j.metts

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  1. 15 day trial, but I have found them to be very easy to work with. While trying to get it to work, you should be able to ask for it to be extended.
  2. Not sure if it matters, but my version of python is 2.6.5.
  3. So far so good. Everything downloaded from Google Drive just fine (all 20GB). I moved and created more folders, added some more files, etc, to test things out and all changes made there way to the server. I've never made one of the new plugins. I did a plugin/package installer for unmenu many years ago, but that was a different thing. I'll look into what I would need to do to make it happen, but if anyone is jumping in to read this thread....feel free to take a stab at it before I'll be able to get around to it. For the time being I have my go script creating a folder at /root/.config/ , sym-linking the original Insync folder from what I mentioned before to /root/.config/Insync, cd'ing to my insync_portable folder, then starting the app.
  4. So I was looking for trying to get Google Drive working on my unRAID server and running across this thread made me feel like it would be too much of a hassle, but digging further I found a very quick and easy way with insync rather than grive. I'm still under their 15 day trial right now to see if this will really work out long term before plopping down the $15 for it. Here's what I did. - Download the portable version from https://www.insynchq.com/linux - Put the decompressed folder on a cache or user drive - cd to the folder and run ./insync-portable start This will provide you a link that you need to authorize Google Drive to work with insync. Once authorized, it will provide you a very long key. With the long key, I got everything up and running, verified, then quit the app to generate the config directory under my home folder. ./insync-portable add_account <long key> /path/to/google/drive - ./insync-portable get_status - ./insync-portable quit Without a path to where you want your Google Drive, it will default to a folder with your email address as the name in your home directory. So, set a path somewhere on your array. Once this has been done, a folder in your home folder at ~/.config/Insync will have been created. After quitting the app, I moved the 'Insync' config directory to a user drive (I don't have a cache drive), and created a symlink of the directory from its new location to the old and started the app back up. ./insync-portable start Run './insync-portable help' to see all the commands. It does support selective sync and other things, but I haven't played with any of the settings just yet. It's currently downloading all 20GB of stuff I have up on Google Drive, so I'll report back here on the progress and how well it is working. One thing to note. The app wants to be run from it's working directory even when you start the app with the full path to the executable since the executable simply cd's into the client directory to run all the commands.
  5. I've never really had any issues with RAM. I normally go with RAM that has good reviews, etc, but this board has now gotten the best of me. At this point, I'm about to call the board defective. It's been in a box, never removed from it's anti-static bag for a couple years now. As a quick sanity check on if I've done everything possible, here's the breakdown of everything I've tried and checked. - 3 different types of RAM: 8GB Kit (Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1333, not on Supermicro's list), 4GB kit (Microcenter DDR3 1333, which is A-DATA RAM, not on Supermicro's list), and another 4GB Kit (Crucial DDR3 1333 which IS on Supermicro's list). I have tested every configuration I can think of...both sticks in, only one stick in, testing with both RAM slots, etc. - Known good CPU pulled from another build. Intel e6600 Core 2 Duo (on the mobo's list of supported CPU's). I checked for any bent pins on the board and all is good. I tested with the heat sink on and CPU fan plugged in, then tested very quickly with the heat sink off and finger on the CPU to confirm I could feel heat and the CPU was receiving power. The heat sink has been reseated with fresh thermal paste 3-4 times. - 2 known good PSU's. One that is currently powering my unRAID box, and another that is currently powering my HTPC. Initially before I realized there was a problem, all drives and cards were hooked up to the board. During the troubleshooting, nothing was attached to the board except for the power supply and CPU heat sink fan. Is there anything else I'm missing?
  6. Hit my first problem last night with this board. Tried 2 types of RAM, one 8GB kit (Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1333) and one 4GB kit (Microcenter DDR3 1333, which is A-DATA RAM). Got constant beeping from the mobo. After some research there seems to be a bit of confusion whether this is a RAM issue or an overheating trigger issue. After a good bit of trial and error testing, I've decided it may be a RAM issue as I have also read this board is very finicky with RAM. So, my next step is to grab some RAM that is on Supermicro's official list (I can pick up some of the Crucial 4GB DDR3-1333 RAM Kit pretty easily) and give it a go. Decided not to even bother tracking down an 8GB kit that will work at this point since I can't find any official word about this board accepting >4GB aside from what is printed on the box. Everything online simply says 4GB max. I'll save big RAM for when I completely rebuild this server for much more powerful tasks when I ditch LGA 775.
  7. Since they appear to simply be 5 in 3 cages, I don't see why the hot swaps wouldn't work in their place. The hot swap bay fans will be awfully close to the middle fans, so I'm not sure how that portion would work since the drives currently have a push-pull fan setup, and this would make it into a pull-pull (??) setup?
  8. My case arrived yesterday, so I had "fun" putting everything together last night. My attempt to use the C2SEE mobo I've had in my closet for a few years was a no-go due to some finicky RAM issues (I think/hope that's the problem). That was the "fun" part. Assembling everything only to realize your RAM is not going to work, then disassembling everything to re-assemble the previous rig. Now to get some RAM on Supermicro's approved list (which is what I should have done to begin with). Initial impressions: Cable management was kind of a pain with all of the fan's molex cables. Routing cables under the middle fans and using the bar at the top for routing with zip ties wasn't too bad, but soooooo many molex connectors with curled up wires! Seriously, 8 fans = 8 annoying curly wires + 16 molex connectors (male/female). Combine this with the fact that my PSU isn't modular made for some painful moments. Also, the space between the middle fans and back of the drives is not for bigger hands. With a few cuts and scrapes, I warn others to be a bit more careful than I was. This thing is big! This is my first rack mountable server case, so those that have/do use them, this is probably no surprise. Big case = lots of space = good. Hard drive cages weren't as difficult to deal with as I have read. 2 screws holding each cage in, and they pop right out. Some people made it seem like they had to put some force behind it to get them in and out. Maybe I'm the lucky one? Over time I'll probably replace them with Norco SS-500 cages, but since I didn't have much issue with them I am in no rush at all. If I do eventually replace them with the SS-500's, I realize at that point I could have bought a Norco RPC-4220, but the price of admission to the 4U world was $70 and who knows how long I'll take to turn these into hot swap bays. May just wait for the right deals to come along and piece it together in time. This thing is quiet! I've read reports of both quiet and loud. I'm not sure where the loud reports are coming from because this thing is much quieter than my previous setup with double the amount of fans, as well as my gaming tower (of course, that doesn't say much since it sounds like a jet). With 6 120mm & 2 80mm fans, I had expectations of it being loud. Luckily, this is NOT the case. Not a fan of the power/reset buttons, but how often are they used anyway? With that said, I think the plastic portion over my power button may not be as intended. The reset button is slightly convex whereas the power button is slightly concave. Maybe this is intentional? Again, not a big deal. All black! I'm not a fan of the bare metal that the Norco's and others have, and yes I understand they are meant to be in racks where this isn't seen, but for me, this case sits on a nice "ledge" in a closet, not in a rack. So I like the fact that it looks like a normal case. I read some reports of it coming with rubber feet. Mine doesn't have them, but I plan on putting some kind of rubber feet on it anyway. Cooling. This doesn't say much since my previous case had absolutely terrible cooling (killed 2 WD Black drives with heat until I pulled it out of the closet in a more open space for over a year before buying this). Put this back in the same closet, closed the door, and monitored temps last night. Easily 10C less for each drive, and this is in a smallish closet whereas the hard drive killer was out in the open! Insane I know, but again....previous case sucked!! The real test will be next summer. During this time of year those drives will stay nice and cool in the mid to low 20's spiking to around 27-28. A good test will be a parity check, so I'll plan that over the next week or 2. For my 7 drive system, this will offer some great expansion for me in the future until I have the need for 16+ drives.
  9. I had a feeling it would, just wanted to check with others that may have the board. Figured for ~$25 more I could get 8GB instead of 4, so might as well. Thanks!
  10. I recently decided to grab a spare C2SEE mobo I've had for a few years now from the closet since I am about to rebuild my unRAID box with a new case I just purchased, but now I need to get some RAM. Figured I would max it out, but now I'm confused. According to newegg and specs on the supermicro website, the board maxes out at 4GB (with C2SEA maxing out at 8GB), but the box says the C2SEE maxes out at 8GB (and the C2SEA is 16GB). I know that sometimes boards reference maxes for the modules that exist at the time the board is released, and maybe firmware upgrades can increase maxes, but can anyone tell me 100% what the max for this board is? See attached for a pic of the box I took.
  11. *** Price changed from $69.99 w/ FS to $99.00 w/o FS. Although not as good a deal, it's still not bad. *** I didn't see this listed anywhere here and not sure how long it has been, or will be, at this price, so I figured I'd post it. I've been putting off replacing a piece of junk case that has been housing my unRAID server for way too long and started looking into some towers with top to bottom 5.25 bays, then looked into some of the Norco hot swappable cases people use and love. Perusing newegg, I came across this case, and saw others here that use it. I don't need hot swap and for this price, I couldn't pass it up. Beats all other options for me right now. My system only has 6 HDD's for now, so this offers good expansion before I jump into the 16+ market. 15 Internal HDD Bays 8 x included Cooling Fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147164
  12. Thanks. I ran through all of my top level directories on all of my drives and found that several had the extended attributes set on the directories. I ran Tom's script and cleared them all up (just triple checked to make sure) and I'm still getting the kernel panic trying to enable AFP or creating a directory on the top level of this particular drive.
  13. I have narrowed it down to a single disk. It's odd, but the panic occurs whenever a new directory is made on the top level. I can make folders and copy files to all other levels of the drive. Both the smart report and reiserfsck --check both came out fine for this disk.
  14. I guess I wasn't thinking of the new webgui as being an add-on. Also, I don't recall installing dmidecode. Was this installed along with the new webgui? Either way, I started from scratch. I backed up my flash drive. Oddly, when I did, it wouldn't let me copy over one of the share config files due to corruption. Well, I formatted the flash drive, did a fresh install, but this time left off the share configs and reconfigured everything. Everything came up fine, but I am still having a panic when I interact with certain shares...the 2 shares that use all of the installed drives. Earlier, I mentioned that it paniced when I tried to move files directly from 1 disk to another. Again, the smart reports are fine with these 2 drives and the "reiserfsck --check" for both drives were fine too. Attached is the most recent syslog up until crash. panic3.txt