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2 Drives Failed: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 (Raid5)

I have another thread where I got lots of responses. So if anyone else has this issue, please refer: http://serverfault.com/questions/654012/mdadm-not-showing-raid5
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- Post #28
- Dec 23, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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2 Drives Failed: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 (Raid5)

I finally got my computer up and running. Added the 4 RAID5 drives to it (Along with my Windows SSD and a Liveboot USB.) Im running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS via Liveboot USB. The problem is that mdadm is not detecting my RAID. As per my very limited understanding and reading up, the Kernel is...
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- Post #27
- Dec 21, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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2 Drives Failed: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 (Raid5)

Regd. RaidZ, I understand. By compressed backups, Im actually trying to save space, so im not sure why it would take more space? Unless you cant do incremental backups with compressed backups. E.g. If I backup 10GB, lets say it stores it compressed as 8GB. So I just saved 2GB. The issue...
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- Post #26
- Dec 7, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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2 Drives Failed: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 (Raid5)

Im looking to rebuild the array because I have a feeling the drives are good, only the controller is bad. If that doesnt work, I'll definitely try your method.
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- Post #25
- Dec 7, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

@Escrow4 I should be good with 32GB, if I need more, I can always get 64. @Xaiver, Unfortunately, Ive already got my parts. @soccerballtux Interesting, I have to try this out.
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- Post #84
- Dec 6, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

I already hit 20-40/50% CPU easily. Disk is an issue, but a SSD should fix some of that. Even on a brand new clean system, I was easily able to hit 40% CPU usage, without anything installed by opening a bunch of tabs on chrome. I have 20GB DDR31600 and I generally use 12-13GB, a few times I hit...
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- Post #80
- Dec 1, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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2 Drives Failed: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 (Raid5)

I'm not sure what my exact use case is, on redundancy vs backup. I simply dont want to lose my data. But then the issue is about storage space. Lets say I have 7TB of data. Now, I can either store this on a 4x3TB Raid5 array (Usable 8TB) or store it on 3x3TB and backup on 3x3TB. The first one...
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- Post #20
- Dec 1, 2014
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

Will do!
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- Post #78
- Dec 1, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

Sounds good. I'll test out my new PSU and if I'm grossly underpowered, then I may return it. Thanks again for all the help guys! I really really appreciate it all! Cant wait to start building it all!
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- Post #76
- Dec 1, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

Hmm, Very interesting. So are all these calculators completely wrong? For calculators, Ive checked: Newegg, Coolermaster, Asus, Extreme etc and I get wildly different numbers. However, they all seem to put my system at atleast 600-750W. Overclocked Processor / RAM, 1 GTX 970, 6 HDDs, 10 USB...
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- Post #71
- Nov 29, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

Dang, thats way lesser. I'll try out some other calculators too. However, you are definitely right, that my base rig wont take as much power. However, I may build a software raid in the same box and I otherwise have some 4-5 legacy HDDs as well. So was trying to optimize for that. I did order...
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- Post #69
- Nov 29, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Primarily Gaming Purposes - 4790K or 5820K ?

Yeah, I did go a bit overboard. Its not necessary at all, but I did enjoy building a kickass build. Now for the relatively painful part, putting it all together :) Thanks again for all the help!
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- Post #93
- Nov 29, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Primarily Gaming Purposes - 4790K or 5820K ?

Its interesting that you mounted it directly. A lot of ppl seem to recommend using a card to do it, so not sure. Did you notice any speed difference? It seems that if you use 2 SSDS in RAID, the performance is similar to that of a XP941. Ill think abt it a bit more, will make a call. Btw...
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- Post #91
- Nov 28, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Urgent (Black Fr): $2k High End Gaming / Heavy Use Build

Not sure if thats sarcasm or a compliment :P
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- Post #67
- Nov 28, 2014
- Forum: Computer Building
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Primarily Gaming Purposes - 4790K or 5820K ?

Im quite seriously thinking if I should get the XP491 256/512, the speed difference is significant. However, Im wondering: 1. Should I be waiting for the SM951. 2. If I do get the XP491, I read that I should be using some sort of a card, not sure which one I need...
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- Post #89
- Nov 28, 2014
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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