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  1. Quick question on your 4K streaming intentions.. If you're using this as a Plex server for 4K streaming throughout the house and not outside your LAN, then why are you wanting to transcode the 4K files? Wouldn't you want to stream the best quality possible if it's all at home? Just trying to understand why you're wanting to transcode. Can't offer any help for your other questions. Sorry!
  2. Just stumbled across this awesome deal! I bought this drive for $309 about 4 months ago, Newegg has it for $259.99 with promo code https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822235063 Extra savings w/ promo code EMCRFRF28, ends 5/8 Plus, has a 3-year warranty...Charge it to my Citi Double Cash and extend it to 5 years
  3. Just the advice I needed, thank you! I have zero experience with Linux, too, as I'm also a Windows guy. I did my research and determined unRAID fit my needs perfectly. I really like how WHSv1 and FlexRAID work together and I wanted something similar. I love the drive pooling and the fact that you can choose to have shares write to specific drives. I'm a fast learner and am excited to get this thing put together and running unRAID!
  4. Ordered everything! Ended up get the 250GB SSD for a cache drive (500GB was overkill for my usage). The original motherboard I listed to utilize IPMI (thx jonathanm). Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 SkyLake for CPU, the E3-1240 wasn't needed. And I went with an 8TB WD Red drive for parity and 3 x Archive drives to start, I should be able to fit all my data on three drives, I'll buy more if I see deals or when prices eventually drop. Now I wait!
  5. Do you plan on having a keyboard and monitor handy or plugged in to the server? If not, IPMI is awesome. It is so cool to be able to view and interact with the server's local console, even fiddling around in the BIOS, from any LAN connected machine. If you have an incoming VPN set up on your router or another box, you can even manage it from your hotel room wifi across the planet. Once you use an IPMI connected server and can open a local console window without getting out of your recliner, you'll never go back to the old way of schlepping a monitor and keyboard to wherever the server is sitting and try to work standing or kneeling or contorted into a closet. Okay, that actually sounds handy. Do you have to have two separate network cables plugged in for it to work or does it all work through one?
  6. Hi - Personally I'd use a WD Red or Seagate Ironwolf for parity, though I know folks have used the Archive drives as parity. I was already thinking that. Good idea to have a very reliable drive as a parity. WD Red's have treated me well, never had a failure. That price though :\. I'd love to go all Red's but seeing how quickly prices change, it's hard to justify it. Maybe if an Archive drive fails and the WD Red prices have dropped I'll buy one then . Cheers!
  7. Thanks for the informative reply! I think your MB is way more than I need. I'd rather spend that price different on HDD's . I've decided to get SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 instead to save $10. The only difference I see is Integrated IPMI 2.0 and KVM with Dedicated LAN which reading up on that I have no use for...or do I? And for CPU, drop down a level to save money because it will be just fine for my use: Intel Xeon E3-1230 v5 SkyLake 3.4 GHz LGA 1151 80W BX80662E31230V5 Server Processor Thanks for the insight on adding a drive outside of the array. I might do that if adding a smaller drive than the 8 TB's slows things down. It's just to basically mirror/backup system drives and extra drives on my laptops and desktops. I'm concerned the small files and constant writes and changing data is not ideal for those archive drives. Thanks again for the help!
  8. Hello all, I've been quietly reading and learning about unRAID. I've never run a Linux based machine. Here are my current setup, plan, needs and proposed new build. I currently have a WHS 2003 running FlexRAID with 1 x 1TB WD Black WD1001FALS (system drive), 1 x 2TB Samung HD203WI Parity, 8 x 2TB Samsung HD203WI and 5 x 2TB WD WD20EFRX Red's. Total: 24.56TB with 3.41TB Free. Everything is fine with this machine and drives except for the fact that it was built in 2010, is running WHS 2003 and just makes me nervous. Other specs: Antec 1200 case | MB GIGABYTE GA-MA785GT-UD3H REV 2.0 | PSU CORSAIR|CMPSU-650TX 650W | CPU AMD|ATH II X2 240 AM3 2.8G | MEM 2X1GB|G.SK F3-12800CL9D-2GBNQ | Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8 8-Ports SAS RAID Controller - PCI Express x4 - 300MBps . This server is mainly used to store large 1080p (some 720p) movies, 720p TV Shows, and family pictures. It also uses the built-in WHS Windows backup to backup 3 machines. Plan: To build a new separate unRAID server with all new hardware. Transfer all data off of the old WHS build onto the new unRAID server. After the new setup has been in use for a week or so, install unRAID on the old server and use it has a backup to the new unRAID server. Needs: NAS Plex: I just discovered Plex so I definitely want to run Plex Server. Before everything was streamed directly to my HTPC (2010, too) running Kodi. Plugging a Roku into my TVs will save space and energy (just discovered these, too! Obviously, my setup has been working fine for me that I hadn't been researching new technology). Plex will be streaming original quality to 2-3 local users, and transcoding files for 2-3 remote users. The max viewers at the same time would be 2 local and 2 remote users, but highly unlikely, more like 1 local and 1 remote. Backup: I'd like the new unRAID server or old backup server to backup my local machines HDD's to the either server. Not too worried about local machines data, but nice to have. Filesharing: I saw you can install ownCLOUD or Dropbox. This would be nice to have. Torrents: I mainly download things from torrents and seed everything back 18 hours a day (active seeding torrents capped at 10). The torrent client is on my PC not the WHS. I'm sure I'll find other uses once I see what plugins and Dockers are available but those are my main concerns. No need for VM's or gaming. Proposed new build: Case: Fractal R5 Backout PSU: SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold (SS-650KM Active PFC F3) MB: SUPERMICRO MBD-X11SSM-F-O Micro ATX Server Motherboard LGA 1151 Intel C236 (Saw this on other threads) CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 v5 SkyLake 3.5 GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1151 80W BX80662E31240V5 Server Processor RAM: 2 x Kingston ValueRAM 8GB 288-Pin DDR4 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR4 2133 (PC4 17000) Server Memory Model KVR21E15D8/8 HDD'S: Cache: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-75E250B/AM) or the 500GB, haven't decided. I definitely don't download 500GB a day but I like to future proof a little if my needs change. Storage: 5 x Seagate Archive HDD 8TB SATA 6GBps 128MB Cache SATA Hard Drive (ST8000AS0002) - 1 Parity, 4 Storage Questions: I mainly need advice on the MB, CPU, RAM and HDDs. I like that PSU because it has 10 SATA power connectors. All my movies and tv shows just sit there. Occasionally a better quality version of a movie or show will be released and I'll delete the old version off of the server and download the newest one. Files range from 3GB-30GBish I chose the Seagate 8TB Archives drives based on price, my use and the extensive testing that's been done by user danioj and others. Do people still think these are the best bang for the buck + reliability? I plan on only running 8TB drives in the new server to keep it running at it's fastest. Any thoughts on drive choice and size? Is that enough CPU? Could I get away with less? Suggest more? 16GB of RAM I'd think is sufficient, yes? If I get to adding 11 drives total (MB has 8 SATA ports, Case holds 10 storage drives+SSD)... would this card work with unRAID: IO Crest 4 Port SATA III PCI-e 2.0 x1 Controller Card Marvell Non-Raid with Low Profile Bracket SI-PEX40064 ? Just to add 4 more SATA ports to the whole setup. Is it possible to have a single HDD outside the array with the one parity? Say a 2TB HDD by itself to just have my daily desktop back ups copied to? Or do ll drives need to be added to the array to be accessed over the network as a share? I think that's it..... Thank you in advance for any help or suggestions!