So I've pretty much run out of space with my current setup. Have 8x 4tb drives in a fractal design R5 case with essentially old re-purposed hardware. I use strictly for storage and as a media server running Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, Headphones, Transmission and SABNZBD. At most could be transcoding 4 streams simultaneously but this would be extremely rare. 2 would be much more common.
I'm currently looking at a used Supermicro 4U server on e-bay and wondering if there are any glaring issues or reasons I should not consider this for what I am looking to use it for and if there is anything else I should look to add. From what I'm seeing this board does support up to 1.5tb ECC ram even though it's not pre-installed. (EDIT: I messaged the seller and it is 64Gb of ECC Ram installed)
Case: CSE-847E16-R1400LPB
Motherboard: X9DRi-LN4F+
Backplanes:
BPN-SAS2-846EL1 24-port 4U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
BPN-SAS2-826EL1 12-port 2U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
NIC: Integrated Quad Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
IPMI: Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
Processor: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2650L (Low Power) Octo (8) Core 1.8GHz C1 Stepping
Memory: 16 x 4GB - DDR3 - REG (EDIT: Ram is ECC Ram)
HBA: 1x LSI 9210-8i HBA JBOD FREENAS UNRAID (with SAS2 Expander will supports all 36 bays)
Power Supply: 2x 1400Watt Power Supply Gold
My other option I am considering is to find an older/less expensive x8 based system and gut the internals and replace with a newer x10 or x11 motherboard and new Xeon E5 chipset. The problem is finding a 24-36 bay case with SAS2 backplanes that don't cost almost as much as the above system. By the time I'd gut it and replace with new hardware I'm into double the cost if not more.
Any input from those much more experienced than I would be greatly appreciated
I'm currently looking at a used Supermicro 4U server on e-bay and wondering if there are any glaring issues or reasons I should not consider this for what I am looking to use it for and if there is anything else I should look to add. From what I'm seeing this board does support up to 1.5tb ECC ram even though it's not pre-installed. (EDIT: I messaged the seller and it is 64Gb of ECC Ram installed)
Case: CSE-847E16-R1400LPB
Motherboard: X9DRi-LN4F+
Backplanes:
BPN-SAS2-846EL1 24-port 4U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
BPN-SAS2-826EL1 12-port 2U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
NIC: Integrated Quad Intel 1000BASE-T Ports
IPMI: Integrated IPMI 2.0 Management
Processor: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2650L (Low Power) Octo (8) Core 1.8GHz C1 Stepping
Memory: 16 x 4GB - DDR3 - REG (EDIT: Ram is ECC Ram)
HBA: 1x LSI 9210-8i HBA JBOD FREENAS UNRAID (with SAS2 Expander will supports all 36 bays)
Power Supply: 2x 1400Watt Power Supply Gold
My other option I am considering is to find an older/less expensive x8 based system and gut the internals and replace with a newer x10 or x11 motherboard and new Xeon E5 chipset. The problem is finding a 24-36 bay case with SAS2 backplanes that don't cost almost as much as the above system. By the time I'd gut it and replace with new hardware I'm into double the cost if not more.
Any input from those much more experienced than I would be greatly appreciated
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