camprman Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 OS at time of building: v5.0-beta12a CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 80W Quad-Core Motherboard: Tyan S5512WGM2NR RAM: 2x Kingston 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Server Memory Total: 16GB Case: NORCO RPC-4224 4U Rackmount Chassis Power Supply: SeaSonic X750 Gold 750W ATX12V V2.3/EPS 12V V2.91 SLI Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply SATA Expansion Card(s): None yet Cables: 2x NORCO C-SFF8087-4S Discrete to SFF-8087 (Reverse breakout) Fans: Stock Parity Drive: WD 3TB 5400 RPM SATA 64MB Cache Data Drives: 1 3TB, 2 2TB, 3 1.5TB More to come Cache Drive: 1TB 5400 RPM 32MB Cache Total Drive Capacity: 9.5TB Esxi 5 running with Unraid virtual, and Windows 2008 R2 server I absolutely love this server especially coming from the Frankenstein I had. I had an old pc P4 1GB with poor cooling. This is a phenomenal server. I plan to add/replace to 3TB or 4TB as time and funds allow. Quote Link to comment
camprman Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 I should add that flashing the onboard SAS to IT mode was very simple and painless. I got this MoBo for the same price as the model without the SAS onboard, so that is why I went this direction. Price truly was the winning factor for me. I couldn't be happier with this setup. Quote Link to comment
jimwhite Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Any Samsungs in the drive pool? Quote Link to comment
camprman Posted March 27, 2012 Author Share Posted March 27, 2012 Any Samsungs in the drive pool? Strangely enough, no. Did you have issues with Samsungs? Quote Link to comment
jimwhite Posted March 28, 2012 Share Posted March 28, 2012 Yeah, drives being red-balled when waking up. On LSI controllers Quote Link to comment
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