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Beer40oz - I forgot to answer your original questions ...
Beer40oz Wrote:Now do people leave on there Unraid system all the time?
Can it be shutdown by clicking the power button? I need this to be WAF....
Your options are (in order of highest WAF as I see it):
1) Place the server hidden away in the basement or a closet and let the server stay on all the time. IMO leaving the server on all the time will definitely give you the best user experience because your files are just a click away. My server with three green drives and a laptop drive for apps uses ~42w when it is sitting idle and all the drives are spun down. Use an atom or i3 and you can get even lower power use.
2) Use S3 sleep and have your htpc send WOL commands to wake the server. This can sometimes be hard to get working properly. I used to use this method but now I just leave my server on all the time.
3) Install the powerdown package from unmenu and you can schedule a powerdown time using your go file. You can then setup a scheduled time to power up the server in your motherboard's BIOS.
4) Install the powerdown package from unmenu and use the power button on the case to manage the server's power state. I would only do this as a last resort. If you're thinking of using this method I'd seriously reconsider your decision to build a server.
Actually I would install the powerdown package regardless of what option you decide to use. That way you can always just use the power button on the case whenever you need to.
Beer40oz Wrote:I already have a Western Digital Caviar Green WD20EARS 2TB that I can use but it's been hooked up to my Gigabyte Mobo so I guess I need to take off the HPA.... how can I even find out if the HD has HPA in it?
I've never had to deal with HPA. Try reading
this thread and see if it helps.
Beer40oz Wrote:Now what Hard drive is recommended for Parity? My friend has a Caviar Black 2TB that I could use is this a wise choice?
If I were you I would use whatever drives I had on hand first because you don't need to spend any money. If you need to purchase a drive I'd get a green drive because they are cheaper to buy, they use less power which means they are cheaper to operate, and they'll generate less heat. There is a difference in performance between an all 7200 rpm array and an all green array but I just don't see that added bit of performance being worth the additional cost - which can be substantial if we're talking 2TB and 3TB drives.
The rule of thumb for the parity drive is that it must be as large or larger than each of the data drives. There is not a substantial benefit to having a black (7200 rpm) parity drive if you have green data drives. I have done this before and I ended up replacing my 1TB black parity drive with a 2TB green drive. If you are going to have a mixture of drive speeds I would use the 7200 rpm drives as your data drives because you will get higher throughput when you're reading from the data drive but when writing to that data drive the speed will be dictated by the slower green parity drive. Hopefully that makes sense.