Comments for theHTPC.net http://www.thehtpc.net The Home Theater PC Weblog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:52:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Crap… by Jon http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/77#comment-215 Jon Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:26:18 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=77#comment-215 It's probably too late for you, but a quicker way to move data to an unRAID server is to NOT activate a parity drive prior to moving. This will disable the parity check process during copying data and will result in at least double the transfer rate. Typically, I get around 11MB/s with parity enabled. With it disabled, expect whatever the true transfer rate of the drive is, minus overhead for SMB (you can expect anywhere from 25MB/s all the way into the 50-60MB/s range). After your copy is complete (make sure you don't cut and paste, eliminating an existing copy if anything goes wrong), simply enable parity, let it calculate and enjoy your new protected data store :) It’s probably too late for you, but a quicker way to move data to an unRAID server is to NOT activate a parity drive prior to moving. This will disable the parity check process during copying data and will result in at least double the transfer rate. Typically, I get around 11MB/s with parity enabled. With it disabled, expect whatever the true transfer rate of the drive is, minus overhead for SMB (you can expect anywhere from 25MB/s all the way into the 50-60MB/s range). After your copy is complete (make sure you don’t cut and paste, eliminating an existing copy if anything goes wrong), simply enable parity, let it calculate and enjoy your new protected data store :)

]]> Comment on Crap… by havix http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/77#comment-214 havix Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:45:16 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=77#comment-214 Thanks for the response. It sounds like a fluke. I've been enjoying unRaid so far but it's a little slow to move over my old data. I am happy I'm not running WHS anymore though. unRAID appears to be rock solid, quick to boot, and easy to manage. It's fun to read your experiences with this product. Keep up the good work! Thanks for the response. It sounds like a fluke. I’ve been enjoying unRaid so far but it’s a little slow to move over my old data. I am happy I’m not running WHS anymore though. unRAID appears to be rock solid, quick to boot, and easy to manage. It’s fun to read your experiences with this product. Keep up the good work!

]]> Comment on Crap… by Jon http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/77#comment-213 Jon Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:38:24 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=77#comment-213 I never did, but I have to take some blame as I should have taken notice that they were detected as new drives to begin with. I could have at least gone to the unRAID forum to find out what I needed to do before hitting that Restore button. Port multipliers with unRAID is quite new and I'm pretty sure I'm only one of a handful that are even doing it right now (I only know of two others from the forums that use them). I still find unRAID to be much more reliable and useful as a pure NAS than WHS. I never did, but I have to take some blame as I should have taken notice that they were detected as new drives to begin with. I could have at least gone to the unRAID forum to find out what I needed to do before hitting that Restore button.
Port multipliers with unRAID is quite new and I’m pretty sure I’m only one of a handful that are even doing it right now (I only know of two others from the forums that use them). I still find unRAID to be much more reliable and useful as a pure NAS than WHS.

]]> Comment on Crap… by havix http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/77#comment-212 havix Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:04:57 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=77#comment-212 Did you ever find out why these were detected as new drives? This scares me as I've had some drive failures lately with WHS and just got UNRAID up and running to avoid issues like this. Did you ever find out why these were detected as new drives? This scares me as I’ve had some drive failures lately with WHS and just got UNRAID up and running to avoid issues like this.

]]> Comment on Comcast sucks. by ComcastCares1 http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/84#comment-200 ComcastCares1 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:03:22 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=84#comment-200 I work for Comcasta and I would like to help. I will be happy to reach out to my contacts to get this resolved ASAP. If you are interested in my assistance, please send me the phone number on the account. I apologize for the inconvenience and I appreciate the opportunity to assist. Mark C. Comcast Corp. We_Can_Help@cable.comcast.com I work for Comcasta and I would like to help.

I will be happy to reach out to my contacts to get this resolved ASAP.

If you are interested in my assistance, please send me the phone number on the account.

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]]> Comment on Media Center TV Pack 2008. by Andres Echevarria http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/82#comment-194 Andres Echevarria Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:55:53 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=82#comment-194 I definitely would like to see the instructions. Not sure when I will take the TV Pack plunge, but I know I will as soon as Webguide is updated to work with it. I definitely would like to see the instructions. Not sure when I will take the TV Pack plunge, but I know I will as soon as Webguide is updated to work with it.

]]> Comment on TV Metadata Scraper/PMP News… by Bill Daugherty II http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/76#comment-190 Bill Daugherty II Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:59:35 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=76#comment-190 Thanks for the link! Thanks for the link!

]]> Comment on MeediOS and MediaPortal. by meedios http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/52#comment-53 meedios Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:18:25 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=52#comment-53 [...] period of time 6 months ago or more and really enjoyed it.? However, it had a few quirks that Ihttp://www.thehtpc.net/archives/52Read "RE: HP and Windows XP Media Center Edition..." at Technology Forum Try looking at several of [...] [...] period of time 6 months ago or more and really enjoyed it.? However, it had a few quirks that Ihttp://www.thehtpc.net/archives/52Read “RE: HP and Windows XP Media Center Edition…” at Technology Forum Try looking at several of [...]

]]> Comment on Custom Vista MCE Menus. by Andy http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/54#comment-52 Andy Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:20:48 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=54#comment-52 Can't seem to download the file. Could you zip and send it to my email account? Can’t seem to download the file. Could you zip and send it to my email account?

]]> Comment on Ho-Hum… by Warren http://www.thehtpc.net/archives/59#comment-51 Warren Wed, 11 Jun 2008 13:41:11 +0000 http://www.thehtpc.net/?p=59#comment-51 Hey, Found your website through the OML forums. Don't give up on us yet ;-) We're still going with OML at a pretty quick pace. Adding new features pretty much daily. I think one of our goals is to be able to use other systems backends with our frontend media center app. But this isn't the area I'm working on so don't quote me ;-) And just to let you know I subscribed to this site. Keep the posts coming!! Hey,

Found your website through the OML forums. Don’t give up on us yet ;-) We’re still going with OML at a pretty quick pace. Adding new features pretty much daily.

I think one of our goals is to be able to use other systems backends with our frontend media center app. But this isn’t the area I’m working on so don’t quote me ;-)

And just to let you know I subscribed to this site. Keep the posts coming!!

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