely nothing other than YOU to purchase your own unRaid license PRO key (depending on whether you intend to use all the bays) and hard drives/ssd drives. Once you plug your unRaid key in to this system and install your drives, all drive bays will register perfectly and you will not have to make any internal cabling changes or modifications; as I have already done everything for you. You however may store up to 128TB's using (16) 8TB drives & (1) 8TB parity drive + up to 4 additional SSD's in a cache pool! It even has an onboard USB header on the motherboard for you to simply plug your usb stick into (where I have mine) or you can also use the external usb ports if you should desire. You can add as many drives as you wish to this system, and I’ve even tested 8TB hard drives as well, and they work great! THIS IS A TOTALLY PLUG N’ PLAY SYSTEM except for you needing your own unRaid License key and hard drives/ssd drives. Payment Terms: I am listing this for sale on the unRaid forum FIRST and if not sold then eventually on eBay. I prefer not to list it on eBay simply due to their exorbitant costs. Due to the many scammers online these days, I am sorry but I will not accept Pay-Pal or any electronic payment method. I do business the old fashioned way, with payment being made by wire transfer, cash, US Postal Money Orders or Cashier’s Checks (the latter two requiring a short hold for verification of clearing). Shipping or Personal Pick-up: If you should desire to pick this unit up in person, payment shall be CASH ONLY. I reside in the Henderson, Nevada area and am happy to accommodate such transaction. If you should prefer to have me ship this unit to you, please note that it will be packed up like a tank with double boxes and internal stabilizing foam etc. I have TONS of shipping & packing experience, so please know that I guarantee that this will arrive in perfect shape as described and pictured. You could drop my professionally packed boxes from 8 feet and absolutely NO damage will occur. That’s how satisfied I am in providing nothing short of the most professional packing and shipping job. **SYSTEM WILL NOT COME WITH ANY HARD DRIVES OR UNRAID LICENSE KEY** Here are the exact hardware specs that are included: 1 x LIAN LI PC-A77B Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case See: http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-a77/ Original Cost: $300 1 x PC Power and Cooling Silencer 910W High Performance 80PLUS Silver SLI CrossFire ready Power Supply See: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703022 Original Cost: $150. 3 x iStarUSA 3x5.25 to 5x3.5 Trayless Black BPN-DE350SS-BLACK Hot-Swap Cages See: http://www.amazon.com/iStarUSA-BPN-DE350SS-BLACK-3x5-25-5x3-5-Trayless/dp/B008RRZI14 Original Cost: $120 ea. x 3 = $360. 2 x iStarUSA BPN-DE110SS-BLACK 1 x 5.25" to 1 x 3.5" SATA / SAS 6.0 Gb/s Trayless Hot-Swap Cages See: http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16816215323 Original Cost: $75 1 x StarUSA BPU-124V2-BLACK Storage Bay 1x5.25-4x2.5 Sata/sas Raid Hot Swap Cage See: http://www.amazon.com/Butch-and-Harold-BPU-124V2-SS-1X5-25-4X2-5/dp/B003UNHH1E Original Cost: $100. 1 x Supermicro X9SCM-IIF-O - DDR3 1600 LGA 1155 Server Motherboard See: http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C202_C204/X9SCM-IIF.cfm Original Cost: $275. 1 x Intel® Xeon® CPU E3-1240 V2 @ 3.40GHz See: http://ark.intel.com/products/75055/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E3-1240-v3-8M-Cache-3_40-GHz Original Cost: $475. 2 x SUPERMICRO AOC-SAS2LP-MV8 PCI-Express 2.0 x8 SATA / SAS 8-Port Controller Card See: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101792 Original Cost: $150 ea. x 2 = $300 2 x 8GB Sticks = 16GB TOTAL - DDR3 1333MHz ECC RAM Memory Original Cost: $150. Miscellaneous Components: 2 Noctua Fans, Optional Lian-Li Stainless Internal Fan, Cabling and misc. Original Cost: $75 TOTAL ORIGINAL APPX. COST = $2260. PHOTO SLIDESHOW LINK BELOW: http://s209.photobucket.com/user/justinkas/slideshow/unRaid
  3. Intel Xeon CPU Haswell E3-1230L v3 Quad Core LGA 1150 8M Cache, 1.80 GHz TDP 25W An absolutely PERFECT CPU for a low powered Unraid Box as it uses only 25 Watts!! VERY HARD TO FIND ANYWHERE! I have it for sale on eBay at the following link below: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-CPU-Haswell-E3-1230L-v3-Quad-Core-LGA-1150-8M-Cache-1-80-GHz-TDP-25W-/161956673315? Intel Xeon Processor E3-1230L v3 Haswell Quad Core LGA 1150 (8M Cache, 1.80 GHz TDP 25W) ~ Wow Only 25 Watts! ~ Intel’s Low Powered Jewel of a CPU, Very Hard To Find! ~ ~ I Only Have One Of These Rare Gems! ~ ~ Good Luck Trying To Find One Anywhere Else! ~ This CPU is new and was recently purchased BRAND NEW for a project that never happened. It was never installed in a working system other than for testing prior to this listing. CPU was pulled out of the NEW sealed box and plastic tray by us prior to testing. There are a few minor blemishes on the top of the cpu (from our testing...sorry), but in no way affect operability or performance. Box will no longer be sealed when you receive it. This does NOT come in a retail box, as these were sold by the TRAY only - so you get the cpu in a plastic tray as shown in a brown box with foam inserts - nothing more nothing less. Please see all photos as the CPU pictured is exactly what you will receive, tested and working 100% perfectly. I even took a photo of the BIOS screen during testing to show everything running perfectly. I ship FAST FROM THE USA and typically the same business day that your payment arrives as long as it's before 3pm pst. An excerpt from a Review Article discussed this CPU in great detail - here's some of what they said: Intel’s Low Powered Jewel of a CPU, But You Can’t Buy It! Intel hide a secret up their sleeve that most consumers do not even consider – the server range of processors. These are arguably more important for Intel, as they are the big sellers and highest margin numbers, especially those at the top end. They are binned for extremely good voltage/power characteristics, and have all the extra Xeon stuff turned on. Blink and you miss it – the E3-1230L v3 is a 25 watt quad core processor with hyperthreading that runs at 2.8 GHz single threaded. At full multithreaded mode, at 1.8 GHz with 8 threads it would be on par with an i5-4670K in peak workloads. 25W part (E3-1230L v3) versus an 84W part (i5-4670K), almost performing the SAME depending on the workload! Am I going mental here? For 25 watts, we lose a little on the single thread, it costs a little bit more than the 4670K, but we are 3.4x better off on the performance per watt. That is INSANE. There is a downside to this CPU. Intel won’t sell it to you. Most Xeons fall under the OEM-only route, meaning that they are sold in batches to system integrators like Dell, HP and the like. A few make it into the boxed models, but only those Intel seem to have earmarked, and the E3-1230L v3 is not part of that equation. For now, I urge Intel to release this E3-1230L v3 SKU to the public. It is the ultimate low power processor ideal for non-IGP based builds. The fall back of course is the i7-4765T, which is slightly faster, has IGP and has a 10W higher TDP. That’s a 40% increase in potential power consumption, but it seems that is the processor I will have to go with for now. E3-1230L v3 would be ideal!
  4. Would there be any speed or other benefits to flashing LSI to IT mode versus just leaving the LSI controller set in its default raid mode? If anyone knows the answer to this I would appreciate it, as I'm almost done with my build and excited to share the story and pics soon. While it has been said that everything works in both configurations, I just wanted to know if there were any benefits in using the LSI in raid mode vs IT mode? Thanks in advance.
  5. Would there be any speed or other benefits to flashing LSI to IT mode versus just leaving the LSI controller set in its default raid mode? If anyone knows the answer to this I would appreciate it, as I'm almost done with my build and excited to share the story and pics soon. While it has been said that everything works in both configurations, I just wanted to know if there were any benefits in using the LSI in raid mode vs IT mode? Thanks in advance.
  6. So what was the exact memory that you ended up using? Part # and brand would be great. I wasn't sure if you updated the first page outlining your stock build components or not, since you had a memory problem. Thanks...
  7. Thanks for all the great advice Did you have to use extenders from the power supply to the MB? Not sure which power supply you were using (I was planning on a Athena 500w AP-U1ATX50, which does barely fit according to another build), but wanted to know exactly what power connectors and/or extenders that I might need to purchase ahead of time for first time success?
  8. Thanks for the quick response....sorry for the duplication. So no flashing to IT required, just mini sas to 4 sata breakout cables on the LSI ports and c224 port and all will be well using sata drives if I understand you right? Just dont want to mess with any flashing if at all possible.Also, did you flash your bios for the MB to the newest version at all? Do you know what the difference would have been in the flashing of LSI to IT would have been? Any performance differences during your investigation? Thanks again I really appreciate it!
  9. I am going to be doing a new build with this AsRock E3C224D4I-14S MB and wanted to put 7 data drives, 1 parity drive, and 4 cache ssd's in brtfs. Is it necessary to flash the onboard LSI sas controller to IT in order to connect the 8 drives for unraid to properly see them? Can the 4 ssd's be put on the remaining sata connectors on the MB? Suggestions would be most appreciated for the obtaining the best, smoothest amd fastest drive connections with unraid? Thanks in advance... PS... I have read most of the threads here especially PhreshJive's setup in a U-NAS 800 case, I noticed that he did flash to IT however I have heard that others have just plugged their sata drives right into the sas to 4 sata breakout cables without issue so I'm confused especially about this.
  10. I am going to be doing a new build with this AsRock E3C224D4I-14S MB and wanted to put 7 data drives, 1 parity drive, and 4 cache ssd's in brtfs. Is it necessary to flash the onboard LSI sas controller to IT in order to connect the 8 drives for unraid to properly see them? Can the 4 ssd's be put on the remaining sata connectors on the MB? Suggestions would be most appreciated for the obtaining the best, smoothest amd fastest drive connections with unraid? Thanks in advance... PS... I have read most of the threads here especially PhreshJive's setup in a U-NAS 800 case, I noticed that he did flash to IT however I have heard that others have just plugged their sata drives right into the sas to 4 sata breakout cables without issue so I'm confused especially about this.
  11. Hello...Can anyone please explain exactly why you used the DROK DC Converter Voltage Regulator for this build? Also can you please tell me exactly where the connections are made to on the motherboard and the power supply? Also are there any seetings on the voltage converter that need to be adjusted to specifcs? Your writeup unfortunately did not explain how and where these connections were made. Thanks in advance...
  12. My issue with this is that I have a lot of private files & names, titles etc. in the syslogs that I don't want made public or to even be shared with anyone. What portions of the syslogs could I cut out that are not important? Sorry for the trouble.
  13. Call me a newbie even though I'm not quite - I just downloaded the diagnostics zip file and unzipped it, which file(s) should I upload here - I'm unfamiliar with this section sorry. Or is there some other log you are looking for specifically? Thanks in advance
  14. I'm on the latest unraid build and have 15 data disks (XFS) and 2 SSD's (512GB each) in a brtfs cache pool. When I copy files from my computer to unraid the file transfers are very fast; however when the Mover is invoked it can take upwards of 10-12 hours once I manually invoke the mover to actually move that data to the data drives. Is there any reason why this might be taking so long? BTW my disk settings regarding tunables are: (I have 16GB ram installed) Tunable (poll_attributes): 3840 Tunable (md_num_stripes): 2304 Tunable (md_sync_window): 864 Thanks in advance
  15. I was curious about the Default partition format settings under disk settings. Honestly I've never set anything in here and the default shows currently as MBR: unaligned. About a week ago I cleared my entire unraid server and changes all of my disks over to XFS format. I didn't even thing to make any changed to this setting. Should my default setting in disk settings be: MBR: unaligned OR GPT: 4K-aligned? Currently my WD 1tb & 2tb older data drives are showing up as MBR: unaligned, my newer 4tb drives are showing up as 4k-aligned and my parity 4tb drive is showing up as 4k-aligned. Does this seem to be correct for my system or do I need to change my older 1tb drives to 4k-aligned? I'm not messing with this now until I hear back as I wasn't sure if this was anything important or not. Also, can these older drives showing up as MBR: unaligned be changes to 4k-aligned without erasing the data (formatting etc.) on them? What does the 4k-aligned setting actually do as far as improvement etc.?