Would this work??

[slarco]

I been looking for a couple of weeks some kind of solution to consolidate all my data (7 external HD so far) in just 1 place, make it accessible trough my network and also be able to get some kind of backup plan in case of failure. Thats how I ended up here.

 

Im about to build a UnRaid and i have in mind this configuration. Would you guys see any potential problem on this? Or would you make some changes? I basically going to be using this for media storage.

 

Case: NORCO RPC-450B 4U Rackmount Server Case 3 External 5.25" Drive Bays - OEM

 

PSU:  CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V

 

CPU: Athlon II X2 250 ADX250OCGQBOX 3.0 GHz AM3

 

Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-MA785GT-UD3H AM3 AMD 785G chipset ATX

 

Memory: G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-2GBNQ DDR3-1600 2 x 1GB Kit

 

Graphics: Radeon HD 4200 (integrated in the chipset)

 

HBA: SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8 64-bit PCI-X133MHz SATA Controller Card (No needed to start)

 

Parity HDD: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EARS 1TB 5400 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s

 

Fan X2: SilenX IXP-74-14 120mm Case Fan (Do i really need it?)

 

Fan X2: XIGMATEK XSF-F8251 80mm Case Fan (Do i really need it?)

 

OS: Unraid

 

 

I'm I missing something? 

Do you guys would make some upgrade / downgrade to this?

 

I'm goin to reuse 2X 1TB HDD for data, and get a new one for parity, and adding more HDD and the HBA when I need more storage.

 

Thanks in advance!

[slarco]

Should I post this in other section of the forums so i can get some answers?

 

Maybe this is the wrong section, i don't know because I am kind of new in this UnRaid thing.

 

Thanks

[Joe L.]

You are in the correct forum for hardware.

 

Typically, unRAID does not care about fans, or the case.

 

Others have used the same motherboard, so odds are good you'll be OK.  Just make sure the memory you choose is supported by that MB. 

 

The AOC-SAT2-MV8 disk controller is a PCI-X

Your motherboard has PCIe connectors.

 

    PCI-X != PCIe

 

The disk controller card will not fit that motherboard.

 

Other than that, there is nothing especially unusual about your hardware.

[slarco]

You are in the correct forum for hardware.

 

Typically, unRAID does not care about fans, or the case.

 

Others have used the same motherboard, so odds are good you'll be OK.  Just make sure the memory you choose is supported by that MB.  

 

The AOC-SAT2-MV8 disk controller is a PCI-X

Your motherboard has PCIe connectors.

 

    PCI-X != PCIe

 

The disk controller card will not fit that motherboard.

 

Other than that, there is nothing especially unusual about your hardware.

 

I read in another forum that the Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 works fine with a PCI slot and the performance is good enough for WHS or unRAID (considering the bandwidth of PCI is 133MB/s, higher than most single disks). Thats why i was considering this card.

 

If not, maybe i can use this other card AOC-Saslp-MV8 8-Port SAS SATA and one or two 0.5m SFF-8087 to Four SATA Reverse Breakout Cable

 

Thanks for your help Joe L. I am going to read more about this 2 cards.

 

Thanks!

[Joe L.]

OK, I was not thinking you were going to use that disk controller in a PCI slot.

 

If it fits, and works, then you are limited by the 133Mb/s limitation of the PCI bus.  You'll have no problrm reading or writing single disks.  You will find it a huge bottleneck when you perform a parity check or calc, because then you'll be trying to share that 133MB/s between all the drives connected.    You'll get at the very best 16 MB/s parity check speeds with 8 disks attached.  That is the same as many get with pure PCI based motherboards, but nowhere near the PCIe speeds.

[slarco]

OK, I was not thinking you were going to use that disk controller in a PCI slot.

 

If it fits, and works, then you are limited by the 133Mb/s limitation of the PCI bus.   You'll have no problrm reading or writing single disks.  You will find it a huge bottleneck when you perform a parity check or calc, because then you'll be trying to share that 133MB/s between all the drives connected.    You'll get at the very best 16 MB/s parity check speeds with 8 disks attached.   That is the same as many get with pure PCI based motherboards, but nowhere near the PCIe speeds.

 

So I should definetly go with the AOC-SASLP-MV8 when the time comes. I think that the 6 SATA port on the mobo are more than enough for a while.

 

Thank Joe L for taking the time to answer my questions!