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RPC 4224 seems to be at a very good price right now: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811219038&cm_re=rpc_4224-_-11-219-038-_-Product. I believe I've read that they are now coming standard with newer backplanes and a 120mm fan bracket. I bought one about 3 years ago and...

Useful summary of benefits and drawbacks: http://www.snapraid.it/compare.html

Might be worth clarifying what transcoding is and when it is going to happen. I'll speak to Plex because that is what I'm most familiar with, but other media serving software usually exhibit similar behavior. Your client device (iPhone, iPad, smart TV, etc) will have a list of compatible...

Take that China.

You can also check Chenbro for additional SAS expanders. I would have chosen the Chenbro CK23601 if I hadn't gotten an HP expander for a great price. Edit: They also have a kit for a JBOD that includes a power switch board and can be mounted kinda like a motherboard. Part number UEK23601.

Yeah I don't know either, but if it's able to be read, I'd assume it's correct. It also gets the correct number for my Seagates @ 5900rpm. My WDs don't show any rotational speed.

If I'm not mistaken Dell Percs can be flashed to a non-RAID mode (IT or IR) just like any other LSI SAS2008 based cards. You can read more about flashing in the thread I linked. Rebranded cards are usually found to be much cheaper than their LSI counterparts.

Get a rebranded LSI card like the IBM ServeRAID's or the Dell Perc's. Check here for any of the SAS2008-based or newer models.

The Coolspins are 5700rpm, so they're not 5400rpm either. It's possible they are not producing them anymore, I've seen the Jan 2013 manufacturing time frame before but nothing more recent. However, I see the prices of them continuing to drop and that leads me to believe they still are. These...

I think the Norco 4224 (or XCase I think the other version is called) or SuperMicro SC846 are in order for that many HDDs. If you can pick up a used SuperMicro it would be close to the cost of the Norco and probably a slightly better unit, but there's really nothing wrong with the Norco either...

I believe all six of mine were manufactured in January 2013. Edit: I purchased them in August 2013.

I have an SSD in the same location as above, just buy a bracket and drill a couple holes. It would be nice if the case came from the factory with mounting holes/hardware, but oh well. There are lots of places to mount extra 2.5" drive(s), or even 3.5" drive(s).

I've heard mostly good things about the Hitachis, so I recently bought 6. Didn't have any bad sectors on the 6 after a full format, so I put them into production. I haven't used them very long so my only personal experience so far is that they run hotter than a number of the other WD and...

I like the WD Reds and Hitachi 5K3000/5K4000 drives. I would also look into the Toshibas mentioned as I believe they are rebranded Hitachi's.

Look into using "-d sat,auto" with smartmontools.

Just in case anyone comes googling here for a solution, I'll post my findings. After a lengthy diagnosis, I discovered the source of the problem was a bad power connector on the cable that fed my backplanes. I had known this cable was suspect previously, I should have checked it sooner in the...

http://forums.servethehome.com/raid-controllers-host-bus-adapters/599-lsi-raid-controller-hba-complete-listing-plus-oem-models.html#post4321

Looks like you can only do 180W per 12V rail. Your Green HDDs are supposed to draw around 6 watts under load, so 6 X 16 = 96 watts total under load, so you should be fine to have them all hooked up on one rail, but if you have other components drawing on that line as well maybe there is an...

No luck there. Any other ideas on why the sudden change in behavior? Server appears to run fine in RAID controller mode, picks up my SSD in one of the onboard SATA ports, but does not pick up the other 4 drives in onboard SATA ports nor any drives through the M1015.

Ah, good thought. I think I have changed the battery once but I'm not positive, I can attempt that tonight.

Depends on how many amps each rail is rated for. Amps X Volts = Watts. 750W should be enough for 24 drives, but maybe not if you don't use staggered spin up and 7200 rpm or faster drives. I use a 650W for 12 drives, but I've never seen it pull above 300W. I plan to use it for 24 low rpm drives.

Background information on my system: Motherboard: Foxconn H-RS880-uATX (Aloe) CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630 2.8GHz Quad Core RAM: 16 GB Crucial DDR3 SDRAM Video: Onboard ATI Radeon HD 4200 PSU: Corsair TX650M HBA/Controller: IBM M1015 HDDs: 1x SSD and 12x HDD OS: Windows Server 2008 R2 The...

I ordered the magnetic one as well. In a Norco 4224 I'm thinking it can either attach to the ventilation grille above the PCI-E slot area as you mentioned, or I could attach it to the side of the case in that area and still have enough reach to cover both cards I believe. Once it arrives I'll...

The Intel or Chenbro SAS Expanders can both be powered by Molex as opposed to PCI-E.

Look what I found: http://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l3/g40/c18/s62/list/p1/Air_Cooling-HDD_RAM_System_HeatsinksCoolers-PCI_Slot_Fans-Page1.html :) I'm leaning towards this one, or maybe this one.

I don't know for sure, but yes I've heard SSD lifespan is not as much of a concern any more - but why test that if you don't need to? Page files are completely unnecessary if you have enough memory.

Just get rid of the page file on your SSD, it causes a lot of unnecessary read/writes, reducing the lifespan of your SSD, and can take up quite a bit of space as you've noticed. Unless you are RAM deprived it is really not necessary to use. I run my Win 7 desktop with 8GB of RAM and no page...

+1 on ordering them from Monoprice, unless you're looking for a certain length, or right angle connectors etc. because unfortunately Monoprice doesn't have those options.

Try a Supermicro 4U case if you need that many drive slots, you can find a used one for under $500. IMO they are a better quality case than the Norco's, but I only have a Norco not a Supermicro.

Very nice Neme, I was hoping for something like that, but was also hoping I wouldn't have to custom make it. I also saw one guy had some custom water cooled adapter he used instead of the passive heat sink on the M1015, very nice but not exactly what I was hoping to find available.

Ah, thought you were still inquiring about them. :) So I take it you haven't decided on a controller or RAID card yet, I'd suggest an LSI or LSI-rebranded controller (such as the IBM M1015) + the Intel, Chenbro or HP SAS Expanders. IIRC Backblaze uses a SATA>SATA port multiplier on their...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=HighPoint+RocketRAID+2300+staggered+spin+up lol...

I don't know that a "delay/timer power switch" is required. Check to see if your HBA/RAID card supports staggered spin-up.

FlexRAID also offers real time software RAID with this functionality. It doesn't matter which method of RAID you choose, there are options to do either with different sized disks.

I don't know if there is official support but a friend of mine told me that he is able to stream .ISO with limited functionality (no FF, RW and maybe some issue with the audio, I can't remember). That was with the latest version of PMS for Windows and Plex App for Samsung TVs.

Plex for Samsung - has nice features above and beyond the DLNA streamers I used to use.

Just a word of warning from my experience with LEDs, beware of flashlighting. I have a Samsung UN40ES6100 and while I am happy enough with the TV, the flashlighting is a problem. It is less of a problem on true edge-lit LEDs, and perhaps it's not an issue with newer/larger TVs.

For a media server I wouldn't go with anything but low rpm drives. They run cool and quiet, and are plenty capable of streaming multiple HD videos at once. I've used both Seagate and WD, both 7k rpm and 5k rpm models, and have had some failures of each. HDD failure is going to happen, so if...

With many of the software RAID options you can combine drives of different sizes in the array and use all available space, with the caveat that your parity drive(s) has to be equal to or greater in size than your largest non-parity disk.