*DEAD* Intel NAS Server w/ Intel Celeron 420 1.6GHz, DDR2 & eSATA - $135

[SunnyD]

How do you know that EMC sees 1gig? I understand that it WILL see 1gig but how can you tell that it actually does?

Thanks

I wish I could tell you what page it was on. There is a system status page that shows certain details including memory. Unfortunately, since my unit is being RMA'd I have no idea which page it was on.

 

[Doomer]

Under the Dashboard tab, if gives all the details about storage space but nothing about memory. I've gone through the whole thing and can find nothing about memory.

 

[MrHappy]

Don't have that on mine either (RAM use). Maybe it's a change from the previous firmware to the latest which I'm on? In any event, under the EMC software I tested both with the stock 512MB and 1GB and it made no difference under the Intel NAS testing software. Granted, that's a single source for testing so if you have multiple users it may differ but for 1 user, nada.

 

[elfworks]

Just an FYI for anyone in the same situation:

The system was starting up without error, but I could never get it to show up on my network.

The system booted, and the network was active, but it never asked for an IP address from my router.


Somehow, I missed this part of the setup:
http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/server/ss4200-e/sb/CS-028587.htm

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How do I reset the system to defaults?

Resetting the system will reset the administrator password, revert to DHCP mode, and reset the system hostname.

To reset the system:

1. Power on the system, wait until it completes the startup sequence so that all front panel LEDs stop blinking.
2. Press and hold the rear panel reset button until the front panel power button begins to blink (approximately 5 seconds). At this point, the system resets certain settings (such as resetting the admin password, reverts to DHCP mode, and resetting the system hostname) and then restarts. Once the system restart completes, the EMC Storage Manager can discover it and the user is able to reinitialize to the new environment.

Resetting the device to Factory Defaults will not delete RAID (disk) configuration.

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After the soft reset, the NAS server finally asked for an IP address.

This had me stymied for a couple of days, and I hope it helps anyone stuck in the same situation.

 

[Doomer]

Using the EMC software on the DOM, is it possible to recover the data on the HD's in the event of a catastrophic failure like a blown MB? I assume that with WHS you can just put the HD's in another system and read the data but I'm not sure about the EMC SW.

 

[IamDavid]

This has gotta be the coolest purchase I've made in many years. I suggest everyone pick this up at this price.

 

[Muse]

From the Tom's review,

2x HDD 4x HDD
Sleep 35 W 38 W
Idle 46 W 60 W
Operating 50 W 73 W

35w in sleep mode is a concern.

Yeah, that kills it for me. The MSI Wind Atom machine draws less than that idle. Asleep I assume it's a lot less. It supports a maximum 2 HDs, but I don't see needing more myself.

 

[LikeLinus]

Yeah, that kills it for me. The MSI Wind Atom machine draws less than that idle. Asleep I assume it's a lot less. It supports a maximum 2 HDs, but I don't see needing more myself.

38w sleeping w/ 4 hard drives doesn't seem a lot to me. That is like leaving 1/2 of a 60 watt bulb on all the time. It might add a few pennies to your lightbill? lol

 

[SunnyD]

38w sleeping w/ 4 hard drives doesn't seem a lot to me. That is like leaving 1/2 of a 60 watt bulb on all the time. It might add a few pennies to your lightbill? lol

Yeah, these "watt whores" confuse me with this. 38 watts is less than a lot of devices that stay on 24x7 in an average house. Granted electricity is more expensive in some areas, taking NY for example which is one of the higher rates, it would add about $4.65 to your bill. Where I live, it's an extra $2.50 a month. I think I could spare a cup of coffee for a good prebuilt system with extensibility. If you're that hard up, change out some of your lightbulbs to CFL's and you'll make up the difference.

 

[gagnu]

I have a SS4200-EHW with DOM using the EMC software and the system always tries to boot from the Hard Disk. When I warm or cold reboot, the system comes up with blinking power LED and solid HD LED. I have to do a hold reset button and power off/on, then the system boots fine. Any way to fix for this?

 

[rsolomon]

I have a SS4200-EHW with DOM using the EMC software and the system always tries to boot from the Hard Disk. When I warm or cold reboot, the system comes up with blinking power LED and solid HD LED. I have to do a hold reset button and power off/on, then the system boots fine. Any way to fix for this?

You'll need to wipe the boot sector on the HDDs so the BIOS won't see them as bootable.

Otherwise you could change the BIOS boot order but you'll need a serial cable and header or a video card and adapter to do that.

Richard

 

[gagnu]

You'll need to wipe the boot sector on the HDDs so the BIOS won't see them as bootable.

Otherwise you could change the BIOS boot order but you'll need a serial cable and header or a video card and adapter to do that.

Richard

Can you explain the serial cable option?

edit: nvm, the following link explains it http://ss4200.pbworks.com/Console-Access-via-RS232

 

[Doomer]

Using WHS, what are the best power options for this thing? Ideally, I'd like for it to go to sleep and wake up only when needed.

 

[Elganja]

Just wanted to give an update on my Box...

-I ended up getting an E2220
-I got an 8gb DOM from amazon
-I installed OpenFiler (with the help of the serial port and usb cd-rom)
-I ran 'conary updateall' to update all packages installed (didn't use the new kernel however as there were issues with it)
-tweaked the samba send/rec buffers
-Running 4 1TB Western Digital RE3 drives in Raid 1+0
-Running on a Gigabit Network
-1GB RAM

Results:
-1 (writing to/from a pair of Samsung Spinpoint 1TB F3's in Raid 0, on Windows 7):
105MB/sec reads
105MB/sec writes

-2 (writing to/from a WD 10k 300GB Raptor Drive, on Windows 7):
101MB/sec reads
98MB/sec writes

-3 (writing to/from Hitachi 7200K 200GB + Seagate 7200k 200GB hdd running in Raid 0... this was the setup dell gave me with me M1730, on Windows 7)
69MB/sec reads
84MB/sec writes

Overall:
I'm pretty much completely saturating my gigabit network... I'm pretty happy

 

[SunnyD]

It appears my replacement is scheduled to be delivered today sometime. Of course, my wife isn't home either, signature required. Figures. Seems to have taken a while, but then again there were two holiday breaks during this RMA period, plus the busiest shipping time of the year. If this one goes down too, I'm going to ask for a refund on RMA shipping as well.

 

[gwynethgh]

Just wanted to give an update on my Box...

-I ended up getting an E2220
-I got an 8gb DOM from amazon
-I installed OpenFiler (with the help of the serial port and usb cd-rom)
-I ran 'conary updateall' to update all packages installed (didn't use the new kernel however as there were issues with it)
-tweaked the samba send/rec buffers
-Running 4 1TB Western Digital RE3 drives in Raid 1+0
-Running on a Gigabit Network
-1GB RAM

Results:
-1 (writing to/from a pair of Samsung Spinpoint 1TB F3's in Raid 0, on Windows 7):
105MB/sec reads
105MB/sec writes

-2 (writing to/from a WD 10k 300GB Raptor Drive, on Windows 7):
101MB/sec reads
98MB/sec writes

-3 (writing to/from Hitachi 7200K 200GB + Seagate 7200k 200GB hdd running in Raid 0... this was the setup dell gave me with me M1730, on Windows 7)
69MB/sec reads
84MB/sec writes

Overall:
I'm pretty much completely saturating my gigabit network... I'm pretty happy

Any special tricks on doing the Openfiler installation? I need to decide soon on weather to stay with WHS (ie buying a copy) or paying for a DOM to try the openfiler. I'm not much of a Linux user but do enjoy trying something different now and then

 

[Alopez777]

Openfiler is an operating system that provides file-based network-attached storage and block-based Storage area network. It was created by Xinit Systems, and is based on the rPath Linux distribution. It is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2. Its software stack interfaces with open source third-party software.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openfiler

 

[Elganja]

Any special tricks on doing the Openfiler installation? I need to decide soon on weather to stay with WHS (ie buying a copy) or paying for a DOM to try the openfiler. I'm not much of a Linux user but do enjoy trying something different now and then

follow the instructions here

only tip I have to offer, don't attempt to install from a USB stick... it won't work. I tried for hours and gave up, got a usb cd-rom, then I was up and running in no time

 

[aquafinababy]

very nice case!

 

[SunnyD]

Well, happily I got a new unit from RMA today. Popped in the drives as pulled from the old unit, booted her up and it's back up and running as if nothing skipped a beat. Hell, I'm not sure if I put the two non-system drives in the right spots, but given it runs GPT partitions using Drive Extender, I figured it didn't matter. It appears I was correct too.

 

[PCNewb]

I'm shopping for a simple NAS option with mirroring. I pretty much lost everything I had over the past decade. Family photos, etc. that were all on one drive. No backup.

Reading everyone's responses - this seems a little more advanced than drop in the drives and go. I'm just looking to use it for file sharing, possibley photo/video/media streaming [PC/Xbox]. Is this something it can do right out of the box? Otherwise I'd have to look into getting a copy of WHS and blindly following the guide posted previously. No experience at all with Linux/DOM etc :/

 

[Doomer]

I'm shopping for a simple NAS option with mirroring. I pretty much lost everything I had over the past decade. Family photos, etc. that were all on one drive. No backup.

Reading everyone's responses - this seems a little more advanced than drop in the drives and go. I'm just looking to use it for file sharing, possibley photo/video/media streaming [PC/Xbox]. Is this something it can do right out of the box? Otherwise I'd have to look into getting a copy of WHS and blindly following the guide posted previously. No experience at all with Linux/DOM etc :/

WHS isn't for everyone, especially loading and running it on this NAS. If you're not into the technogeek aspect then you might want to setup a mirrored array on you computer if it supports RAID. You can also get an external HD and use True Image or some other imaging software to periodically back your stuff for off site storage. The route as described in this thread is a long and frustrating road. It's nice when you arrive but life isn't without issues afterwards. I still have several unanswered questions and bothersome issues to sort through as do others. But it is a techno adventure if you're into that sort of thing.

 

[Muse]

Using WHS, what are the best power options for this thing? Ideally, I'd like for it to go to sleep and wake up only when needed.

I don't have it yet (but I figure I will, and I will have it set up exactly like this, asleep except when I need access) but it's said to support this. For tons of info on WHS go to http://www.wegotserved.com/

 

[skyking]

WHS isn't for everyone, especially loading and running it on this NAS. If you're not into the technogeek aspect then you might want to setup a mirrored array on you computer if it supports RAID. You can also get an external HD and use True Image or some other imaging software to periodically back your stuff for off site storage. The route as described in this thread is a long and frustrating road. It's nice when you arrive but life isn't without issues afterwards. I still have several unanswered questions and bothersome issues to sort through as do others. But it is a techno adventure if you're into that sort of thing.

yes indeed it looks like nice hardware, the only major fail was a lack of display adapter so you could just install anything you want.
Some folks see that as a dealbreaker (me)
Other see it as a challenge to be met ( a whole bunch of folks above).
Damned if I'm still tempted anyway.

 

[Ronstang]

If the DOM is IDE can you simply hook up an IDE notebook hard drive to install WHS on?