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Type Make Model Connector Specs Notes Price £
CPU Intel Core2 Quad Q6600 (SLACR) Socket 775 Quad 2.4GHz G0 stepping 149.99
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-[P35C][38][?][38]-[DS3R][39][?][39] Socket 775   1, 2 61.69
RAM Corsair [TwinX][43][?][43] [XMS2][44][?][44] [PC6400][45][?][45]   [DDR2][46][?][46] 800MHz 2GB [CAS4][47][?][47]   54.99
Heatsink Scythe Infinity     3 24.29
Fan Silverstone [FN121][51][?][51]     4 4.49
Fan Silverstone [FN121][51][?][51]     5 4.49
Fan Silverstone [FN121][51][?][51]     6 4.49
Thermal Paste Arctic Silver 5       3.83
Graphics Card PNY [GeForce][56][?][56] 7300 LE PCI-E x16 VGA,DVI,TV-out,passive 7 15.31
DVD-RW Pioneer DVR-112BK PATA 18xDVD±R 10xDVD-DL 8, black 15.60
DVD-RW Pioneer DVR-112BK PATA 18xDVD±R 10xDVD-DL   15.60
HDD Seagate [ST380815AS][61][?][61] [SATA1][62][?][62] 80GB, 8MB cache 9 22.39
DVB-T Capture Hauppauge Nova-T PCI PCI     24.39
DVB-T Capture Hauppauge Nova-T PCI PCI   10 24.79
Network Card Intel Pro 1000PT PCI-E 1Gbps, Jumbo:16k   21.02
Case Gigabyte Triton   5-bay ext black 41.65
PSU Corsair VX 450   450W   39.00
eSATA Host No-name [SiI3132][71][?][71] PCI-e-1x, 2xeSATA [SiI3132][71][?][71], PM-FIS   19.99

Storage

See HasturRaidArray

3TB

Type Make Model Connector Specs Notes Price £
HDD Seagate [ST3500630AS][74][?][74] [SATA2][75][?][75] 500GB 9QG3T5QW (#4) 54.89
HDD Seagate [ST3500630AS][74][?][74] [SATA2][75][?][75] 500GB 9QG3T61X (#3) 54.89
HDD Seagate [ST3500630AS][74][?][74] [SATA2][75][?][75] 500GB 9QG3V6HN (#2) 54.89
HDD Seagate [ST3500630AS][74][?][74] [SATA2][75][?][75] 500GB 9QG3T5QM (#5) 54.89
HDD Samsung [HD501LJ][77][?][77] [SATA2][75][?][75] 500GB 11, [S0MUJ1DPC01407][79][?]79 52.89
HDD Samsung [HD501LJ][77][?][77] [SATA2][75][?][75] 500GB 12, [S0MUJ1KP715582][82][?]82 52.89

8TB

Type Make Model Specs Notes Price £
HDD Samsung [HD203WI][83][?][83] 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm #S1UYJ1CZ317052, TLER(R) 85.09
HDD Samsung [HD203WI][83][?][83] 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm #S1UYJ1CZ317063, TLER(R) 85.09
HDD Seagate [ST3200542AS][85][?][85] 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm #9XW09GDN, [CC34][86][?][86], TLER(R) 93.60
HDD Seagate [ST3200542AS][85][?][85] 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm #9XW08GNB, [CC34][86][?][86], TLER(R) 93.60

14TB

Type Make Model Specs Notes Price £
HDD Samsung [HD203WI][83][?][83] 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm #S1UYJ1CZ317052, TLER(R) 85.09
HDD Samsung [HD203WI][83][?][83] 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm #S1UYJ1CZ317063, TLER(R) 85.09
HDD Seagate [ST3200542AS][85][?][85] 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm #9XW09GDN, [CC34][86][?][86], TLER(R) 93.60
HDD Seagate [ST3200542AS][85][?][85] 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm #9XW08GNB, [CC34][86][?][86], TLER(R) 93.60
HDD Seagate [ST3000DM001][88][?][88] 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm #Z1F1K11M, warranty until 2015-01-26 89.98 incl.
HDD Seagate [ST3000DM001][88][?][88] 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm #W1F1PG24, warranty until 2015-02-17 89.98 incl.

Enclosure

Type Make Model Connector Specs Notes Price £
Enclosure Kit Span IB-5SPB   CFI CF-1051, 320W PSU 13 84.00
eSATA PM Bridge Span IRSA-[MM5][93][?][93] [SiI3726][94][?][94], 5xSATA to 1xeSATA   14, Included in kit above  
SATA Cable ×5     2xSATA(m) 30cm Included in kit above  
Hotswap Caddy Icy Dock MB-455SPF 5xSATA 3-bay, 5-disk   67.46
Hotswap Caddy Icy Dock MB-453SPF 3xSATA 2-bay, 3-disk   39.89
eSATA PM Bridge Span IRSA-[MM5][93][?][93] [SiI3726][94][?][94], 5xSATA to 1xeSATA   15, [SiI3726][94][?][94] 31.00
eSATA Cable Span IRSEE-100 2xeSATA(m) 1m   3.60

To Get

  • Enclosure PSU needs a second floppy power connector for the second PM bridge
  • Enclosure needs 1-3 more 30cm SATA cables (for all 8 hotswap bays)

 

1 [ICH9R][101][?][101] PM supported >2.6.17

2 1×[PCIe][103][?][103]-16x, 3×[PCIe][103][?][103]-1x, 3×PCI

3 Scythe Infinity review

4 For Scythe Infinity

5 For Scythe Infinity

6 Auxiliary System fan

7 Special offer 48% off

8 Fastest optical writer currently available

9 Cheapest SATA drive I could find

10 Dual tuners not well supported, so I bought two single tuners

11 Different drive to reduce the probability of batch disk failure

12 Faulty, RMA 2008-08

13 Also includes 5.25 to 3.5 adapter rails, unused

14 First port must be occupied

15 First port must be occupied


Hardware Options

Motherboard

Requirements

  • Intel Core 2 Duo socket
  • 2 [GBit][120][?][120] LAN, at least one jumbo frame capable
  • 7 SATA (RAID 5, Hot spare, system disk)
  • 2 PATA (Dual DVD writer)
  • 2 PCI (Nova-T PCI)

Intel P35

Make Model SATA IDE Chipset LAN [PCIe][103][?][103] PCI Notes
Asus [P5K][121][?][121] P35 Deluxe 6+1 [ICH9R][101][?][101], [JMB361][122][?][122]   2 (j9,nj) 1x16,1x4,2x1 3 Specs
Abit [IP35][124][?][124] Pro 6+2e 1 [ICH9R][101][?][101], [JMB363][125][?][125] 2 (nj,nj) 1x16,1x4,1x1 3 Specs
Foxconn [P35A][127][?][127] 4+1e 1 [ICH9R][101][?][101], [JMB361][122][?][122] 1 (nj) 1x16,1x4,1x1 3 Specs
Gigabyte GA-P35-[DQ6][129][?][129] 8 1 [ICH9R][101][?][101], [JMB363][125][?][125] 1 (nj) 1x16,1x4,3x1 2 Specs
Gigabyte GA-[P35C][38][?][38]-[DS3R][39][?][39] 8 1 [ICH9R][101][?][101], [JMB363][125][?][125] 1 (nj) 1x16,3x1 3 Specs
MSI P35 Neo 5     2 (nj,nj)     Specs
MSI P35 Platinum 5+2e     1 (nj)     Specs

Nvidia 650i

Make Model SATA IDE LAN [PCIe][103][?][103] PCI Notes
Abit FP-[IN9][134][?][134] SLI 4 2 1 (nj?) 2x16,2x1 2 Specs
Asus [P5N][136][?][136]-E 4 2 1 (nj?) 2x16,1x1 2 Specs
Gigabyte [N650SLI][138][?][138]-[DS4][139][?][139] 4 2 1 (nj?) 2x16,1x1 2  

Nvidia 680i

Make Model SATA IDE LAN [PCIe][103][?][103] PCI Notes
Gigabyte GA-[N680SLI][140][?][140]-[DQ6][129][?][129] 10 1 4 (nj) 2x16,1x8,1x1 3 Specs

jN = jumbo capable, Nk frame; nj = non-jumbo

Case

1 Large case with space for 9 disks (6 raid, 1 system, 2 DVD)? Or separate case for RAID and two internal SATA to Multilane adapters?

Cases

| Make | Model | !Ext Bays | !Int Bays | [WxHxD][147][?][147] | Link | |:------------ | ------------- | --------- |:-------------------- | -------------- | | Asus | CK-1022-5 |   |   |   |   | | Lian-Li | PC-V2000 |   |   |   |   | | Lian-Li | PC-V600 | 4 | 3 | 210 371 490 | £74.99 | | Coolermaster | Stacker 832 | 9 | 4 | 250 536 638 | £118.72 | | Coolermaster | Centurion 532 | 5 | 4 | 235 460 495 | £33.89 | | Coolermaster | Stacker 810 | 11 | 4 | 227 536 584 | £93.61 | | Gigabyte | Triton | 5 | 3 | 200 440 495 | £41.65 |

See Enclosures.

Cooling

Thermalright Ultra 120 + Scythe S-Flex 120mm fan
Scythe Infinity - small, up to 4 fans, economical
*http://www.anandtech.com/casecooling/showdoc.aspx?i=2937&p=5 (Scythe Infinity)

Overclocking

Power Consumption

F: frequency, V: core voltage, P: power
Poc = Foc/F * Voc/V * P

PSU

Bandwidth Calculations

DVB-T: 6Mbit RAID: PCI: 127

ATA Failures

Moved to HasturAtaFailures

Array Upgrade

Special Notes

1TB drives

Make Model Platters Specs Notes Price £ p/GB
Hitachi 7K1000.C 2 7200rpm, 32MB   49.98 4.998
Samsung [HD103SJ][165][?][165] 3 7200rpm, 32MB Spinpoint F3, 3yr 52.36 5.236
Seagate [ST31000520AS][167][?][167]   5900rpm Barracuda LP 54.83 5.483
Seagate [ST31000528AS][169][?][169] 2 7200rpm, 32MB 7200.12 54.86 5.486
WD [WD10EADS][171][?][171] Green   variable rpm, 32MB   61.60 6.160
WD [WD1001FALS][173][?][173] Black 3 7200rpm, 32MB No NCQ, 5yr 65.77 6.577

1.5TB drives

Make Model Platters Specs Notes Price £ p/GB
Samsung [HD154UI][175][?][175] 3 1.5TB, 32MB, 5400rpm [EcoGreen][176][?][176] F2 62.97 4.198
Samsung [HD153WI][178][?][178]   1.5TB, 32MB, 5400rpm [EcoGreen][176][?][176] F3 66.69 4.446
WD [WD15EADS][180][?][180] 3 1.5TB   69.97?? 4.665
WD [WD15EARS][181][?][181]   1.5TB, 64MB   72.29 4.819
Seagate [ST31500341AS][183][?][183] 4 1.5TB, 32MB, 7200rpm 7200.11 68.00 4.533
Seagate [ST31500541AS][185][?][185]   1.5TB, 32MB, 5900rpm   77.52 5.168

2TB drives

Make Model Platters Specs Notes Price £ p/GB
Samsung [HD203WI][83][?][83] 4 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm TLER(R) 92.79, 84.271 4.639, 4.213
Samsung [HD204UI][191][?][191] 3 2TB, 32MB, 5400rpm TLER(R),2 56.99 2.782
WD [WD20EARS][194][?][194] 4 2TB, 64MB, 5400rpm   92.98 4.649
Hitachi 7K2000 5 2TB, 32MB, 7200rpm   95.51, 89.35 4.775, 4.467
WD [WD20EADS][198][?][198] 4 2TB, 32MB, ~5400rpm   97.15, 85.093 4.857, 4.255
Seagate [ST3200542AS][85][?][85] 4 2TB, 32MB, 5900rpm TLER(R), 4 107.98, 89.355 5.399, 4.46

 

1 OEM, no warranty?

2 4KB sectors

3 OEM, no warranty?

4 tumbleweed's timeout issues

5 OEM, no warranty?

3TB drives

Make Model Platters Specs Notes Price £ p/GB
Seagate [ST3000DM001][88][?][88] 3 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm OEM oem: 79.98

1yr: 85.96
2yr: 88.80 | 2.603516
2.798
2.96 | | Toshiba | [DT01ACA300][215][?][215] | 3 | 3TB, 64MB, 7200rpm | OEM | oem: 74.76
2yr: 87.77
2yr: 80.40 | 2.492
2.857096
2.68 |

4TB drives

Make Model Platters Specs Notes Price £ p/GB
WD [WD40EFRX][219][?][219] Red       136.20 3.325195
WD [WD40EZRX][221][?][221] Green   4TB, 64MB, 5900rpm OEM 121.68 2.970703
Seagate [ST4000DM000][223][?][223]   4TB, 64MB, 5900rpm OEM 118.08 2.882812

Further drive comparisons extracted to local spreadsheet.

Multilane

Type Make Model Connector Specs Quant Price £
ML Device Adapter Span IRSA-[SM2][225][?][225] 2xML to 8xSATA     27.50
ML Device Adapter Span IRSA-[SM1][227][?][227] 1xML to 4xSATA     9.70
ML Host Adapter Span IRSA-[PM2][229][?][229] 2xML to 8xSATA     22.90
ML Host Adapter Span IRSA-[PM1][231][?][231] 1xML to 4xSATA     9.00
ML Cable Span IRSE-M1 2xML 1m long   28.50
ML Host Adapter     2xML to [PCIe][103][?][103]      
[MiniSAS][234][?][234] Device Adapter Span IRA-[SS2][235][?][235] 2xSFF8088 to 2xSFF8087   1 26.30
[MiniSAS][234][?][234] Host Adapter Span IRA-[PS2][237][?][237] 2xSFF8087 to 2xSFF8088   1 28.80
[MiniSAS][234][?][234] Cable Span IRA-8888-1 2xSFF8088 1m long 2 26.20
[MiniSAS][234][?][234] Fanout Cable Span IRA-87SA-05 1xSFF8087 to 4xSATA 50cm 2 8.40
[MiniSAS][234][?][234] Fanout Cable Span IRA-87SA-03 1xSFF8087 to 4xSATA 30cm 7.60
[MiniSAS][234][?][234] Reverse Fanout Cable Span IRA-[SA87][242][?][242]-05 4xSATA to 1xSFF8087 50cm 2 8.10

RAM Upgrade

  • Awaiting delivery of 2x2GB [DDR3][244][?][244]
  • Delivered

Installation

BIOS Settings

  • Ctrl+F1 on main screen enables overclocking options in Intelligent Tweaker.
  • Only after reboot with new RAM are proper timings visible

Recommended settings for [DDR3][244][?][244] at 1333MHz

MIB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)

Robust Graphics Booster = Auto
CPU Clock Ratio = 9
CPU Host Clock Control = Enabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) = 333Mhz
PCI Express Frequency = 100Mhz
C.I.A.2 = Disabled
Performance Enhance = Standard
System Memory Multiplier = 4
Hi Speed DRAM DLL Settings = Option 2
DRAM Timing Selectable = Manual
CAS Latency Time = 9
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay = 9
RAS# Precharge = 9
Precharge Delay (tRAS) = 24
ACT to ACT delay = Auto
Bank Write To READ Delay = Auto
Refresh to ACT Delay = 0
Read to Precharge Delay = Auto

System Voltage Control

DDR3 OverVoltage Control = +.1V
PCI-e OverVoltage Control = Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control = Auto
CPU Voltage Control = Auto
  • Reset to safe defaults
  • Finally booting with both chips
  • MIT shows memory frequency of 1066:1066
  • AHCI mode or IDE mode

Settings when it successfully booted with both [DDR3][244][?][244] chips:

MIB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.)

Robust Graphics Booster = Auto
CPU Clock Ratio = 9 X
CPU Host Clock Control = Disabled
CPU Host Frequency (Mhz) = 100Mhz
PCI Express Frequency = Auto
C.I.A.2 = Disabled
Performance Enhance = Turbo
System Memory Multiplier = Auto

DRAM Timing Selectable = Auto
#CAS Latency Time = 8 Auto
#DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay = 8 Auto
#RAS# Precharge = 8 Auto
#Precharge Delay (tRAS) = 20 Auto
#ACT to ACT delay = 4 Auto
#Rank Write To READ Delay = 4 Auto
#Write To Precharge Delay 8 Auto
#Refresh to ACT Delay = 60 Auto
#Read to Precharge Delay = 4 Auto
#Static tRead Value = 6 Auto
#Static tRead Phase Adjust = 0 Auto
System Voltage Control Manual
DDR2/DDR3 OverVoltage Control = Normal
PCI-e OverVoltage Control = Normal
(G)MCH OverVoltage Control = Normal
CPU Voltage Control = Auto

Health Status showed:

Vcore   1.252V
DDR2/DDR3 Voltage  1.504V

Try 2.4GHz core without Turbo

  • No [WinT][247][?][247] cards, no DVD-RW, no backup HDD

  • Works, shows 4GB RAM but reports CPU frequency 1600MHz.

  • CPU frequency is not a problem. Under load jumps to 2400MHz.
  • Running memtester hung the system. Now won't boot.

Try 2.4GHz with single [DDR3][244][?][244]

  • Removed one stick and posted successfully
  • Set [DDR3][248][?][248] overvoltage +0.1V
  • Stable memtester (63 iterations)

Bump voltage then two [DDR3s][249][?][249]

  • Overvoltage +0.2V
  • PCI-E voltage +0.1V

3GHz and 1066

  • Overvoltage +0.2V
  • PCI-E voltage +0.1V

Optimized Defaults

  • Optimized defaults

900MHz 800MHz

  • Nope

Last good [DDR3][244][?][244] settings +0.2V

  • [DDR3][244][?][244] +0.2V
  • CPU 1.275V

One [DDR3][244][?][244] : 1066 @8-8-8-20 1.76V

Two [DDR3][244][?][244] : No Post

1066 @8-8-8-20 1.76V

Last good [DDR3][244][?][244] settings +0.3V

One [DDR3][244][?][244] : 1.872V

Two [DDR3][244][?][244] : No Post

Last good [DDR3][244][?][244] with manual timings

  1. 9-9-9-24
  2. 266/1066/10-10-10-20 = 1066/8-8-8-20
  3. 333/1333?/10-10-10-20, FSB+0.1 = 1333/9-9-9-24
  4. 333/800/Auto, FSB+0.1 = 800/8-8-8-20

Gave up and left it at One stick

  1. 333/1333/auto = 1066 ??

Core clock also shows only 2400 in Linux though.

Seems quite stable so far. Other stick must be faulty.

memtest

Howto : http://forum.canardpc.com/threads/28875-Linux-HOWTO-Boot-Memtest-on-USB-Drive

Links

Disk suddenly too short for array

  • "Not large enough to join array"
  • "Too small for array"

Samsung [HD203WI][83][?]83 dropped out of the array for being suddenly and inexplicably too short.

SMART logs

Before:

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     SAMSUNG SpinPoint F3 EG
Device Model:     SAMSUNG HD203WI
Serial Number:    S1UYJ1CZ317063
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0024e9 003308d88
Firmware Version: 1AN10002
User Capacity:    2,000,398,934,016 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 6
Local Time is:    Tue Feb 25 00:53:29 2014 GMT

After:

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     SAMSUNG SpinPoint F3 EG
Device Model:     SAMSUNG HD203WI
Serial Number:    S1UYJ1CZ317063
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0024e9 003308d88
Firmware Version: 1AN10002
User Capacity:    2,000,397,852,160 bytes [2.00 TB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   8
ATA Standard is:  ATA-8-ACS revision 6
Local Time is:    Wed Feb 26 04:18:58 2014 GMT

Diagnosis

By chance when playing with [GParted][253][?][253] Live came across a reference to Host Protected Area

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_protected_area#Identification_and_manipulation

hdparm -N /dev/sdb showed HPA was enabled and some sectors reserved. Also lists max sectors.

Disable HPA

Test with

hdparm -N 3907029168 /dev/sda
 (set the number of sectors shown by 

hdparm -N /dev/sdb. Use the 'p' prefix to make it permanent:

hdparm -N p3907029168 /dev/sda

Then power-cycle the disk. Only one permanent setting of max-sector-size can be performed per power cycle.

hdparm -N /dev/sda now prints:

max sectors   = 3907029168/3907029168, HPA is disabled

RAM Failing?

Random errors which kill processors.

Replace RAM

Buy another RAM pair? ([TW3X4G1333C9A][255][?][255])

Replace whole system?

Motherboard with 10xSATA connections

Log

2008-04-29

updated to F10 firmware after boot failure

2008-08-07

re-added the RMA'd [HD501LJ][77][?][77]

2009-02-01

/dev/sdg Read failures. copy of log in /root, [ST3500630AS][74][?][74], 9QG3T5QM

2010-05-09

Ordered 2x [HD203WI][83][?][83], 2x [ST3200542AS][85][?][85] from eBuyer (~£37)

2010-05-14

New disks arrived

2010-05-19

Shutdown for Hastur Raid Upgrade

2010-12-13

Purchased two [HD204UI][191][?][191] backup [HDDs][258][?][258]

2011-01-12

Purchased miniSAS hardware

2013-01-29

Purchased two [ST3000DM001][88][?][88] 3TB disks

2013-01-31

3TB Drives delivered

2013-02-02

  • Added disks to enclosure. Only one disk added to array.
  • Noted [ST3500630AS][74][?][74] 500GB backup disk showing stable 10 reallocated sectors.
  • One [ST32000542AS][259][?][259] 2TB array disks showing 302 reallocated sectors. Up from zero on 2011-09-13.
  • See HasturRaidUpgradePath

2013-03-07

  • /dev/sdd ([ST32000542AS][259][?][259]) started failing on 2013-03-04 === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Device Model: ST32000542AS Serial Number: 9XW08GNB Firmware Version: CC34 User Capacity: 2,000,398,934,016 bytes Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall] ATA Version is: 8 ATA Standard is: ATA-8-ACS revision 4 Local Time is: Thu Mar 7 19:26:29 2013 GMT SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. SMART support is: Enabled

    === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
    SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED!
    

Yet strangely /dev/sdc was kicked out of the array.

  • Restarted /dev/md6 and re-added /dev/sdc.
  • Added second 3TB as hot spare.
  • /dev/sdd failed during rebuild.
  • Rebuilt on to 3TB drive

2013-12-03

  • Ordered 2x2GB [DDR3][244][?][244] Corsair [XMS3][261][?]261 from eBuyer

2014-02-25

  • Attempted to fit the [DDR3][244][?][244]. Only one stick working.

2014-02-26

  • [HD203WI][83][?]83 has shrunk following BIOS futzing.

2014-03-20

  • Solved [HD203WI][83][?][83] shrinkage. Disabled HPA which had been enabled somehow.

2014-11-23

  • Ordered 2x Toshiba [DT01ACA300][215][?][215] 3TB disks from dabs.com (£74.98 each inc VAT)

2015-11-06

  • Ordered 2x Toshiba [DT01ACA300][215][?][215] 3TB disks from scan.co.uk (£141.95, £70 each)

2016-02-28

  • Ordered 2x Western Digital [WD30EFRX][263][?][263] 3TB disks from scan.co.uk (£188.60, £91.56 each inc VAT)

2016-09-20

  • Switched to faster 2x4GB of RAM
  • Only booting with 4GB!