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

 

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