mawatson115
Dabbler
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2017
- Messages
- 13
What i currently have:
Supermicro X9SRL-F
XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE
8 x Samsung 16GB PC3L-12800R 2Rx4 DDR3-1600 ECC Registered Memory M393B2G70BH0-YK0
HP H220 6Gbps SAS PCI-E 3.0 HBA LSI 9207-8i P20 IT mode
I currently have 8 10TB WD Red drives on order but im leaning towards expanding it to 16 drives with ability to move to 24 later.
2 Questions i have are case and SAS expander card.
First i have found many cards on ebay that range around $15 but i want to make sure i get the correct card. Such as:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-46m0997-ServeRAID-Expansion-Adapter-16-port-SAS-Expander/192326557905
or
https://www.ebay.com/itm/487738-001...AOSw7FRWVeAo:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!29455!US!-1
Lastly and most obvious is a case to house it. Hot swap-able would be nice but not needed. I do believe i want a 24 Bay case so that does limit me to the 4u server chassis but all the ones i find on eBay are rather expensive and i would prefer one that uses normal ATX power supplies. Any suggestions you guys have? I really don't want to spend more than $300 for an empty shell with or without a back plane. This will mainly be used for a freenas plex server.
Something like this would work for now but i would really like to have the ability to expand later.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811147164
Thanks for your time.
Supermicro X9SRL-F
XEON E5-2680V2 10 CORE
8 x Samsung 16GB PC3L-12800R 2Rx4 DDR3-1600 ECC Registered Memory M393B2G70BH0-YK0
HP H220 6Gbps SAS PCI-E 3.0 HBA LSI 9207-8i P20 IT mode
I currently have 8 10TB WD Red drives on order but im leaning towards expanding it to 16 drives with ability to move to 24 later.
2 Questions i have are case and SAS expander card.
First i have found many cards on ebay that range around $15 but i want to make sure i get the correct card. Such as:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-46m0997-ServeRAID-Expansion-Adapter-16-port-SAS-Expander/192326557905
or
https://www.ebay.com/itm/487738-001...AOSw7FRWVeAo:sc:FedExHomeDelivery!29455!US!-1
Lastly and most obvious is a case to house it. Hot swap-able would be nice but not needed. I do believe i want a 24 Bay case so that does limit me to the 4u server chassis but all the ones i find on eBay are rather expensive and i would prefer one that uses normal ATX power supplies. Any suggestions you guys have? I really don't want to spend more than $300 for an empty shell with or without a back plane. This will mainly be used for a freenas plex server.
Something like this would work for now but i would really like to have the ability to expand later.
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16811147164
Thanks for your time.