Yes, your parity drive needs to be as large as, or larger, than the largest drive you will use in your array. If you want 4TB drives in the future, then you need a 4TB drive. I just replaced my 3TB parity drive with a 4TB and moved the 3TB drive to my array. That is always an option for you in the future if you want to start with smaller drives now.
(2013-04-15, 20:04)Chambers Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Harro, I'm about to take the plunge and make a similar server to yours but I have a question on the parts list;
1. What types of cables to you have to buy with this? The same as eskro has in the first post? Just want to make sure that whatever I order, everything will be in the box that I need, thanks!
2. For Unraid, if I plan on having 4TB drives in the future, do I need to have a 4TB drive as a parity drive?
Your setup looks sweet BTW
Tom
The cable that esko list's are fine , just make sure you get ones that are long enough for all the connections. I had used
These Breakout cables and had spare cables from other builds laying around.
All I can say after having this running non stop is that it has been "Flawless"
Good luck and PM me if you need extra help.
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Harro - do you have some kind of battery back up (UPS) for this - if so what is it and on a side note how much wattage is it using at peak (with all drives spun up) , it looks like a nice set up.
Reason I ask is I have a similar set up (15 bay unraid server - no drives in it atm - will be going with 3tb wd reds) - and was wondering what UPS you favour (if any)
(2014-02-01, 16:53)leepenny Wrote: [ -> ]@Harro - do you have some kind of battery back up (UPS) for this - if so what is it and on a side note how much wattage is it using at peak (with all drives spun up) , it looks like a nice set up.
Reason I ask is I have a similar set up (15 bay unraid server - no drives in it atm - will be going with 3tb wd reds) - and was wondering what UPS you favour (if any)
I have two battery back ups running in my office for all the computers, security cams, electronic doors, and my unraid server. I have been using
APC 1500 and have not lost anything in over 2 years. I have never really check the wattage on the server since my company pays the electric but with the server, my dvr for cameras, internet routers, modems, phone exchange and another computer on 1 APC, I still have about 60 -90 minutes of battery backup before it will shut down everything softly. I have been very pleased with it (APC). I can't imagine my Unraid server is drawing all that much power since most of the time the drives are spun down, well except during my once a month parity check and when I get into the house to stream files to my HTPC's. I will be upgrading the cpu this year for better performance with Plex media server I have running on it but that will be it until I start replacing drives to the 4 TB drives.
Throw some pics up I would love to see your server.
Are those the Norco 5x3 hot swappables in there?
No sure if you will need the side fans as I closed off mine and have a pretty steady 27 - 32 degree c temp on all drives, without the side fans.
I like it , Great JoB
I was going to warn you otherwise that the fans in the Norco are loud and to switch them out. I never did since the server is in my office in a enclosed area, so the noise doesn't bother me.
hehe - I did a little research before - but did test them with the originals - no brainer - well worth changing the fans - although when finished it will go in the spare room rather than the living room so noise shouldnt be a problem.
I havent delved much into UPS's so was picking your brains slightly - hehe
I'm going to whack some drives in soon and check the wattage so I can get the correct UPS you see - also read about buzzing noise from the ups if not producing a pure sine wave (something specific to the corsair modular psu i'm using) - any thoughts ?
I haven't heard of that problem but the APC I use has a line regulator on it for keep the voltage constant. So on wide range of inconsistency of the voltage go in. Don't know if that would help or not.
Harro - just a quick question after reading through your build. I currently have an unraid server running 5.0.6 and I am researching to take the plunge to go up to unraid 6. I was questioning whether I should be upgrading the CPU (I currently have a Celeron G1610) - you mentioned about upgrading your CPU to gain better performance for the Plex server you have loaded onto the unraid box. I am running it as a Plex server as well - just wondering what type of performance limitations were you experiencing to make you consider upgrading the CPU?