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Yes it's actually for automated data transfers happening between my main workstation and the server, while possible simultaneous streaming/data transfer happening between the server and HTPC. Trying to minimize any buffering/hiccups and keep data transfers at a decent speed. I figure it's a...

Are you saying I need to upgrade my router to gigabit so that my internal devices & traffic work at gigabit speeds? This seems opposite of what everyone else has posted. Unless I'm missing something...

Will the Roku pass-through dts-ma or true-hd soundtracks from an mkv container to a a/v receiver to decode? That's probably the biggest reason I'm sticking with my HTPC vs the ease of something like a Roku?

Thanks for all the input everyone, much appreciated! Vengance_01 - My Internet speed is less than the cap of the router so I don't believe I'm really bottle-necking it. I agree that an upgrade at some point is due but my router has a Tomato firmware with all the settings I've put in over the...

I guess my concern would be how would the switches know which device to send data to/from. They don't need to go up to the router level to determine the device and then back down? (Thus dropping speeds to 100)

Would I need a managed switch as my "gigabit switch 1" or is that not really necessary?

Hey all. Quick networking question. I am wondering how to set up gigabit network speeds on the house network when I have a 10/100 Buffalo tomato-firmware router. On the 1st floor of the house I have an 8-port gigabit unmanaged switch. If I connect that switch into another gigabit switch for...

Wanted to bump this thread: I have drives dropping from the pool and now it looks like either the AOC-SASLP-MV8 card or expander are starting to crap out too. So my question is, considering I need a new server to start migrating this data over. Would it be better to go the DIY route or maybe a...

So it seems no matter what OS route I go, I will need to build a 2nd rig to help with the data transfer from my old WHS v1 server. Is that right?

If I opted to go the Unraid route, can I still keep all the data on my current WHS? I did some searching online but couldn't really find any info on going from WHS to Unraid except for one that erased all drives and I'm not trying to do that.

Hey all. I have been using my WHS v1 + DAS setup for about 4-5 years with good success. Pretty much I just need it to store files & computer back-ups. I have certain folders (movies, pictures, documents) duplicated. My issue is, running on WHS v1, I'm stuck with 2TB drives and I would like to...

Douglaster - Aren't the 990 DT and HE-400 pretty close in price? $350 vs $400? I'd love to find a way to demo both but I doubt that'll be possible. Spaceman - Are you saying that if the weight isn't a deal breaker for me, the HE-400 would be the best, in your opinion? Even considering the...

Thanks for the info DouglasteR. I couldn't find the specs but I got to think your Pioneer Elite A/V is a hell of a lot beefier than my Denon but I guess the best guess is like spaceman said and just try it out. Do either of you have experience with both the HE-400 and DT 900, specifically for...

Well the headphones I'm looking at purchasing (don't own yet), are: Beyerdynamic DT 990 (600 Ohm) Ultrasone Pro 2900 Hifiman HE-400 The receiver is a Denon 2310 and I'm still waiting for tech support to get back to me with headphone jack impedance and output since it's not in the manual. I...

Yes it does but from what I've read (I'm just getting into this hi-fi headphone world), the outputs on most receivers aren't powerful enough to really fill out/drive higher end headphones. Sorry, guess I should have thrown that in there.

Hey everyone. I'm looking at using a USB DAC/Amp combo on my HTPC to u power headphones for movie watching when I can't use the home theater speakers. Does anyone have any experience with this type of situation? Right now I'm using Mediaportal as my front-end. Video/audio output via HDMI from...

Bump. Nobody has come across this issue? I now seem to only come across the 2nd event now Thee browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{82D498BA-3590-401A-95BD-3D25B67A1F20} because a master browser was stopped. Seems to happen randomly but I can also MAKE it happen...

Hey all. I've been running my WHS build for over a year w/ no major issues. All of a sudden this offline issue has been showing up. The server goes off the network and I need to either reset or pull and re-plug in the network cable off the mobo to get things back online. Normally I'd receive...

I updated the chipset drivers back in January. I'm trying to remember but that might've been the issue. Not sure how to roll back? I'd hate to reset my BIOS as I changed some parameters to get my Supermicro SAS board to play nice with my HP expander. Guess I could just jot down all the...

Well I was finally able to hook up a monitor to my WHS this weekend. Seems I'm getting a BSOD after shutdown/reboot and after Windows is done dumping it just reboots. Guess I need to figure out what the BSOD means. It's a "Driver IRQL not equal to or less than" stop error referencing a...

Is that a bios setting? If so, I'll have to check that this weekend.

Hey all! Kind of an odd problem here. I have a WHS that I've had now for over a year. Not sure when this problem started cause I honestly don't ever shut down my server but on the rare occassion that I need to, my WHS will not power down. Through the WHS console (or remotely logged in) I...

Just received an email from APC stating they also do not offer a UPS w. pure sine wave output + master/controlled outlets. Guess it's one or the other. drescherjm - Thanks for your input. I'm just concerned that with 2 different PSUs in my WHS/DAS setup, I'll run into an issue where one works...

I sent an email to Cyberpower asking if they have any pure sine or adaptive sine technology based UPSes w/ master/slave outlet configurations but they do not. I'm waiting to hear back from APC regarding the same thing. While the master/slave outlet configuration sounds ideal for a WHS + DAS...

Would these work with active pfc PSUs? i've been reading about how come PSUs don't play nice w. stepped waves?

Treadstone - Do you have any models or series that have master/slave arrangements? Seems the Cyberpower adaptive sine series does not.

Thanks guys. I don't think I'll be hacking my PSU. Don't trust myself to do that haha Bookmage - what UPS are you referring to that has network connectivity? Right now I'm looking at the Cyperpower's adaptive sineware 1500VA/900W series but I'm open to suggestions.

Hey all! Question for those that have a main WHS server and then a 2nd box of drives connected via an expander card. I've decided it's time I get a UPS considering I've had two minor power outages in the last week. (Both less than 5 minutes). My question is how do I handle the fact that my...

Update: Ran chkdsk /r on Disk 1. Came back with 0kb in bad sectors. Everything looks good there. In the mean time. I had the same warnings/errors pop up last night but this time all about Physical Disk 0. When you guys meant "test". what method/software were you guys suggesting?

I have driver version 3.1.0.22, Not sure where to find updated versions. Drives are as follows 0 WD20EADS 1 WD10EADS 2 Seagate 750GB 3 WD10EADS 4 WD20EADS 5 Samsung 1.5TB HD154UI 6 Samsung 1.5TB HD154UI 7 WD20EARS (7-8 pin jumpered) 8 WD20EARS (7-8 pin jumpered) 9 WD20EARS (7-8 pin...

Hey all. I've had my WHS running for over a year now and every so often I'll have a drive go "missing" (same drive usually) but a reboot brings it back, SMART data looks good, etc. Well this time the reboot didn't fix the problem so I ran chkdsk on the drive but everything came back good. So...

Hey all. I have a cooling question regarding my AMD X2 regor 245 that's in my HTPC. The stock HSF is starting to get a little too noisy for my tastes (even with the bios setting of "low" cpu fan speed). I will try to clean it out and see if that helps but if not, does anybody have any...

Hey all. I ran HD Tune tests on all my drives in my WHS and noticed something peculiar with my OS drive (WD20EADS). Is this test indicative of poor performance or imminent failure? I ran the error test on it and it scanned for 10hours and all blocks were green/OK and everything is "OK" under the...

Not sure if this applies but I was considering the doing the same thing, (going from a 640gb HDD to a 60GB SSD) and even though I use less than 30GB on the HDD, I read WHS won't let me restore to a smaller drive so now I have to do a clean install. Just FYI if this applies to you.

Thanks cavediver. Copied some new movies over and they landed on the new drive and duplicated to the other drive. Not sure I'll run Drive Balancer ask I have 10+TB off data and some searching showed some people having to let DB run for days before it sorted it all. Not sure I want my server...

Don't want to jinx it here but I think your suggestion did it Kettchxxii. I disabled "int13" and all 4 sata drives on port 1 of the AOC-SASLP-MV8 and the 2 sata drives on the expander all showed up. Added the 2 new drives to my pool via the home server console and the pool sized increased and...

Kettchxxii - I remember you posted that info in a thread of mine a few weeks ago. However, as you can see from my reply above yours in this thread, I can't get the drives on the expander to show even w/o any sata drives attached to the AOC-SASLP-MV8. Also, in your AOC-SASLP-MV8 bios, did you...

For ease of troubleshooting I disconnected port 1 on the supermicro card which was the breakout cable to the 4 sata drives so all I had was one sff-8087 cable going from port 2 on the SM card to port 8 on the SAS expander. I also left the 2 new drives connected to the expander on port 2. Booted...

Here's an update: Tried the tape, couldn't get it stay put as I inserted the expander into the pciex1 slot so I opted for nail polish and got the CR6 light to blink. (CR5 and CR4 off, CR1,2,3 all on). The AOC-SASLP-MV8 bios shows 4 sata drives connected from port 1 (breakout cable) and 2 sata...

Yea I think it was a mistake to go this route. The pci lanes power up the card but not without some modifications. Thought this would be a lot more straight forward.