April 18, 20242 yr Thank you all in advance for your time reading this post. The short version of the story is that I have had this sever configuration since 2012. I have updated a component here and there but it was a straight swap looking for the cheapest upgrade. I am now looking to update/upgrade to something more current. What I have: • 24 bay Server case • 3 pci sata expansion (LSI SAS 2008) • CPU (Intel® Xeon® CPU E31225 @ 3.10GHz) • RAM 32GB DDR3 • Board (X9SCL-II/X9SCM-II) • Unraid is unning on top of ESXI (why? because this was the setup I followed when I initially created so long ago) ○ 1 Cache ○ 2 Parity (6TB each) ○ Mix of 3-6TB XFS formatted drives all filled to the brim Nothing has to stay if it is a blocker to what I want. What I want: • get rid of ESXI Upgrade to 2x 10TB+ parity drives to shrink array (straight forward enough) • If possible, dump the 3 PCI cards to connect all drives ○ Recommend any boards? • Speed up transcoding for 4k videos ○ CPU? GPU? RAM? • Utilize high speed transfer (set up for 2GB ethernet) • Run gaming servers for my nephew (plays a lot of minecraft) • Virtual machines, ○ I have a few on ESXI (windows and linux). Want to migrate them over to unraid • Configured for power efficiency (idling drives as much as possible to save power) would like the community's recommendation on hardware options so I can rebuild for long term. My Budget is something reasonable, middle of the road, to achieve what I want. Edited April 18, 20242 yr by grupoleon added additional point to desired outcome.
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