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It would, but you'd be able to see the drive.
It's always handy having the option for an optical disk drive in a machine too.
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It would, but you'd be able to see the drive.
It's always handy having the option for an optical disk drive in a machine too.
It would, but you'd be able to see the drive.
It's always handy having the option for an optical disk drive in a machine too.
doh! silly me
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Well my FreeNAS has gone belly up. Had to reinstall and now its having none of it. Various errors during the loadup of FreeNAS on the USB stick.
Do I need any leads to connect a SATA DVD drive to the server? Might borrow a friends and burn FreeNAS onto a disk and then install from within the server.
Would I just need a SATA cable and standard molex power cable or?
Do I need any leads to connect a SATA DVD drive to the server? Might borrow a friends and burn FreeNAS onto a disk and then install from within the server.
Would I just need a SATA cable and standard molex power cable or?
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It needs to be >45CM, that's about it, and also Molex > SATA.
Soldato
Ah thanks!
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But that's the thing, I haven't loaded Windows drivers, I setup the arrays without even installing Windows as it prompts for RAID config just after the BIOS post. Surely if the mirror is already there any OS just sees it as a disk?
Eeek, I am finiding it impossible to install the AHCI drivers in WHS.
I have tried doing it with a USB stick, and when I ask them be installed at initial setup of WHS it says it can not boot the floppy, then when I try and do it via f6 it works to start with and then a moment later wants to find the drivers on the windows install disk and they are not there.
I have also tried installing WHS with IDE settings and then installing the AHCI drivers later and that fails too.
Any help please?
I have tried doing it with a USB stick, and when I ask them be installed at initial setup of WHS it says it can not boot the floppy, then when I try and do it via f6 it works to start with and then a moment later wants to find the drivers on the windows install disk and they are not there.
I have also tried installing WHS with IDE settings and then installing the AHCI drivers later and that fails too.
Any help please?
HELP PLEASE!!!
I have the original 160gb disk in the top bay connected to the onboard SATA port, loaded with WinXP Pro SP3, fully updated.
I have two new Samsung 2T F4's in Raid1 (setup in BIOS) in the first two bays.
The problem is that if I transfer files to the original drive in the top bay, I get ~30mb/s, if I transfer files to the Raid1 array, I get 2.6mb/s??
Anyone got any ideas as to why this is??
Thanks!
I have the original 160gb disk in the top bay connected to the onboard SATA port, loaded with WinXP Pro SP3, fully updated.
I have two new Samsung 2T F4's in Raid1 (setup in BIOS) in the first two bays.
The problem is that if I transfer files to the original drive in the top bay, I get ~30mb/s, if I transfer files to the Raid1 array, I get 2.6mb/s??
Anyone got any ideas as to why this is??
Thanks!
Running the latest drivers?
Can you run CrystalDiskMark benchmarks? Break the array and benchmark the F4's individually as well.
I've found there's not much difference with AHCI or IDE on mine, not sure why but IDE appears to be more faster for me! I managed to do a unattended WHS install from USB with AHCI, Graphics and SMBus drivers slipstreamed into the installation worked a treat!
As far as I know, I've got the correct and latest drivers. They're from the AMD website, SB710 chipset, RAID/AHCI WinXP.
These are the results so far, as installed in the Server. Let me know if I need to break the array and do the disks separately.
Thanks!
Andy.
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Sent my claim form off by email yesturday (Tuesday) got an email today, saying they are going to print it off and process it as soon as possible
Kimbie
Kimbie
Soldato
What I had to do was set the RAID to IDE mode, have the disk in the hot/cold bay and do an install of WHS. Then move the disk over to use the CD/DVD SATA port and set the RAID to AHCI/RAID. boot up and then install the drivers. After the install you can then move the disk back to the hot/cold bay.
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This has now EOL'd so no more left 
If anyone is bored or unhappy with theirs I'm looking for one and would pay £150 inc del. Email me at [email protected] - Ta!
If anyone is bored or unhappy with theirs I'm looking for one and would pay £150 inc del. Email me at [email protected] - Ta!
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Oh wow, it's EOL already? That was fast, it was only released at the end of last year.
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This particular configuration is EOL, AFAIK they are bringing out a new version with a HDD bigger than 160gb.
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I managed to find apparently the last batch in the UK which arrived and sold out all 60 units in a day, luckily managed to get an order in yesterday afternoon and it arrived this morning £239 minus the cashback, more than some people paid but at least I got one!
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Yeah, apparently its being EOL'd to be relaunched with a 250gb HDD and a price hike
Personally I wished they'd supplied with NO HDD and with more memory and kept the price the same. A 160 or 250gb HDD is no use except as a door stop anyway!
Personally I wished they'd supplied with NO HDD and with more memory and kept the price the same. A 160 or 250gb HDD is no use except as a door stop anyway!
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Yeah, apparently its being EOL'd to be relaunched with a 250gb HDD and a price hike
Personally I wished they'd supplied with NO HDD and with more memory and kept the price the same. A 160 or 250gb HDD is no use except as a door stop anyway!
Do you know if any of the other specs is likely to change?