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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

    Thanks again for taking the time to write up some ideas for me. This is the first time I've actually dealt with power issues, so I've never paid much attentions to pins, rails and which is which. It's been real interesting. I'll take a look to see if it has the 3.3V pins. The older Arecas...
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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

    I decided to tap into my considerable brain power... so I started up the server without disconnecting anything and used the multimeter by shoving the prongs down into the 3.3V rail from the top-side of the 24-pin molex while connected to the motherboard and powered on. The reading was almost...
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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

    I picked up a multimeter tonight, and have been experimenting with it on the old PSU... which alone is putting up fine numbers. Since the molex connectors only carry the 5v and 12v rails, one must test the 3.3v rail at the 24 pin motherboard connector. In a system that's running, how is this...
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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

    Thank you for your responses! I have a couple options to check out... and I may first start with the back panes. Since that server has run rather well for 3 years, and since I'm seeing the same results across two motherboards and PSUs, it makes sense that there could be a problem elsewhere...
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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

    That crossed my mind... but I don't know how... I assume that would require more hardware, and another case? I'll look into it, but feel free to send some pointers my way! :D John
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    3.3V rail, 24 drives, and filled PCI-e slots

    About 3 weeks ago my Areca raid cards started beeping and alerting about being under-voltage on the 3.3V rail... which was right around the same time I added a second Areca card (to separate the backup array). Also, just a week earlier than that, I purchased the last few HDDs to fill up the box...
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    Upgrading & Reconfiguring File/Media/Hypervisor Server - Need To Bounce Ideas

    Thanks for the other points of view :-). I've been messing around with FreeBSD on VirtualBox tonight, and it's not going particularly well... mostly because of issues with virtualizing these things on VirtualBox (I think). In any case, I did get a ZFS pool and a couple vdevs configured but...
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    Upgrading & Reconfiguring File/Media/Hypervisor Server - Need To Bounce Ideas

    Mine too. I'm actually a developer during the day, then somewhat of a hardware junkie by night (and I guess during slow DAYS too, like today). Anymore, I find my capacity (and enthusiasm) to know everything required for both reduced. In any case, you are again correct. The NORCO case has 6...
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    Upgrading & Reconfiguring File/Media/Hypervisor Server - Need To Bounce Ideas

    I get this terminology confused sometimes, but here it goes.. The Areca 1280ML, though rather old, has 6 mini-SAS ports that I've connected to the NORCO back pane via straight SFF-8087 cables (not breakouts or reverse breakouts). I guess I don't know if it's the back pane or the Areca...
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    Upgrading & Reconfiguring File/Media/Hypervisor Server - Need To Bounce Ideas

    This is what I love about this forum... the willingness to read a long and detailed post and reply with equal detail! I did :-). I had planned to fill it up... 32 GB. Good eye! I half expected somebody to smirk and say "why do you need so much space and so many drives?"... to which my...
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    Upgrading & Reconfiguring File/Media/Hypervisor Server - Need To Bounce Ideas

    Thanks for the response JimH. I have considered configurations like this in the past... several smaller Raid1s, or perhaps a total of 4@RAID10 pools (2 live, each with a backup). In my case, a bunch of Raid1s would result in 12 volumes available to the system. It seems a bit disorganized to...
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    Upgrading & Reconfiguring File/Media/Hypervisor Server - Need To Bounce Ideas

    Greetings [Hard]|Forum! My sincere thanks for the information I've gained here over the years, and I'm excited to finally be a part of the conversation! Alas, I find my self with considerations like to bounce off of others, as I'm having difficulty coming to conclusions based solely on...
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