Help me choose a MB

[Samson]

Hello everyone,

 

My First post here.

 

I am looking to build an UnRaid Server after a couple of my drives died in the last 2 months and I got burned.

 

For starters, I will have 7 HDD but want space to grow to at least 10-12 HDD in total.

 

The case I have chosen is the popular Fractal Design R4 with (8 internal bays and room for extra 4 internal using cages).

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811352020&cm_re=fractal_design_r4-_-11-352-020-_-Product

 

I am now looking for a motherboard that will be able to support 10-12 HDD

Purpose

The server will primarily be a storage solution but I will later add plex to it with maximum 2 simultaneous devices transcoding ability (mainly 720p but would like ability to do 1080p)

 

 

The CPU i chose is the Intel Core i3-4360 Haswell Dual-Core 3.7GHz

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116993CVF

 

Please recommend a couple of  Motherboard that will have IPMI/ECC RAM and enough SATA ports to cover my needs.  If possible, without the need to add any SATA controllers.

I am in canada and may not have access to everything available in the US.

 

Many Thanks in advance for your time

 

 

 

[Ford Prefect]

...supermicro X10SL7-F: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182821&cm_re=x10sl7-f-_-13-182-821-_-Product

[dikkiedirk]

You can connect upto 14 disks to this one and has IPMI.

 

http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/Xeon/C220/X10SL7-F.cfm

[Samson]

Thanks guys... To connect  my hdd using the on board Sas,  would it require different type of cabling like breakout? Or the usual data cables.  Sorry I am not well versed in Sas.

[Ford Prefect]

...no special breakout cables unless your cages/backplanes do need these.

The connectors on board are all standard S-ATA, see: http://www.manualslib.com/manual/613567/Supermicro-X10sl7-F.html?page=59#manual