February 6, 200818 yr Im about to build a new unRAID server. 1x Intel Celeron 440 2GHz 1x ASUS P5B-VM DO 2x Corsair Value S. PC4200 DDR2 512MB CL4, 533MHz 2x Promise SATA300 TX4 1x Lian-Li PC-A16B chassi 3x Supermicro CSE-M35S 5-in-3 backplane 1x Corsair Powersupply 600W 15x WD GP WD10EACS 1TB Will this be a good config? Does thoose Supermicro backplanes fit in the Lian-Li chassi (read somewhere that some backplanes can't be mounted in this chassi)? Power supply good enough? A fan died in my old chassi (no backplane used..drives mounted internally) and caused 2 drives to overheat... Is there a way to have a unRAID server shut down when a fan or disk dies? (I already have some parts saved from my old unRAID server)
February 13, 200818 yr Wondering why you want to get 2x4 port Promise TX4 controllers, instead of 1x8 SuperMicro controller, but maybe you already own them. If you are buying new, I'd go with the SuperMicro as it is cheaper than 2 Promise. It would also allow you to plug it in a PCI-X motherboard and get 2x the I/O bandwidth. If I were buying a new setup and getting the SuperMicro controller, I'd consider a MB with the PCI-X slots. Good luck! Brian
February 13, 200818 yr It looks good. Check out the ICY DOCK Backplanes. They are well designed and built strong. They worked in my Lian case. It was a little tight, but they fit. I used 2X 4-in-3 backplanes.Having more than 8 drives is more than I need. Tom has talked about Dual Core support in the future. You may want get a cheap dual core then you don't have to strip out your system components down the line. [/url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115031 Instead of 2 sticks of RAM. Get 1 stick of 1GB with DDR 800. Its faster and if it flakes out you'll know right away. Its easier than trying to troubleshoot 1 of 2 flaky sticks. Mark
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