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Recent content by bing281

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    EST unRAID 15 Bay Server 45 tb : Research, Specifications, Build, Setup : 45 TeraByte

    I can certainly see your dismay, let me tell you this however. It does not constantly access the USB drive. You can take out the USB after load as long as you change no settings everything is loaded into RAM. I purchased the 2 keys kit so I have a spare USB just in case. I think he only...
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    EST unRAID 15 Bay Server 45 tb : Research, Specifications, Build, Setup : 45 TeraByte

    I don't but one is on the way to my house now.
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    EST unRAID 15 Bay Server 45 tb : Research, Specifications, Build, Setup : 45 TeraByte

    Wonderful that gives us a much better approximation. The core i3 numbers I recollect are around 33 watts at idle and with ~5 watts idle * 15 we are just around 100 watts idle which is pretty good really.
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    EST unRAID 15 Bay Server 45 tb : Research, Specifications, Build, Setup : 45 TeraByte

    I choose unRAID for the fact that it seems to be in heavy active development with a large user base. I enjoy the fact that it links to my active directory also. I don't know my exact power consumption. I calculated originally with spindown the server would sit around 50 watts and at start...
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    EST unRAID 15 Bay Server 45 tb : Research, Specifications, Build, Setup : 45 TeraByte

    unRAID is very easy to restore. The entire OS is only about 60 MB so the 8 GB flash drive I have is backed up to another flash drive in case of failure remove replace and reboot. There are actually only 2 or 3 files I need from the drive to fix the entire thing in case of complete flash...
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    EST unRAID 15 Bay Server 45 tb : Research, Specifications, Build, Setup : 45 TeraByte

    The first link tells about the research put into the project and purchasing the equipment. The second link shows a detailed approach to the build with how I dremelled the case, routed all the cables, and installed the software. The third link shows a detailed approach to how I setup...
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