May 27, 201412 yr Would something like this work for a inexpensive unRAID box? http://unixsurplus.com/product/supermicro-x7dbu-dual-intel-e5420-250ghz-8gb-4x35-trays-1u-server-w-rail-kit Supermicro X7DBU Dual Intel E5430 4GB 4x 3.5" Tray 1U Server Specification: Each System Board will consist of: - Supermicro X7DBU Main Board - 2x Intel Xeon E5430 Quad Core 2.66GHz - 4GB DDR2 RAM - Intel ESB2 SATA 3.0 Gbps RAID Controller - Dual Gigabit Ethernet Onboard NIC - PCI-Express Expansion slot or this one http://unixsurplus.com/product/supermicro-pdsmu-intel-xeon-x3220-24ghz-quad-core-4gb-80gb-4x-35-sata-1u-server Specifications: - SuperMicro PDSMU Motherboard - Intel Xeon X3220 2.4Ghz Quad-Core CPU 8 M L2 cache - 4GB ECC MEMORY - Dual Gigabit Ethernet - 4X 3.5" Hard Drive Trays Chris
May 27, 201412 yr I'd expect either of those to work nicely. The dual E5430 is a particularly good deal -- dual CPU's (each of which is more powerful than an X3220) and fully buffered ECC RAM. Not the most current generation; but still an excellent Core architecture Xeon with SMP support and fully buffered RAM.
May 27, 201412 yr Author Seems like a good deal for the $. Even though they are older. I was thinking the single CPU for power reasons, vs two. From the Supermicro site for the X7DBU MB: "Supports up to two Intel® 64-bit Xeon® processor(s) of the same type below.." Makes me think I can remove one for power savings. How do I determine the maximum HDD size these MN support? I can not locate anything on that. Chris
June 1, 201412 yr Did a bit of searching on the Intel ESB2 controller, and it appears it does NOT support > 2TB drives. So you're likely limited to 2TB drives unless you use also buy an expansion card with > 2TB support.
June 1, 201412 yr ... but the only way to know for CERTAIN is to simply try it. There may have been BIOS/firmware updates since they were written that added support for larger drives.
June 4, 201412 yr Author Garycase, The ESB2 controller doesn't seem to support it, that is what I was coming up with as well. Need to keep looking. Thank you Chris
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