May 30, 20224 yr Hello Unraid forums, This is going to be a bit messy, but I'll do my best to clarify it. What I currently have: A HP Proliant (I think it's the 380 one) G7, with one of the smaller CPU's, and 68 GB of RAM, that is not being used. An old Antec 1200, the one before it had versions numbers. Specs for the Antec is: R9 5900X 32 GB RAM Asus Prime Prime B550-Plus An old XFX 850W PSU GT 710 as a display card, not transcoding or anything. OEM LSI 9201-16i 6Gbps 16-lane SAS HBA. Dell PowerVault MD1200 DAS. 8 SATA drives connected to the LSI 9201. 12 SAS drives in the DAS. Dual Ports Mini SAS SFF-8088 To 36Pin SFF-8087 PCBA Female Adapter to the DAS, to make it look a bit nice. I already have a rack at 42U height, and 80 cm deep (I can't remember the exact depths, but around that). I also have an ServeRAID M1015 that is not in use atm. What I would like to have: It all rack mounted. Budget: 600-700 euros. Because of how the pricing works over here, I'd prefer to buy as much as possible within EU, because we get taxes, fees, and what not on top of it. But I'll not just reject it blindy if it's outside of EU, but I need to keep that in mind. What I've done so far: I looked at an Inter-Tech 4U 4424, which is around my budget, but I realized it doens't have a SAS expander, so I'd need to get that on top of it, which is not possible atm. So I was looking at using the G7, and get a second DAS, but I'm not that experienced with it, but I know it would need to be able to take SATA drives. I know SAS can use SATA, but not vice versa. I'd still like my Antec system rack mounted, so I've looked at getting an Inter-Tech IPC 4U-4088-S instead. Questions I have right now, since there will probably be more down the road: 1. How would you go by using the G7 as the Unraid server with all the drives with 2 DAS? - I know I need a SAS expander, and probably some cables, but I don't have a lot of experience at it, and I'm having a hard time finding the information on Google. 2. What fan setup should I use in a server chassis with the Antec system? 3. What about a normal ATX PSU in the Inter-Tech server chassis. Can I just use it normally, or should I get a proper PSU?
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