Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello Guys, I am asking here so all new uerser and advnace users who dont know FlexRAID can be aware of it , i am talking about Raid F here only the Combo(Data Protection + Storage Pooling) for $59.95 + TAX deal I know in the past alot of users in MB3 spoke about FlexRAID and provided screenshot and so on and "assassin" wrote a manaual on setup and install http://assassinhtpcblog.com/server-flexraid/ it is 100 page manaual but i have so many question about this , after i look at "assassin" manual and some other screenshots and so on i relaized that Storage Pooling was not as i thought it would be , i thought it will make a large files of data of all 30TB 12 drives space but i could be wrong also Data Protection with Parity drive is little confusing if in the future i buy second drive and extend the Parity size , i am not talking about 2 Parity drive backup of a backup just incase one drive died and that was the Parity drive i am talking about 2 Parity drive being one large 8TB size to cover 27TB worth of data so i still need some help in this so i can get back to world of media browser 3 it been alsmot 3 Months and i over come all issue now trying to move on to next level as usual i am very new to all this so i am still little confused about Transparent RAID™ (tRAID™) also because alot of people saying diffrent thing and i dont know which one will be better for me Can someone advise Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 To your first question, yes the storage pool combines multiple drives into one large one, for example in my case I have 5 data drives and 1 parity drive, FlexRAID combines all 5 data drives into the storage pool Z:\ To the second question, yes you can have 2 hard drives for the same parity drive, Flexraid allows you to "span" multiple drives into a single Data or parity unit. For example I use one 3TB drive for parity, I could add another 3TB to make it a 6TB parity drive, OR I can add it and have 2 separate 3TB parity drives. In the first pic you can see my 5 data drives and parity drive, labeled WD# and PPU1, as well as the combined storage pool Z: 2nd pic is with flexRAID hiding the drives while the storage pool is running Hope this answers some of your questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 To your first question, yes the storage pool combines multiple drives into one large one, for example in my case I have 5 data drives and 1 parity drive, FlexRAID combines all 5 data drives into the storage pool Z:\ To the second question, yes you can have 2 hard drives for the same parity drive, Flexraid allows you to "span" multiple drives into a single Data or parity unit. For example I use one 3TB drive for parity, I could add another 3TB to make it a 6TB parity drive, OR I can add it and have 2 separate 3TB parity drives. In the first pic you can see my 5 data drives and parity drive, labeled WD# and PPU1, as well as the combined storage pool Z: 2nd pic is with flexRAID hiding the drives while the storage pool is running Hope this answers some of your questions Hi not able to see your pics but do i need to clear the recycle bin just as "assassin" manual says ? also i am going to be using it on windows 7 64bit Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) Yeah you'll need to disable the recycle bin on the drives you want to use, I have it on both 7 x64 and 8.1 x64 To further explain that, the pool has its own recycle bin so the windows one should get disabled. Edited November 30, 2013 by shaefurr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Yeah you'll need to disable the recycle bin on the drives you want to use, I have it on both 7 x64 and 8.1 x64 To further explain that, the pool has its own recycle bin so the windows one should get disabled. ok got it so i am going setup now and if i have more question i will ask thanks 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hi Run into issue localhost:8080 is been taken by SabNZBD so i change the port and then shutdown Sabnzbd but FlexRAID wont connect ? i used sabnzbd , sickbeard, and other apps This is very intersting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 hmm, not sue on that one I always use the default port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 yeah it seems that Sabnzbd uses Port 8080 and FlexRAID uses same port so by changing sab port sabnzbd workd but FlexRAID did not restarting the pc i hope everything goes well as i am working remotely from work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello Restart worked just fine all 11 drives show up and FlexRAID connected so now moving on with my task lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello I am trying to figure out if i need to put all my drives as DRU or DRU Span ? i want all drive to be one pool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaefurr Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 I would leave them separate, as the storage pool combines all the DRUs into the pool anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 I would leave them separate, as the storage pool combines all the DRUs into the pool anyway. ok i will do that then sorry i am asking questions as i go with this Thanks alot for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 hello “Initialize Raid” now so it might takes few hours to complete and mybe more i will ask question if i have one Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hi started at 09:22 PM and now it is 11:33 PM and it show 0 % completed is that normal with F Raid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello It is 11 AM now and it show 1% completed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraslor Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 (edited) It depends on cpu, how fast your drives are etc, but I can tell you it took 3 days for my system to create parity for 22TB of data. I'm running an older dual cpu setup for two 6 core 1.6 ghz opterons and slow 5400 rpm drives. Edited November 30, 2013 by wraslor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 It depends on cpu, how fast your drives are etc, but I can tell you it took 3 days for my system to create parity for 22TB of data. I'm running an older dual cpu setup for two 6 core 1.6 ghz opterons and slow 5400 rpm drives. Hello i think it will take at lest a week in my case and i bought a new 4TB drive so once this Raid complete i will have to add the new one and that will take one more day so i will have to wait one more week before i can use MB3 again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello Run into new problem with FlexRAID it showed 1% completed but when i check now it show 100% completed so i notice also it had an error message also so i double checked and it show 100% completed so i tried to go to setup driver pool or storge pool thing and it was not available so then i try to get logs but the directory of logs give me access denied error so now i am restarting the pc as killing the process and re starting it did not work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr Posted November 30, 2013 Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hello i think it will take at lest a week in my case and i bought a new 4TB drive so once this Raid complete i will have to add the new one and that will take one more day so i will have to wait one more week before i can use MB3 again The new drive will have no data so it will not take any time to calculate parity for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 The new drive will have no data so it will not take any time to calculate parity for it. Hi ebr Good to know but i am still stuck now with this raid thing i wish if i new a different software just like FlexRAID as i can tell they dont have real support for paid clients and their forums is dead Also notice in Device manager i have option to resume the Initializations so make me think the original Initializations might not went throw and it could be possible that why i am not able to click on storage pooling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Hi did not do anything resume the Initializations so not sure where the issue is at this moment but the whole thing is one big nightmare all i want is to start using media browser3 again it been non stop issue hardware and software so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Hello Deleted the configurations and starting over with this article http://wiki.flexraid.com/2011/08/24/getting-started-creating-your-first-flexraid-configuration/ one drive and one Parity drive Initialize RAID just to see if it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1977 Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 I love the concept of flexraid, but have dropped using it. It is a quite impactful software, but lacks stability and user support. I don't mind to use an alpha version of a mediaplayer, but would need something like flexraid to be 100% ready and mature before putting my data at risk. I am still keeping an eye on it, but don't think it will be ready in the years to come. Unraid is a great alternative, which is stable and has a huge user community. I am not using it as I am still stuck with Win7 and want to keep it, but if you are more open, give it a try. Great user community and support over thee at unraid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 I love the concept of flexraid, but have dropped using it. It is a quite impactful software, but lacks stability and user support. I don't mind to use an alpha version of a mediaplayer, but would need something like flexraid to be 100% ready and mature before putting my data at risk. I am still keeping an eye on it, but don't think it will be ready in the years to come. Unraid is a great alternative, which is stable and has a huge user community. I am not using it as I am still stuck with Win7 and want to keep it, but if you are more open, give it a try. Great user community and support over thee at unraid! Hello i was looking at it at this moment unraid seems to be more expansive and more complex to use or mybe i am new to it but i totaly agree with you on flexraid or their new tRaid it seems it is easy to use but not very stable at all and no support what so ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender Posted December 1, 2013 Author Share Posted December 1, 2013 Hi or if i can get 2 sprate software one for drive pooling and one for Raid F type with parity drive that could work too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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