February 20, 201313 yr I have been running a 22 drive unraid 4.7 array with the Intel "Bad Ax" D975XBX board. Lately I have been faced with constant crashes and lockups. Rebooting seems to take long and longer as some drives have difficulty initializing during the bootup. I am considering the Supermicro MBD-X9SCL+-F-O with IMPI with Xeon BX80637E31230V2. 1. I would get IMPI which would allow me to remotely control the server if it were to lockup or need to be rebooted. 2. I would get more CPU power in case I decide to add more features like running Air Video. 3. Would draw less power, less heat. Would this be a good solution? Are there other boards with IMPI that I am not aware of? Or am I over thinking it? Maybe I just need to clean up my unraid install and get it running smoothly again? 4. I am considering upgrading to version 5 of unraid. Mainly I run FTP service on my unraid and I have several websites that are backed up daily to my unraid. So I need better "up time" Appreciate any advice. Thank you!
February 21, 201313 yr I have just upgraded my old Intel DH55TC/i3-530 system to X9SCM-iiF/E3-1230V2, and I'm very happy with it. In fact, it has resolved one issue I was having with the old system, and given me IPMI and fan speed control. The SCM offers an additional PCIe x1 socket and two SATA3 ports over the SCL. I would also recommend upgrading to V5.
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