NasMaster

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Lol, no, I just can't read Chinese and don't want to fuss with Chrome's translate function each time I go into the interface. If that doesn't bother you then save even more money and get the China models. Edit: Oh! The timestamp is not in English...so unless your recording software is burning in a time stamp you'll have a non-standard date and time and it won't be in English. That was my biggest reason for going with the English firmware models. I don't like burning in anything to my stream. Too much load on the recording server. Instead, the camera adds the text and all the server has to do is decode and record the stream. Much less stress on the CPU. PMSL think ill look for firmware or just buy locally, just want it straight forward and a £40 saving isn't worth the hassle

These are great cameras for the money even in the UK, but the exposed cabling is not suitable for my installation. Which is going to be low level sofit boards on a garage so will be using foscams later on for high level installation.

Thanks Cstout looking at these right now.

Thanks Brantje, hope you can throw some light on this: What to buy and where and which setting to use under XPenolgy for your recommendations. I have read else where that the clones dont play nicley let me know your experiances please.

Thanks TBK, looking at it overall the Hikvision units are better value overall for me.

Looking to buy an IP cam with POE that doesn't cost the earth, asked on .us but not a lot of response

HDD roaster ... cool or maybe not the right word. Noise should not be an issue for me. As for price i think not a bad deal as same board goes upwards of $239 compared to you $208 here in rip off UK

Thanks Swanduron for your input, not sure why you are saying these boards should cost more. Are they not quality products and that better products cost a fair bit more. I have no need for enterprise class products like the dell. But their price does seem quiet reasonable, maybe I need to reconsider my build.

Yes i did see it was mentioned on the .us site but no mention off the later two that i could see.

Im just about to purchase a new server board based on the older C226 chipset and see that asrock rack have 2 more recent boards as below. I suppose my question is what is the likely hood that these will be supported in the near future or are they already. I did check the hardware support page but could not see any reference to the chips or am i looking in the wrong place ???? again. http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C226D2I#Specifications E3C232D2I NEW BOARD intel C232 chipset http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C232D2I#Specifications E3C236D2I Later chip C236 http://www.asrockrack.com/general/productdetail.asp?Model=E3C236D2I#Specifications Many thanks

Thanks Diverge, i have changed my build slightly as main board a bit expensive. Took redpineapples suggestion and ordered a standalone raid card and looking at the cooler he suggested as well. thx RP your knowledge has saved me loads of time.

Thanks NeoID just checking vid now

I was hoping this might be possible, haven't ordered kit yet so room for man-over. Was starting to look at virtualization but no had enough time yet.

As per subject Looking for views on compatibility of parts overall I know i can buy cheaper but ECC ram is more important for this build as is the ability to remotely check board via IPMI also adding LSI 9211 card via pcie 3 x 16 slot AsRock RACK E3C226D2I mini-ITX Server/Workstation Motherboard Xeon Socket 1150 LN56498 1 AsRock E3C226D2I mini-ITX Server/Workstation Motherboard Xeon Socket 1150 16GB (2x 8GB) Crucial Server Memory, DDR3 PC3-12800 (1600), 240 Pins, ECC, Unbuffered. Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3, LGA 1150, Haswell, Quad Core, 3.4GHz Base, 3.6GHz Turbo, 80W, CPU, ECC Support Many Thanks

Thanks for both replies, i think you are both right i can get better for less, i was looking for a low thermal unit with plenty of sata ports, but was seeing units that lacked cpu grunt until the board i mentioned above but to many greenbacks. So i think the board you mentioned or similar with a pcie-16 sas-sata (LSI 9211) as mentioned else where. This unit seems to fit the bill, trouble finding a unit that has been flashed, might have to follow this tutorial https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/104425-flashing-an-lsi-9211-8i-raid-card-to-it-mode-for-zfssoftware-raid-tutorial/ although it does mention using specific hardware. any other info i need or is it a go?

Im looking to build an 8 disk array in a small chassis like the U-NAS NSC-800

Just been looking at this mobo for my new build here is a review http://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-x10sdv-tln4f-review-platform/ Not cheap by any means but looking to use as a plex / camera x 4 / VM server Any comments would be appreciated: is it suitable or overkill for my requirements might drop the VM side.Do i go for a i5 or i7 build suggestions for my requirements much appreciated

Any one from the Raid Card brigade care to pass on their wisdom

Thanks Pastrychef, looks like just a mater of finding the best mini itx boards which i can put an i5 or i7 in

Can DSM handle raid 6, if so what settings are used on mobo bios, are they all set as single disks and does the SMART function still get collated and used to warn of pending disk failures. Was quiet a few questions their if any one can answer. thx

34 reads and no one has an opinion bumping up the list

Thats where I get my Plex packages from. You will probably need to adjust the security settings in Package Manager to allow you to install self or un-signed packages (forget which of those Plex falls under). Thanks

Thanks Stereoguy

Hi all looking to build a raid 6 system, im looking for peoples experiences as to hardware im not sure what to go with just yet and my searches dont give many usefully results Build so far: Case = Silverstone SST-DS380B Psu = 450watt Gold Harddrives 6 too 8 wd red 3tb So do i go with a) Motherboard with lots of mixed controllers on board (8+) " why this might be good " b) Purchase a dedicated raid card and build the array on this " Specific hardware recommendations and why" Ps thanks in advance.... yes it will be doing some heavy VM work as well as plex and IP camera storage work