I started a thread on this project recently but the plan changed and I might have some useful items to report.
Case, moboard and power supply original T110.
Added 32 Gb memory.
Upgraded CPU to E3-1270V2.
Added Intel NICs.
Will be fitting 4x2Tb WD Red disks, waiting on Amazon delivery right now. My two test disks are connected to two of the mobo SATA connectors.
Comments.
1270V2 change is a simple "drop in" upgrade. V3 and higher versions of the 1200 CPUs will apparently not work with the T110-II motherboard. Cost $149.
Intel NiCs a drop-in also.
Memory is not Dell but correct specs. and works fine. Paid $50 per 8 Gb stick on EBay which I thought was a good deal.
The drives - interesting problems. I originally had four 1Tb 2.5 inch drives on hand but connecting these to adapters and fitting them into the 3.5 inch trays was not successful because there is no way to fit the Dell supplied SATA power connectors to the drives unless you use the large 3.5 inch SATA size adapter trays rather than the small metal ones. In the end it was too much trouble and expense to use the 2.5 inch drives so I returned them to Amazon (great service) and purchased four 3.5 inch 2Tb drives. These I hope to connect directly to the MoBo but I may re-flash the H200 eventually.
So, the system is working. I carried out all of the Dell diagnostics and all systems are go. I moved a bunch of video around the datasets with no problems.
Remaining questions if someone could be helpful.
I do not plan to encrypt. The only encrypt option I can see is under Storage/Volume Manager in the GUI but presently during boot I see something like "Device created, 128 bit AES, hardware encrypt". Are my test drives presently encrypted as the boot text could imply or am I doing the right thing by not checking the encryptation box during volume creation?
What raid pattern would you suggest for four drives (requirement is reasonable speed but very good reliability) ?
Thanks, Brian
Case, moboard and power supply original T110.
Added 32 Gb memory.
Upgraded CPU to E3-1270V2.
Added Intel NICs.
Will be fitting 4x2Tb WD Red disks, waiting on Amazon delivery right now. My two test disks are connected to two of the mobo SATA connectors.
Comments.
1270V2 change is a simple "drop in" upgrade. V3 and higher versions of the 1200 CPUs will apparently not work with the T110-II motherboard. Cost $149.
Intel NiCs a drop-in also.
Memory is not Dell but correct specs. and works fine. Paid $50 per 8 Gb stick on EBay which I thought was a good deal.
The drives - interesting problems. I originally had four 1Tb 2.5 inch drives on hand but connecting these to adapters and fitting them into the 3.5 inch trays was not successful because there is no way to fit the Dell supplied SATA power connectors to the drives unless you use the large 3.5 inch SATA size adapter trays rather than the small metal ones. In the end it was too much trouble and expense to use the 2.5 inch drives so I returned them to Amazon (great service) and purchased four 3.5 inch 2Tb drives. These I hope to connect directly to the MoBo but I may re-flash the H200 eventually.
So, the system is working. I carried out all of the Dell diagnostics and all systems are go. I moved a bunch of video around the datasets with no problems.
Remaining questions if someone could be helpful.
I do not plan to encrypt. The only encrypt option I can see is under Storage/Volume Manager in the GUI but presently during boot I see something like "Device created, 128 bit AES, hardware encrypt". Are my test drives presently encrypted as the boot text could imply or am I doing the right thing by not checking the encryptation box during volume creation?
What raid pattern would you suggest for four drives (requirement is reasonable speed but very good reliability) ?
Thanks, Brian