October 14, 20169 yr Without a GPU for unRAID you'll have no way to see the console. I suppose it should work headless with all config through the webgui, but how would you edit the BIOS etc? With a nVidia GPU you could edit the BIOS and then pass it thru when unRAID boots. Good, BIOS is all I need. I never use the console; well, maybe back in unRAID 4.x. Clearly if you install a dedicated graphics card you don't need on-chip graphics. That card will, of course, use the only expansion slot on that AsRock board (or any other mini-ITX board). If you need it to pass-through to a VM, then indeed it's okay to not bother with on-chip graphics; but if you don't need a graphics card for pass-through, then on-chip graphics keeps the expansion slot free and eliminates the need to buy a graphics card. Thank you for the clarification! That is exactly what I was hoping. Not to mention keeps power use to a minimum with integrated graphics. True ... and many of us who build mini-ITX servers are very focused on keeping our power consumption as low as possible. For example, my Q25B system idles under 20w My Q25B system doubles as a gaming rig. It's quite the potent machine! 16TB (usable) of spinning rust and a GTX 1070 shoved inside. Just trying to find the optimal CPU upgrade path from my current i5-4430/Asus H87I/16GB RAM to a C236 WSI/32GB RAM
October 18, 20169 yr Author What kind of temps are you seeing for the drives during a parity check? sorry for the super late response on this Temps 2.5 hours into parity check
October 20, 20169 yr Author Should be around 19.5°C ± a degree as this fridge thermometer has some large graduations.
October 20, 20169 yr Should be around 19.5°C ± a degree as this fridge thermometer has some large graduations. You keep it 68F all the time? I'd need a 2nd job to pay for that electric bill!
October 22, 20169 yr Author Ha well It helps it's in the basement just off the floor. Also the power bill is split three ways so it's not too awful.
October 22, 20169 yr Ha well It helps it's in the basement just off the floor. Also the power bill is split three ways so it's not too awful. Oh yeah, basements are perfect for servers as long as they're not super humid.
October 25, 20169 yr Not to mention keeps power use to a minimum with integrated graphics. True ... and many of us who build mini-ITX servers are very focused on keeping our power consumption as low as possible. For example, my Q25B system idles under 20w @garycase - hey Gary if you read this I am building a small system in the next couple weeks. No more than four drives and some headroom for a few docker containers. Just looking for MB/CPU and maybe Power Supply advice. What would be the best low(ish) power bang for the buck MB and CPU these days? Since I know you are an ECC memory fan let's assume ECC RAM as well. Thanks!
October 25, 20169 yr Not to mention keeps power use to a minimum with integrated graphics. True ... and many of us who build mini-ITX servers are very focused on keeping our power consumption as low as possible. For example, my Q25B system idles under 20w @garycase - hey Gary if you read this I am building a small system in the next couple weeks. No more than four drives and some headroom for a few docker containers. Just looking for MB/CPU and maybe Power Supply advice. What would be the best low(ish) power bang for the buck MB and CPU these days? Since I know you are an ECC memory fan let's assume ECC RAM as well. Thanks! This is a nice motherboard for that: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813599009 Add a low-end Xeon or an i3 with ECC support and a couple modules of ECC memory and you'd have a very nice, very low power setup that can support all the drives you could stuff into a Q25B. Be sure you get a processor with integrated graphics (any i3, but only some of the Xeons). For a "lowish power" system a quad-core Xeon E3-1225 (PassMark 5944) or a dual-core i3-6100 (PassMark 5369) would be fine. A 450-500w Silverstone or Corsair SFX power supply would provide all the power you'll need for that unit.
October 26, 20169 yr Awesome Gary! Thanks. May use a Fractal design 804 as the case. Just went on sale...
October 26, 20169 yr The Fractal is also a very nice case. Missing the 5 hot-swap bays for HDDs, but otherwise every bit as nice as the Q25B
October 28, 20169 yr Author That is a very cool looking motherboard. It's a shame that it seems that every version of that board that supports IPMI they swap out two sata connections for the M.2 slot.
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