I am rebuilding my unRAID server. I started with a Gigabyte i-7 950 3.06 quad core with 3 gigs of 1600 meg ram. The rebuild is to get away from the Gigabyte HPA, which cannot be disabled on my system board.

 

The new unRAID server will consist of:

Supermicro MBD-X8SIL-F-O system board

Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 Server Memory Model KVR1333D3E9SK2/4G

Intel Core i3-540 Clarkdale 3.06GHz 4MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 73W Dual-Core Desktop Processor

ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED

SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS SAS RAID Controller

3ware CBL-SFF8087OCF-05M 1 unit of 0.5m Multi-lane Internal (SFF-8087) Serial ATA breakout cable, forward

 

The system will be slower, but my understanding is that the unRAID server would not benefit much from the fast quad and faster memory anyway. I will be using the same Western Digital 2.0 TB WD20EADS drives. Am I assuming correctly that the unRAID server's throughput would not be effected much by the differences in processors or memory. Is there any benefit to going above 4 gigs RAM? Is there any benefit to using a quad-core instead of a dual-core?

 

I have been moving all my data off the unRAID server to Windows formatted 2.0 TB drives, one drive at a time. I am planning on upgrading from unRAID 4.5.6 to version 4.7 for the new build. I will be adding one drive at a time back to the new unRAID server. When the drives are added back to the unRAID server, they will need to be precleared again. Does it make sense to not use the pin 7-8 jumpers and preclear with the -A option? I assume all future unRAID versions will be supporting the Advanced Format 2.0 TB drives without the pins 7-8 jumpers in the future.

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

 

Your system will have plenty of pop. No need for more memory if you will not be running any virtual machines.