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  1. My probable storage expansion (when money allows for it) would be two SSDs as a mirror for thumbnails and the like with three 8 or 16 tb nas drives with one as parity for the bulk stuff. I don't have that much on the NAS at the moment, and a three drive array with an SSD for non-video files would be entirely acceptable for my use case. Thanks for the advice guys, it's been a lot of help.
  2. I didn't know that you can't add drives to a vdev after making it. That's some need to know info there. Does that mean that a metadata drive has to exist before the data vdev is made? I'll look into Unraid, see what's up with it.
  3. Hi, I'm fairly new to TrueNAS. I know enough to get myself in trouble, that is. My current system isn't great on data redundancy with only one drive, but I'm going to get more drives as time goes on and expand things. Yes, I know three is one and one is none. Cash is tight and it's made of stuff I already have, and none of the data is mission critical or unique. I rescued a 240gig SSD from an old system, and I was thinking of trying it out as a Metadata drive. Given that I only have the one SSD, TrueNAS cautions against using it as a Metadata drive. If I do make a Metadata vdev, does TrueNAS remove all metadata records from the non-metadata vdev? In essence making that metadata vdev the only metadata record on the NAS? Is there some option to preserve the original vdev's metadata and use that in case of a failure? I understand if there isn't, I just need some clarity on the subject. The various videos and articles I saw were unclear on some of the specifics.
  4. I've seen a few random ideas around the net on home servers and routers, and I thought I'd try my hand at making one. I have a NAS server with an old AMD FX-6300 and a couple 3-4TB drives. The board it's on, a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3, only has one gigabit ethernet port. I'd like to use it as a file server and a router, with a bit of traffic filtering for ads and malicious sites. It's currently running Linux Mint, which is essentially a reskin of Ubuntu, and I'm fairly handy with it. My plan is to get an Intel EXPI9301CTBLK, which is a $30 single port gigabit NIC, and plug that into my existing netgear gigabit switch for wired connectivity. For wireless, I'm thinking of one of the high end AC Wifi cards, like the TP-Link Archer T9E ($95), ASUS PCE AC68 ($120), or ASUS PCE AC88 ($150). The ASUS cards have antenna extensions in the box, which would allow me to position them more easily. Should I pick a different ethernet card? Is there a better Wifi card that I haven't considered or seen? Any advice on software?
  5. I had a lot of fun, and got to talk to quite a few people, which was good. Talking to Steve from GN in person wouldn't have been possible for me without this event. It was super fun seeing his reaction to the Gucci sandals. The triple head VR rig had the cool internals pointed towards the line for VR, which discouraged looking at the system. I felt like I was budging in line when I went to take a look at it. Games like the Minesweeper challenge and blindfold cable management had far too few open spots to play. Blindfold cables was fully booked halfway through the show, maybe only let people book an hour in advance? I kinda felt bad about Linus's car, until he said (on a later livestream) that it was basically worthless and he needed to replace it. Had this been the Going Away Paint Party for the lambo I'd have felt much better about 'ruining' the car.
  6. I wouldn't mind being able to play my FLAC music, but I don't need something really high end. Just to be clear, my main priorities are: 8-10 hours actual listening time. Button based controls 3.5mm headphone jack Folder style navigation option Having high res audio would be a nice feature, but I don't require it.
  7. It does have a touch based wheel on it, how important to the overall function is that? I usually keep my player in my jeans pocket and hit the buttons through the material. How does the 12 hour battery last with headphones rather than earbuds? I prefer to have the player last through an 8 hour day of work if possible.
  8. Well, I just washed my old Walkman NWZ-S764. It would be more accurate to say that I had it in my pants pocket while it went through the wash. It's obviously now non-functional. Annoyingly enough I've done it once before, to another of the same type of Walkman. So now it's time to buy a new one, and I'm not really liking my options. Most of the new models have touchscreens, which are about 95% incompatible with smooth operation through a layer of denim. The A20 and E395 both have buttons, which I prefer. I like the A20's control diamond, and that the 'Back' and 'Option' buttons are further away from it. I'd be able to accept the E395 if needed though. I'd be paying 3x the cost for slightly better controls, better sound file compatibility, and SD expandability. My main question is if they have song navigation by folder. My old Walkman had sorting by things like Artist, Genre, Album, ect. It's a feature that was not very publicized, but existed. Is this feature still present on either of these players? Secondly, I've heard some complaints that the E395 has bad battery life and slow something, UI or song navigation maybe? I'm not sure if these complaints are valid.
  9. On the specific fittings I have, the tube will insert about a centimeter (3/8") into the fitting after tightening. If you look down into the fitting with the tightening part removed there should be one to three O-rings, the tube should seat past all of them on a metal shoulder.
  10. Oh I know, but I've got no instability from Win7, so no problems there, and I just ran windows update today, after getting that unofficial open-source patch that prevents Microsoft from seeing the correct CPU.
  11. I've been using Win7 on Ryzen for the last 3 months, and Asus offers drivers for Win7. I just haven't gotten the M.2 device to work. Other people have, and I can't seem to manage to replicate their fix.
  12. I'm running Windows 7 on an R7 1700 / Asus Crosshair Hero VI with the latest bios and drivers. My PCIE M.2 SSD shows up in the bios but Win7 doesn't see it. Device Manager reports no unidentified devices. I'm not sure if I'm missing a driver or have the M.2 SSD configured incorrectly. Anyone have advice for how I can troubleshoot this?
  13. Sadly it's only got space for a 240 in the top, along with front panel vents I dislike.
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