I can get my hands on a old enterprise server from AIC for much cheaper then most of the cheap unraid builds I see online. 

 

It comes with a Supermirco Motherboard x6dhe-g2, dual 3.2ghz xeons, and 2 Threeware 12 port raid cards model 9500S-12. 

 

I've never set up something like this, I'm mostly a mac user.  Will I be able to put unraid on this thing?  What problems might I run into? 

 

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You could, but I wouldnt.  You didnt mention the case, but if its a SuperMicro case, its going to be loud. And those procs are power hogs.

The case is a AIC RMC5E 5U.  I probably would only have the thing turned on for a few hours a week.  I can get the whole thing for $250 which seems pretty cheap compared to a build for 16 or 20 drives. 

 

Still a bad idea?  The thing is I can't afford to buy $600 worth of equipment to build an unraid server and this thing seems to come with everything.  But if it's stupid loud then you are probably right. 

 

Right now I store my data on duplicate hard drives that I manually maintain via a usb toaster.  I have 20 hard drives laying around that I do this with. 

The other issue is thats a REALLY old server.  If any parts go south, you will have a difficult time getting replacements.  You would better off starting with something more modern.  You probably don't need a 24 bay server right now.  Start off with something small, using motherboard ports only.  A 6 SATA port motherboard can give you 20TB of protected storage.

 

My first 5 drive unRAID was built for less than $250, excluding drives.

A 6 SATA port motherboard can give you 20TB of protected storage.

FTFY 

A 6 SATA port motherboard can give you 20TB of protected storage.

FTFY 

 

Yes, that's what I meant!  I do that a lot.

 

 

My issue with it wouls be that it is an aic case, it usually mean 3 redundant  psu alond the bottom which prevents from modding for regular atx psu.

I got supermicro case where I just stripped the psu and put in a normal 760w atx. Very quiet now.

 

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This forum is amazingly responsive.  That's awesome.  You are all awesome. 

 

Can't I just rip out the PSU and put a new one in?  Isn't the case alone pretty handy?

 

Thanks. 

Depends on how much noise bugs you , and what you pay for power. If you only run a few hours per week that's fine especially if it's located in the garage.

 

Don't be surprised if replacing the PSU in an Aic case forces you to be real creative. I had to mount mine outside the case.  Then I decided that I would only use it as a backup server, doing a daily backup of my production 24/7 unraid server. Every day the production server wakes up the backup server via ipmi at 1am and it runs for 2 hrs only in a room in the basement.  Nothing was changed other than I unplugged 2 very loud fans and the temps stayed OK. Who cares if its loud and a power hog.

 

(mine draws 200w idling and 300w during backups and the production server using a Sandy Bridge Xeon 1220 and a Supermicro X9SCM draws 50w idling)

 

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