CrohnsMan Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Hi Everyone, excited to get my first unRaid server going. Want to get a pre-built server that is ready to go...was thinking of getting a Dell PowerEdge R710 6-Bay server or something similar on eBay. Needs to rack mount, preferably 2U. Are there any unRiad software compatibility issues with PowerEdge parts? Does anyone have experience with the PERC H700 RAID Controllers in some of these Dell servers? Are traditional RAID cards ok to use? Linus (LTT) mentioned HBA cards might be best for accurate drive health reporting etc, let me know your thoughts! Use cases: general photo/video archival storage (100,000-200,000 files) Plex for 2 person household possibly 8 camera surveillance PC/Mac backup (5-6 systems) Thanks in advance! Ben Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 49 minutes ago, CrohnsMan said: Does anyone have experience with the PERC H700 RAID Controllers in some of these Dell servers? Are traditional RAID cards ok to use? My only experience with RAID controllers and Unraid is extremely negative. Here is one thread describing what you can expect. 1 Quote Link to comment
CrohnsMan Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 On 2/11/2020 at 8:40 PM, jonathanm said: My only experience with RAID controllers and Unraid is extremely negative. Here is one thread describing what you can expect. Thanks for your insite jonathan. Will be sure to use a HBA in IT mode and avoid hardware RAID. Quote Link to comment
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