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    Is it possible to "re-flash" a WD-Red drive?

    I keep running into an issue when I "overfill" my ZFS pools on my FreeNAS-server (past the 80% mark), where the a harddrive starts reporting a SMART-error. This only seems to happen to WD60EFRX drives, and I've had 5 of them with this issue now. When I run WDDLD on them I get the following...
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    SAS2flsh stuck at "Performing Host Boot"

    I am currently trying to update the firmware on a 9202-16e. I ran the -o -e on the first chip without issues. When I ran it on the second I got a message saying "Controller is not operational. A firmware Hostboot is required. I entered the name of the firmware, and it seems as if it flashed...
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    Xeon v3 or v4 for X10SRL-F

    So I recently picked up an X10SRL-F as an upgrade for my file server, and now I'm looking into what CPU and memory to get. But I notice that I need an updated BIOS to run the v4 versions of Xeon. I'm thinking of picking up the e5-2603 since it's the cheapest CPU for the socket, and I don't...
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    Ryzen alternative to X10SRL?

    Is there any point in waiting for a motherboard that has 2-3 16x slots and 3-5 8x/4x slots for the Ryzen platform or is that unlikely to come any time soon?
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    Need new chassis for my storage server

    So, I have been using Norco 4220 and Norco DS-24 as my chassis for a few years now, but it seems that the backplanes are dying on me, so I need to replace them with something new (and not Norco this time around). Because of the crappy exchange rate on the NOK atm my budget isn't all that great...
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    Need guidance on what OS/storage solution to choose for my media server

    Hi, I am currently mulling over what OS to run on my media server. I have been trying out a variety of solutions over the years, starting out with Windows Home Server, then Freenas, and some other ZFS-sollutions like Solaris, OpenSolaris and NexentaCore. With Windows 8 I moved back to Windows...
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    I have one 9202-16e card, but I need another card

    Hi, I'm currently looking to build a 2nd file server. I currently have the following parts that I've picked up over the past years: - Norco DS-24 - Lsi 9202-16e - Supermicro x9scm-f So I basically have an external chassis with room for 24 drives, but I only have one 16e card, so I need a...
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    Problems with Kingston memory KVR13LR9D4/8HC

    Since there isn't a subforum for memory I'll take a chance and post this here. So I got my hands on 4 x : KVR13LR9D4/8HC (32GB of memory in total) Memory Search | Kingston But I've tried using them With every motherboard I have available atm, but none of them wants to boot with this ram...
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    So... All of a sudden none of my drives work.

    Hi, for some weird reason all of my harddrives seems to be broken all of a sudden. I just did a fresh install of FreeNAS, and was in the process of creating some some RaidZ2 vdevs with my current hardddrives, but I was unable to do so. I plugged them into my desktop computer to see if I could...
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    What powersupplies comes with alot of molex cables?

    Since PSUs don't seem to have a forum I'll post it here since PSUs are closely tied with chassis. I'm looking for a new PSU, and I would love a modular one that comes with 3-5 Molex cables does such a PSU excist?
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    I need to move to a new harddrive maker, but which one to chose?

    I've been exclusively using Samsung since the days when 500GB was the size to get, and I stuck with them through 750 GB, 1TB, 1.5TB and at the end 2TB. But now that they sold off their hard drive business I need a new manufacturer. I decided to try WDs AV-GP drives, but 2 out of the first 4...
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    Questions regarding Storage Spaces.

    Since this is a new technology from Microsoft we might have a few questions regarding them, so I thought it would be a good idea to have a thread where we could gather them instead of having them spread across the forum. I'll start off with some basic ones. What is the difference between a...
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    Are there any ok-priced 12/16/20 HBA cards?

    I've currently got some IBM 1015 cards with the LSI firmware, but since I only have 4 PCI-E ports I'm looking for something with more ports. Since I'm running my server in a Norco 20-drive chassis, the optimal card would have 5 ports, but are there any ok cards under $1000? If not are there any...
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    SGI 3U Omnistor SE3016 Expander chassis - Any experiences?

    Ebay seems to be flooding over with these expander chassis these days, anyone got any experience with them or could tell if they are ok to use in a home server setup? http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l2736&_nkw=SE3016+
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    Is there a way to split a network in two?

    I'm having some issues with communication between my HTPCs and my TV-server, and I think it's because my network is too big for my router. The things I have in my "media network" consists of 3 HTPCs, 1 file server, 1 tv-server and 1 ripbox. And on top of that there are a bunch of other...
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    How to add 3TB drives to WHS 2k11?

    Moving the discussion here since it's very OP in the other thread where I started it. I recently bought a couple of WD 3TB drives that I am looking to add to my server, but when I try to format it I'm told it can be formated to 1 2TB partition and one 0.7TB partition. The label on the harddrive...
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    Slow UI with WHS2k11 on X9SCM-F+Pentium G630T

    I'm currently playing around with a X9SCM-F with a Pentium G630T CPU, but when I'm navigating around it's extremely laggy. Is this normal? Is it because of the crappy graphics (Matrox G200)? Or could it be something else that's wrong?
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    How should I test different drive pooling sollutions?

    Hi, I'm looking to run some tests of the different drive pooling sollutions that are out there, the three I'm looking to test at first is DriveBender (which is the one I've been using so far), Ldisk and StableBit DrivePool, but what programs should I use to run the tests?
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    My 56TB and growing file server

    Note: Since I've been building this server over the last year there is probably new hardware out that that is better then the one I've built my server with As I just finnished my expansion chassis for my new file server I thought I'd do a little writeup of my current file server that I spent...
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    How can I turn a norco 4220 into an expander chassis?

    I've got a Norco 4220 chassis that I want to turn into an expander chassis for my fileserver. I tried doing the "always on mod" where you simply connect the green and black wires, but that only made the PSU fan go for a couple of seconds before it stopped so I guess that it doesn't work on my...