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Please advice on hardware selection for small home system with following usage:
1. Which models of unbuffered ECC DDR3 modules could I use with B85M-based motherboard?
2. Is LSI 9272 in HBA mode a good choice for SAS array? If not, what about 9267 or 9265?
Now the details:
I have some unused hardware that I plan to use for it. The core of the system will be MSI B85M-P33 v3 motherboard with i3-4160 CPU. This motherboard does not support registered ECC of course, but I suppose that it can support unbuffered ECC (can someone confirm that?). I plan to start it with single non-ECC 8 GB module and then switch to a pair of unbuffered ECC that this MB could support, so advises on proper RAM modules are appreciated (compatibility page at vendor's website does not provide information on ECC/non-ECC).
If unbuffered ECC is not an option at all for this motherboard, I can consider obtaining better hardware, but would prefer to reuse what I have already. Indeed, I believe that my use case (copying of files from desktop and ensuring that they are ok before deleting on the desktop) does not absolutely require ECC.
OS drive will be standalone SATA HDD, one of those gathering dust in my closet already.
Then I plan to have RAID5 array of 3-4 SAS 3TB drives connected to HBA that is to chose now. As costs of used LSI 9272/9267/9265 do not differ much, I'm thinking about 9272 in HBA mode. Is this good choice for such system? Later, I also might want to add another array of SATA HDDs, using either SATA ports of the motherboard, or same HBA if it will have spare socket.
Any advice is appreciated.
- Primary purpose is storing a photo/video archive.
- Some part of data should be fast to browse so I think about SAS drives.
- I do not expect that more than 2 users will need access simultaneously.
- It will be build in mid tower case, as I can't place rack server close to home router, and also need low-noise system.
1. Which models of unbuffered ECC DDR3 modules could I use with B85M-based motherboard?
2. Is LSI 9272 in HBA mode a good choice for SAS array? If not, what about 9267 or 9265?
Now the details:
I have some unused hardware that I plan to use for it. The core of the system will be MSI B85M-P33 v3 motherboard with i3-4160 CPU. This motherboard does not support registered ECC of course, but I suppose that it can support unbuffered ECC (can someone confirm that?). I plan to start it with single non-ECC 8 GB module and then switch to a pair of unbuffered ECC that this MB could support, so advises on proper RAM modules are appreciated (compatibility page at vendor's website does not provide information on ECC/non-ECC).
If unbuffered ECC is not an option at all for this motherboard, I can consider obtaining better hardware, but would prefer to reuse what I have already. Indeed, I believe that my use case (copying of files from desktop and ensuring that they are ok before deleting on the desktop) does not absolutely require ECC.
OS drive will be standalone SATA HDD, one of those gathering dust in my closet already.
Then I plan to have RAID5 array of 3-4 SAS 3TB drives connected to HBA that is to chose now. As costs of used LSI 9272/9267/9265 do not differ much, I'm thinking about 9272 in HBA mode. Is this good choice for such system? Later, I also might want to add another array of SATA HDDs, using either SATA ports of the motherboard, or same HBA if it will have spare socket.
Any advice is appreciated.