My NEW Server currently contains the following:
* Thermaltake Armor Case with 3 120mm fans
* Intel i3 core 530 <---- also have an Intel Xeon X3440 CPU
* Supermicro X8SIL-F
* Kingston DDR3 4gig
* Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500gig for OS
* OCZ Xtreme 700W PSU
* Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit...
That will be a good combo. I went eith the X8SIL-f and a Xeon 3440 and it is running like a champ. I just need to figure out what case to put in alot of hard drives in. At the moemnt I have 20 x 2TB WD Greens and am using 8 of them already for blurays. Blurays eat up alot of space :)...
This is the setup I was recommended by a member here and it works beautifully. The IPMI 2.0 is pretty slick too. I will be using the setup to run 20x 2TB WD20EADS drives to server blurays to 3 I3/530 Intel H57DJG setups in the house.
I myself run 2 Intel dh57JG motherboards and have zero issues. I have built 4 in total in the past month and arre sweet motherboards. I like them better than the zotac.
Do you know if this card suppots the Western DIgital 2TB WD20EADS drives? Also what controller is a good combination for this expander card? Sorry to hijack the thread. i have 20 drives trying to put together myself in a case.
I am not saying that Raid is a backup solution. But it is better than nothing. I have been researching the Areca with the SAS Expander and have been thinking of going that route using Raid6. I have no expereince in this area though.
Nope I am using an Intel dual port GT1000. I know it is not the card as in WIndows 7 I am seeing 80MB sec copying over my gigabit network. The same hardware is running WIn 7 and is able to transfer a bluray to the mini-itx client from 80MB to 60MB.
Yes I own all of my Blurays. I want to store them on like 16TB's too start and go from their. I tried WHS and it sucks IMO. I could only get transfer speeds of 15-20MB over my gigabit network. I get 4x that on WIn 7 64 bit. I own the movies but ripping 400-500 blurays and 1200 dvd's...