BobPhoenix Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Thought I should document my setups so that I can just link to this thread when someone asks me why I have my setups the way they are. This is a work in progress unRAID 6b5a Server #1: Case: Lian Li V2000 earlier version of this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112053 PSU: SeaSonic X-850 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151102MB: Tyan S5512GM4NR - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813151246 Memory: 16 GB - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139979 CPU: Xeon E3-1240 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115082 2 5x3 Drive cages: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817121405 PCIe slots: [*]PCIe-x16/x8 M1015 off eBay cross flashed to LSI 9211-8i connected to 14 Hitachi cool spin drives some directly others via RES2SV240 SAS Expander: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117207 [*]PCIe-x8/x8 Dell Perc H310 off eBay cross flashed to LSF 9211-8i connected to 4 3TB WD Red drives - Controller passed to VM #1 below. [*]PCIe-x8/x4 Currently empty [*]PCIe-x1 Avermedia Duet TV Tuner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100041 - Passed through to VM #1 below [*]PCIe-x1 Avermedia Duet TV Tuner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815100041 - Passed through to VM #1 below [*]PCI Hauppauge HVR-1600 TV Tuner http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815116009 - Passed through to VM #1 below MB NICs Intel 82574L: unRAID 6b5a dom0 - use to be ESXi 5.0 management connection. VM #1 passed through to VM - use to be passed through to unRAID VM in ESXi 5.0. no connection currently will be passed through to VM #2 - use to be passed through to VM #1 in ESXi 5.0 no connection currently will be passed through to VM #3 Xen VMs on box: Windows 7 x64 6GB mem allocated. SageTV 7.1.9.256 with 9 tuners defined for recording TV 4 are on PCIe cards passed through and 1 is PCI card passed through and 4 are network tuners (2 Silicon Dust network HDHomeRuns providing 4 QAM tuners for recording, 2 Avermedia Duet tuners providing 2 QAM tuners and 2 ATSC tuners for recording, 1 Hauppauge HVR-1600 providing 1 ATSC tuner). This VM has a passed through MB Intel 82574L Nic and a passed through Dell Perc H310 cross flashed to LSI 9211-8i connected to 4 3TB WD Red drives for recording drives for SageTV. Once every year or two (whenever I have time and/or the drives are full) I move recordings to the unRAID drives on this PC. None yet but will be a Windows VM that I access the outside world from with a virtual HDD and a MB Intel 82574L nic passed through to it. None yet but will be a Windows VM that I access my financial records from only. Has a virtual HDD and a MB Intel 82574L nic passed through to it. ESXi Server #1: Will be coming later ESXi Server #2: Will be coming later unRAID 6b5a Server #2: Will be coming later unRAID 5.0 Server #1: Will be coming later unRAID 6b5a Server #3: Will be coming later SageTV Server in Livingroom: Will be coming later Desktop #1: Will be coming later Desktop #2: Will be coming later Laptop #1: Will be coming later Will reserve following posts in case not enough space in this one. Link to comment
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