schofieldrj
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So I'm looking at building a Backup/File Server to connect to my network, I've tried to do as much reading as I can before posting but I'm still feeling a little out of my depth around all this server grade stuff.
I've done enough reading to see what is commonly suggested hardware, so I put together a list of components that I intend to use:
Intel Pentium G3220
Supermicro X10SLL
Crucial 16gb CT2KIT102472BD160B
And most likely 6x3tb WD Red drives
The problem I've ran into is I'm looking at also getting a hot swappable server case so that I'm able to quickly add a drive or two that I have laying around to the network. I also would like to stow away the server in a rack along with my current pc (currently in a 4u server case) along with my network switch. But I'm getting a bit lost with how the backplane attaches to the motherboard.
The case I've been looking at is the Logic Case SC-2312 which uses three SFF-8087 connectors to power the 12 bays. Since as far as I know I can't directly connect this to the X10SLL board I would need to purchase a HBA such as the IBM M1015 but would also need a SAS expander to connect all 12 bays to the card.
So I stumbled on the X10SL7-F board which has 8 SAS ports directly on the board. Is it possible to use the SAS ports to connect the drives from the SFF-8087 backplane to the board even if it means running at a lower total bandwidth which I am completely fine to do since I'm limited to gigabit Ethernet speeds.
I'm basically looking for the most cost effective way to make use of all 12 bays since the additional cost of a HBA and SAS expander card would put the build out of my budget.
Thanks for any help.
I've done enough reading to see what is commonly suggested hardware, so I put together a list of components that I intend to use:
Intel Pentium G3220
Supermicro X10SLL
Crucial 16gb CT2KIT102472BD160B
And most likely 6x3tb WD Red drives
The problem I've ran into is I'm looking at also getting a hot swappable server case so that I'm able to quickly add a drive or two that I have laying around to the network. I also would like to stow away the server in a rack along with my current pc (currently in a 4u server case) along with my network switch. But I'm getting a bit lost with how the backplane attaches to the motherboard.
The case I've been looking at is the Logic Case SC-2312 which uses three SFF-8087 connectors to power the 12 bays. Since as far as I know I can't directly connect this to the X10SLL board I would need to purchase a HBA such as the IBM M1015 but would also need a SAS expander to connect all 12 bays to the card.
So I stumbled on the X10SL7-F board which has 8 SAS ports directly on the board. Is it possible to use the SAS ports to connect the drives from the SFF-8087 backplane to the board even if it means running at a lower total bandwidth which I am completely fine to do since I'm limited to gigabit Ethernet speeds.
I'm basically looking for the most cost effective way to make use of all 12 bays since the additional cost of a HBA and SAS expander card would put the build out of my budget.
Thanks for any help.