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I have a build in this case as well, but a slightly different approach than most... OS: Unraid 6.12.6 - Pro Case: Silverstone CS380 - ALL fans have been replaced with Noctua MB: MSI Aorus X399 Pro CPU: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML360 RGB AIO CPU Liquid Cooler ThreadRipper TR4 * PSU: Thermaltake Smart Pro RGB 850W 80+ Bronze Smart Zero RAM: 256GB Corsair Vengeance LPX (8x32GB) DDR4 3600 C18 HBA: HP Smart Array H240 in IT Mode ( 12GB/s ) Parity: 18TB Seagate EXOS X18 ( 3D printed Adapter for 5.25" drive bay ) Data Storage: 4x16TB Seagate EXOS X16 + 14TB Seagate EXOS X16 + 4x Seagate Constellation CS 2TB ( XFS - a few maybe just dangling in the case as currently as I'm almost out of space and just added them temporarily until prices drop a tad ) Cache: WD SN750 1TB ( RAID 0 ) NVMe ICY DOCK: ExpressCage MB326SP-B -> 4x Samsung 860 EVO 1TB ( AppData - connected to motherboard SATA ports ) GPU: NVIDIA Quadro P4000 NIC: Intel XXV710-DA2 ( 2x 25GB/s ) ** UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1500VA + NMC3 ( SMT1500C + AP9641) NOTES: * Top case panel had to be "modified" and by that I mean I drilled the rivets and removed the top from case and cut a huge hole to allow radiator to be mounted on top of the case. Fans are still inside the case and are setup in a push configuration to draw the hot air out while the other fans inside the case are feeding fresh air into the case + and extra fan that's blowing on the NIC and second NVMe. ** The Intel NIC is the dedicated DOCKER network and 99% of traffic is passed thought this card, while the onboard NIC is used for management tasks

Hey guy and gals... I have a few Melanox 40Gbe network card kicking around and was wonderig if unraid offered the option to bifurcate the QSFP28 modules to split into 4 x 10gbe instead of a single 40Gb one. Any input is appreciated

I have no interest in infiniband but rather if unRaid can bifurcate the 40G ports ( QSFP - 4x 10GBe ) in order to eliminate the need for a core network switch and use my unraid box as a Router/10G switch. I have 3 Miktotik CSS610-8G+2S+ ( 8 Gigabit + 2SFP+ ports ) that are linked to my pfSense Box. Im soon adding a 10Gigabit card to the pfSense box and would like to upgrade the backbone to 10Gigabit but that would require a 10Gigabit switch. IF i can achieve this with my unRaid box in software then i wont bother purchasing a $400 Switch ( Mikrotik CRS309-1G-8S+ ) and can sink it into something like a 3080

Interested as well... I scored a ConnectX-3 card a little while back and been wondering if i should toss it into my NAS box. A quick search revealed that even pfSense V1.2 supports it, so hopefully unraid can as well. *EDIT: Card in question is the HP 764736-001 - HPE InfiniBand FDR/Ethernet 2-Port 544+QSFP/FLR-QSFP and 547FLR-QSFP Adapter. these cards are readily available on eBay for under $100

I've run the P800 in the past in Windows Server as a JBOD controller on an MSA600 and allocated each drive into windows storage spaces as individual drives which in turn were added into storage pools. This can be done either the ACU in windows or "offline" during bootup sequence when the controller prompts for setup . I mean its not pretty solution but it does work, and the reason why I'd like to use this controller is the 4 External SAS links that it provides which in reality add another 16 full speed SATA links to each attached drive plus a grand total of 24 Drives internally with the Multiplexing Card in place. And the beauty of it all is that you can get SFF-8088 To SFF-8087 brackets that can be mounted in any old or cheap PC case and easily turned into a JBOD chassis around the $100USD mark ( pricing 2x adapter cards, 4x mini sas to sata cables and 4x SFF8088 cables )

Hi Everyone, First post in here, but by no means its an easy one I think ( at least for me ). I have some server hardware kicking around that i would like to use for a budget NAS box. Controller is an HP Smart Array P822 with the Battery Backed Write Cache ( HP PN: 615418-B21 ) and 6Gb SAS SATA Expander ( HP PN: 487738-001 ) Question is can I use these in unraid