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Still looking to sell? How much?

Any particular reason the configurations on greenleaf don't use 3TB drives?

Any thoughts? Seriously, I have forgotten why I was going this route verses just buying a lime tech system.

Good point. So looking at how much this is costing, I was starting to ask myself, why build what I have spec'd verses just buying one of the lime-tech MD-1510 servers? Ignoring the fact that I would have more available disk space.

I would imagine you can't go wrong with either board But, just FYI: The X8SIL has 3 PCI-e, so 3x8 port SAS controllers = 24 + 6 onboard = 30 drives. The PCIe 4x slot will still run 8 drives no problem (assuming your using standard SATA drives) as the bandwidth is more than enough for current drive speeds. Right but 2x8 PCI-e + 6 Onboard = 16 + 6 = 22 Drives. I guess I could do a 2 port card for the last 2 drives. But I was trying not to mixup the controllers and speeds to much. Like, I figured that trying to use the pcie 4x would drag the overall performance of the unraid set down to its performance level.

PSU was all that showed up on new egg after filter by single rail, 12 sata power connectors, modular, and main 24 pin connector. I chose the corsair since most people rate them as high quality. As far as the motherboard, I picked it because I need to support 24 drives in the 4224. Granted unraid only supports 22. 2 controllers with 8 ports + the 6 onboard would give me 22. So I wanted to have another just in case I needed the additional 2 disks and unraid began support it or for anything I might want to add later.

Ok, Long time no see. Been pretty busy lately. Here is where I am with a Powersupply. How does it look? Thoughts? Am I missing something? Qty. Product Description Total Price 1 SUPERMICRO MBD-X8SIA-F-O LGA 1156 Intel 3420 ATX Intel Xeon X3400/L3400 series Server Motherboard $239.99 3 Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $711.00 3 SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller $329.97 1 CORSAIR Professional Series HX1050 1050W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS SILVER Certified Modular Power ... $219.99 1 Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale 3.06GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80616I3540 $99.99 1 Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G $74.99 1 NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays $399.99 [/size][/size]

This is will not be an EXSI build. Just an unraid server used to store media.

I used 20 "regular" SATA drives - that was the max they have, and 4 "Green" drives. Go to the site and try with your settings (as number/size of fans can make a difference as well). Checked it out and included some fans. Still looks right around that number which would also match what I have read from others who have put together a rig with this many drives.

Marcusme, Does that include 24 hard drives or just the 3 I'm initially purchasing?

Wow, missed that. Forgot to change the processor when I changed the board. Also missed that the card was a pci-X. I spent hours trying to find a replacement pci card. Thanks to marcusme and JohnM for the suggestion, forgot that I could look at SAS connectors as well. So here is where I am now. Qty. Product Description Total Price 1 SUPERMICRO MBD-X8SIA-F-O LGA 1156 Intel 3420 ATX Intel Xeon X3400/L3400 series Server Motherboard $239.99 3 Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $711.00 3 SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller $329.97 1 Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale 3.06GHz LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics BX80616I3540 $99.99 1 Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) ECC Unbuffered Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/8G $74.99 1 NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays $399.99 Looking at my research I'm estimating almost 900w with all 24 drives in. Agreed? Now on to figure out the power.

OK this is what I'm looking at now. Qty. Product Description Total Price 1 SUPERMICRO MBD-X8SIA-F-O LGA 1156 Intel 3420 ATX Intel Xeon X3400/L3400 series Server Motherboard $239.99 3 Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive $674.97 3 SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card $284.97 1 Intel Core i3-2100 Sandy Bridge 3.1GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32100 $124.99 1 G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) Desktop Memory Model F3-17000CL9D-8GBXM $79.99 1 NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Server Case with 24 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays $399.99 I will probably not purchase the supermicro controller card since with only initially needing 3 drives, they can be connected direct to the board. Thoughts, opinions, recommendations?

Ok that brings up another question. SATA or SAS drives? Sata I/II/II or SAS or SATA/SAS controller?

Ok looking at some supermicros and I noticed this one in addition to the X8SIL-F-O. The difference I see is an addtional PCI Express x8 giving a total of 3 verses 2 on the other board. SUPERMICRO MBD-X8SIA-F-O LGA 1156 Intel 3420 ATX Intel Xeon X3400/L3400 series Server Motherboard I figure with 6 sata 3.0 ports, then add two 8 port cards I will get 22 drives. That leaves two more available drives. So I can either add another pci card for the 2 drives or use it for something else. Especially since I read on one forum that unraid will only support 22 drives.

Another Question, what is your thoughts on Celeron vs using an I3 for media streaming.