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More on CPU specs of the ReadyNAS Pro
Hi all,
Does anyone know what FSB speeds the ReadyNAS Pro motherboard supports.
I have three "servers" that I'm trying to consolidate. I figured that the file server (which is actually the slowest machine) would be replaced by the NAS but I'm actually trying to merge some other services onto the box which much luck so far..
One feature I'm working on porting is my Tivo transcoder. Essentially I have a small system that pulls programs off my Tivo, transcodes them and uploads (via WiFi/ethernet) to my portable media player. It means when I get home my media player syncs with my now-playing list so I can watch TV on the train too and from work. Since I work miles and miles away, I don't have time to watch TV at home so it's the only way I can watch TV..
I have the package working on the NAS, and I'm working on the integration with the front end (like managing black-lists and so on). I'd like to bump the speed of the processor but obivously the newer energy efficient <65W intel chips all seem to be 1333MHz FSB. Is this supported on this NAS? I know the warranty is void with this type of fiddling, but that is a risk I'm happy to take.. I also understand you wouldn't recommend an upgrade like this, but I would really like to know if it were possible..
I'll make all the code (mplayer is the driver behind the transcoding) available to anyone if interested.. but it is important to realise this is a Series 1 Tivo and an Archos 705/605 media player, not a common combination..
Does anyone know what FSB speeds the ReadyNAS Pro motherboard supports.
I have three "servers" that I'm trying to consolidate. I figured that the file server (which is actually the slowest machine) would be replaced by the NAS but I'm actually trying to merge some other services onto the box which much luck so far..
One feature I'm working on porting is my Tivo transcoder. Essentially I have a small system that pulls programs off my Tivo, transcodes them and uploads (via WiFi/ethernet) to my portable media player. It means when I get home my media player syncs with my now-playing list so I can watch TV on the train too and from work. Since I work miles and miles away, I don't have time to watch TV at home so it's the only way I can watch TV..
I have the package working on the NAS, and I'm working on the integration with the front end (like managing black-lists and so on). I'd like to bump the speed of the processor but obivously the newer energy efficient <65W intel chips all seem to be 1333MHz FSB. Is this supported on this NAS? I know the warranty is void with this type of fiddling, but that is a risk I'm happy to take.. I also understand you wouldn't recommend an upgrade like this, but I would really like to know if it were possible..
I'll make all the code (mplayer is the driver behind the transcoding) available to anyone if interested.. but it is important to realise this is a Series 1 Tivo and an Archos 705/605 media player, not a common combination..
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- hello,
is it possible to upgrade cpu for a Ultra4? mrQQ wrote:
is it possible to upgrade cpu for a Ultra4?
No. It is soldered onto the motherboard.fastfwd wrote:
Yes and yes. The Patriot PSD28G800K kit (2 x 4GB) works well.
I just upgraded to this RAM kit which I bought used on Ebay. Not seeing any change in performance but that may be on my drives at this point. Will find out soon since they're overdue for replacement.
I did a memory test from the boot menu and was wondering how to interpret the results. It did two passes. First one that passed, then a second. At 100% the second time, it also said Pass. But it stayed at 100% and didn't loop a third time. After about a half hour I had to power off to get out of memory test mode.
I've never run the mem test before and am wondering if this is normal behavior. Is it suppose to work like this? Does this mean my memory is good?
Thanks!- Do you have a backup?
You could try using the NAS unit for a while, download the logs and check diagnostics.log - I do have a backup, though one of the jobs failed with unusual I/O errors last night.
Since the only change was RAM, I wanted to run the memory test to make sure RAM was good and I'm not seeing a problem with the backup drive like before.
Did the memory test behave properly or is it supposed to loop until stopped? - I think it is meant to loop.
Where do you do your backups to?
Have you checked disk health? - Backups are to two USB drives. Each drive backs up different shares. One is connected to the ReadyNAS and backs up via FrontView. The other attaches to my desktop and backs up via Carbon Copy Cloner.
Here's the SMART data for the raid set. Some of the disks have Raw Read Errors but they check out as OK with SMARTSMART Information for Disk 1
Model: SAMSUNG HD203WI
Serial: S1UYJ1KZ310344
Firmware: 1AN10002
SMART Attribute
Raw Read Error Rate 159
Throughput Performance 0
Spin Up Time 6186
Start Stop Count 46
Reallocated Sector Count 0
Seek Error Rate 0
Seek Time Performance 0
Power On Hours 39601
Spin Retry Count 0
Calibration Retry Count 0
Power Cycle Count 46
G-Sense Error Rate 1
Power-Off Retract Count 0
Temperature Celsius 36
Hardware ECC Recovered 0
Reallocated Event Count 0
Current Pending Sector 0
Offline Uncorrectable 0
UDMA CRC Error Count 0
Multi Zone Error Rate 0
Load Retry Count 0
Load Cycle Count 63
ATA Error Count 0
SMART Information for Disk 3
Model: SAMSUNG HD203WI
Serial: S1UYJ1KZ310364
Firmware: 1AN10002
SMART Attribute
Raw Read Error Rate 589
Throughput Performance 0
Spin Up Time 6146
Start Stop Count 46
Reallocated Sector Count 0
Seek Error Rate 0
Seek Time Performance 0
Power On Hours 39601
Spin Retry Count 0
Calibration Retry Count 0
Power Cycle Count 46
G-Sense Error Rate 3
Power-Off Retract Count 0
Temperature Celsius 34
Hardware ECC Recovered 0
Reallocated Event Count 0
Current Pending Sector 0
Offline Uncorrectable 0
UDMA CRC Error Count 0
Multi Zone Error Rate 0
Load Retry Count 0
Load Cycle Count 62
ATA Error Count 0
SMART Information for Disk 4
Model: SAMSUNG HD203WI
Serial: S1UYJ1KZ310345
Firmware: 1AN10002
SMART Attribute
Raw Read Error Rate 163
Throughput Performance 0
Spin Up Time 6289
Start Stop Count 46
Reallocated Sector Count 0
Seek Error Rate 0
Seek Time Performance 0
Power On Hours 39601
Spin Retry Count 0
Calibration Retry Count 0
Power Cycle Count 46
G-Sense Error Rate 2
Power-Off Retract Count 0
Temperature Celsius 34
Hardware ECC Recovered 0
Reallocated Event Count 0
Current Pending Sector 0
Offline Uncorrectable 0
UDMA CRC Error Count 0
Multi Zone Error Rate 0
Load Retry Count 0
Load Cycle Count 62
ATA Error Count 0
SMART Information for Disk 6
Model: Hitachi HDS723020BLA642
Serial: MN1240F33MZ28D
Firmware: MN6OA800
SMART Attribute
Raw Read Error Rate 0
Throughput Performance 82
Spin Up Time 421
Start Stop Count 24
Reallocated Sector Count 0
Seek Error Rate 0
Seek Time Performance 25
Power On Hours 21978
Spin Retry Count 0
Power Cycle Count 24
Power-Off Retract Count 28
Load Cycle Count 28
Temperature Celsius 36
Reallocated Event Count 0
Current Pending Sector 0
Offline Uncorrectable 0
UDMA CRC Error Count 0
ATA Error Count 0
The problem last time was with the USB drive connected to the ReadyNAS.
viewtopic.php?f=31&t=78258
I'm having trouble with this drive again so maybe it's really starting to go? I can try running fsck on it again and see what it says.
I'm still concerned about the RAM and will send it back if it's bad. I downloaded the logs and it checks out:Disks
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Passed diagnostics.
Memory
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Passed diagnostics.
Network
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Passed diagnostics.
Performance
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* Jumbo frames are disabled on interface 1. If both your switch and clients support jumbo frames, you can enhance your write performance by enabling jumbo frames on this interface.
* Jumbo frames are disabled on interface 2. If both your switch and clients support jumbo frames, you can enhance your write performance by enabling jumbo frames on this interface.
Volume
-------------------------------
Passed diagnostics.
Thoughts? - [quote="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.#Known_ATA_S.M.A.R.T._attributes":10ajgjmw](Vendor specific raw value.) Stores data related to the rate of hardware read errors that occurred when reading data from a disk surface. The raw value has different structure for different vendors and is often not meaningful as a decimal number.[/quote:10ajgjmw]
Without knowing what the Samsung Raw Read Error values exactly mean, it is impossible to tell if it is problem or not. - Did you get a drive utility from samsung with the usb drive? I think there should have been one with it or you can download it from samsung.
FWIW Do you have your usb drives (and NAS) on a battery backup? The corrupt folder you had before looks like what you can get when you have a power outage. I'm sure there are other ways, but that is definitely one way to get there.
steve - The USB backup drives are both Seagates. The ReadyNAS is connected to battery backup and so is the attached USB drive, but my logs don't show any recent power outages. The corrupt folder issue was due to Carbon Copy Cloner and was fixed by the developer.
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