March 15, 20188 yr hi, Is this config server is good for UNRAID 6, is there a weak component ? Can i plug a rj45 ethernet on this Mellanox ConnectX-3 CX353A Single Port 40GbE QSFP+ Adaptor ? SuperMicro 846E16-R1200B W/ X9DRI-F 24 x LFF 4U SERVER Processors: DUAL INTEL XEON PROCESSOR E5-2667 V2 EIGHT CORE 25M CACHE 3.3GHz Memory: 64GB MEMORY (8x 8GB) DDR-3 ECC REG Hard Drives(1): 100GB SSD INTEL S3700 Hard Drives(2): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(3): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(4): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(5): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(6): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(7): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(8): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(9): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(10): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(11): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(12): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(13): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(14): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(15): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(16): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(17): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(18): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(19): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(20): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(21): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(22): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(23): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(24): 1x Tray W/ Screws Raid Controller: LSI 9210-8I (IT MODE) PCIe Network Card (1): Mellanox ConnectX-3 CX353A Single Port 40GbE QSFP+ Adaptor Rails: no Thank you for your answer. bye.
March 17, 20188 yr Hm? Where to start. "Can i plug a rj45 ethernet on this Mellanox ConnectX-3 CX353A Single Port 40GbE QSFP+ Adaptor ?" I dont think so. But u could plug a new network card in it, i guess. "Is this config server is good for UNRAID 6, is there a weak component ?" What you want to do with unraid? thats the question.. my guess is now for some dockers, plugins, some storage... So, CPU and RAM are probably overkill (but works ofc), but no storage (u need cache (ssd) and hdds). The raid controller is only for 8 drives, so if you want to connect more, you need another raid controller.
March 17, 20188 yr 10 minutes ago, nuhll said: The raid controller is only for 8 drives, so if you want to connect more, you need another raid controller. You don't need a RAID controller - unRAID is not RAID and does not require RAID hardware. You do however need suitable host-bus-adaptors (HBA) to support the drives that you intend to use, and many of those happen to be RAID controllers but are not used as such. Typically they are either reconfigured into a JBOD mode via their BIOS settings, or they are reflashed with non-RAID firmware. There are many suitable HBAs, including the LSI 9210 ireflashed to IT mode that you already have. Edited March 17, 20188 yr by S80_UK typo
March 17, 20188 yr While that is true, im refering to his list. Raid Controller: LSI 9210-8I (IT MODE)
March 17, 20188 yr Is this an ebay listing or something? Kind of odd to list each empty bay individually.
March 17, 20188 yr Looks like refurbished or something, they are mostly "too cheap to be true" and mostly something isnt good (in this case, wrong raid controller)
March 18, 20188 yr Author This is a refurbished server supermicro i had already got 7 SATA 3 TB from my old NAS. i want to plug in the futur 24 Drives later if i can aford it. Need to replace my old n7700pro thecus, want to buy this one to have it for many years, this is why i oversize ram and cpu. Want to use for nas, plex + transcode, docker, handbrake conversion, apps, plugins, ... Can have other raid controller, here the list available for this server configurator: LSI 9210-8I LSI 9210-8I (IT MODE) LSI 9265-8I Adaptec 71605 i can choose only one raid controller, not indicate if i need many, i will send mail to the store to know about it. I had updated the list : added the SSD and 2 SAS 3TB disk for parity SuperMicro 846E16-R1200B W/ X9DRI-F 24 x LFF 4U SERVER Power Supply:2x PWS-1K21P-1R 1200W POWER SUPPLIES System Board:X9DRI-F Backplane:BPN-SAS2-846EL1 Processors: DUAL INTEL XEON PROCESSOR E5-2690 V2 TEN CORE 25M CACHE 3.0GHz Memory: 64GB MEMORY (8x 8GB) DDR-3 ECC REG Hard Drives(1): 480GB SSD INTEL S3500 (cache) Hard Drives(2): 3TB 7200RPM SAS (1 parity) Hard Drives(3): 3TB 7200RPM SAS (2 parity) Hard Drives(4): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(5): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(6): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(7): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(8): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(9): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(10): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(11): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(12): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(13): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(14): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(15): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(16): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(17): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(18): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(19): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(20): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(21): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(22): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(23): 1x Tray W/ Screws Hard Drives(24): 1x Tray W/ Screws Raid Controller: LSI 9210-8I (IT MODE) PCIe Network Card (1): Intel Quad Port PCIe Gigabit Network Adaptor Thank you for thoses answer to this post ++ Edited March 18, 20188 yr by ibasaw
March 18, 20188 yr Author so i need to buy 3 LSI 9210-8I (IT MODE) to plug 24 drives at the same time.
March 18, 20188 yr 7 minutes ago, ibasaw said: so i need to buy 3 LSI 9210-8I (IT MODE) to plug 24 drives at the same time. You don't mention what backplane is include with chassis, some backplanes have a builtin expander, and for those one HBA can access all the disks, more info on the most common Supermicro backplanes here: https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/supermicro-4u-24-bay-chassis-gotchas.11625/
March 18, 20188 yr Author this is BPN-SAS2-846EL1, i read the documentation to try to understand only one expander
March 18, 20188 yr Author i see the backplane at https://www.thomas-krenn.com/en/wiki/BPN-SAS2-846EL1_SAS_Expander_Backplane There are 24 ports SATA on it. On the back side there are 3 connectors but only 2 on the LSI So ? i don't understand where to plug the 3 connecter minis sas ?
March 18, 20188 yr Author ok, i think i got it. got already this pdf i only plug one cable SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 from LSI to the backplane on the motherboard and it will works. If i want a better bandwith, i can plug 2 cables SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 to share bandwith and improve performance Am i right ?
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