looking at new hardware comment would be welcome

[Mooney]

Going to build my first unRaid server, or server full stop. Picked my hardware but comment would be welcome.

 

Gigabyte Mainboard GA-EP45-DS3L, LGA775 P45+ICH10, FSB 1600 MHz, DDR2 1200, PCI-E x16 2.0, SATAII, GbN LAN, 7.1-channel, ATX.

 

Cooler Master Centurion 590 Case

 

Intel Celeron Processor 440, LGA775Pkg 2.0GHz,512k L2 Cache,800MHz FSB

 

DDR2-667 Corsair 2GB-Kit [VS2GBKIT667D2 G] Value Select PC-5300 (667MHz), 240-pin DDR2, non-ECC, Unbuffered, 2x128Mx64, not compatible with DDR motherboards

 

550W "Corsair" VX-550 ATX Power Supply, 120mm fan, PCI-E Graphics Card Connector, 6 SATA Connectors, Universal AC input 90~264V

 

1000GB 3.5" SATA-II Western Digital WD10EACS Caviar GP Hard Drive, RoHs Green Power 7200rpm 16MB

 

iCute SATA II HDD Mobile Rack BC/ iCute-iswap(MRA201)

 

I thought I would start with  two or three 1000GB drives and work up to five or six. Can't see myself going much past that, but then I could be wrong about that

Plan to add a parity drive after the third or fourth. Usage will be streaming the odd movie now and again, music and generally just to keep my media library in one place.

 

 

 

[NAS]

What we really need is a new OFFICIAL motherboard to recommend from Limetech. That would make things alot more future proof for users currently buying.

[WeeboTech]

Why wait for a parity drive?

Many drives fail within the first 30-60 days.

 

How much are you getting those icute's for?

From what I can see the i-star's trayless are a bit cheaper (but then also made a lil cheaper too).

[Mooney]

Why wait for a parity drive?

Many drives fail within the first 30-60 da

 

How much are you getting those icute's for?

From what I can see the i-star's trayless are a bit cheaper (but then also made a lil cheaper too).

 

In a small one or two drive array the cost as a percentage of your total capacity is kind of high using one drive as a parity drive. That equation changes dramatically as the number of drives goes up. But yes I see were your coming from and I have been thinking about it.

 

For the icutes Here in Australia about AUS $27.00, I have been looking at some of the 5 in 3 hot swap bays, but there very expensive locally

 

I like the look of this one :

 

iStarUSA BPU-350-Red 3x5.25" to 5x3.5" SATA2.0 Hot-Swap Backplane Raid Cage

 

Very reasonable price  at Newegg.com even with the exchange rate the way it is. but can't really warrant the cost when I  don't intend to go past 5 or 6 drives.