mark_anderson_us Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131977 Hi guys building a new 10 disk rackmount with microATX MB. Will be used for storing ripped Blu-ray ISO's and recorded TV. Will stream up to two HD streams at one time. Probably going with Xenserver for virtualization. I realize it only has 6xSATA. Right now, I have only 5 drives so will buy a HBA when I need > 6. Considering i7 4771 to go with it. vt-d is a must have Appealing things are: TUF 2 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16 or dual x8) 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black) 1 x PCIe 2.0 x1 4K support on HDMI ESD Guard UEFI bios Intel gigabit Doesn't say anything about IPMI, which I understand is a good thing to have Link to comment
vl1969 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 this looks like a desktop MB thus no IPMI. only a handful desktop grade MB offer IPMI as far as I know, and they usually cost more. it is a very good thing to have (I am not even sure what I am going to do if my MB goes :-) ) and I also think it's a bit overkill for a server. you do not really need HDMI, do you? other than that, looks peaty good IMHO. Link to comment
mark_anderson_us Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Thanks for reply Forgot to mention it will run an HTPC; although, it looks like I'm hosed because of lack of HDCP support Link to comment
vl1969 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 not sure it's a good idea, and do wonder how exactly do you envision this to work? Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Thanks for reply Forgot to mention it will run an HTPC; although, it looks like I'm hosed because of lack of HDCP support The following is one reason to use something other than ESXi for virtualization: ESXi offers very limited support to graphics card pass through (maybe just specific ATI models) and NO support to CPU graphics pass through. I run my ESXi servers headless including the VMs. I RDP into the Windows VMs and use the ESXi console for the unRAID consoles. Don't know if other virtualization platforms allow pass through of CPU graphics or not but I'm reasonably certain they support graphics card pass through better. Link to comment
mark_anderson_us Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 not sure it's a good idea, and do wonder how exactly do you envision this to work? Pretty simple: VM1 for NAS, VM2 for HTPC (windows media center), VM3+ (testing/light use). Should be no problems on Core i7 with 32GB Without HDCP support though I'm hosed Link to comment
vl1969 Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I know the technical stuff but how are you going to connect vm to tv? Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk Link to comment
mark_anderson_us Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 I know the technical stuff but how are you going to connect vm to tv? Sent from my SGH-T889 using Tapatalk The MB I'm buying has has HDMI. The plan was to use pass-thru on video, but I won;t be able to play HDCP protected content. Found a post on Xenserve web site they don;t support it and won't. Their market is the enterprise, which is fair enough. Regards Mark Link to comment
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