BUILD SilverStone CS01-HS w/8 drives

[gregerg]

Been oggling this case for a while, and am close to pulling the trigger on the build, but I'd like some feedback. I discovered I am limited to 6.7 x 6.7 inches with the mobo (no extended mini itx allowed), so with that limitation, I'm having difficulty finding a mobo that allows me to do 8+ drives, so I'm thinking I'll need to add an HBA.

Mobo: asrock c2750d4i
RAM: 16 GB ECC (still deciding on model)
Case: Silverstone CS01-HS
PSU: Silverstone SX500-LG
HBA: Silverstone ECS02 (as this thread was considering)
HDDs: Eight - WD Green 2TB 2.5" 5900RPM
Raid: Z2 - 12TB

Would it be a terrible idea to use the asrock mobo's marvell controllers for the OS drive(s)?
Is there a better mini itx board for 8 drives?

 

[Darren Myers]

Been oggling this case for a while, and am close to pulling the trigger on the build, but I'd like some feedback. I discovered I am limited to 6.7 x 6.7 inches with the mobo (no extended mini itx allowed), so with that limitation, I'm having difficulty finding a mobo that allows me to do 8+ drives, so I'm thinking I'll need to add an HBA.

Mobo: asrock c2750d4i
RAM: 16 GB ECC (still deciding on model)
Case: Silverstone CS01-HS
PSU: Silverstone SX500-LG
HBA: Silverstone ECS02 (as this thread was considering)
HDDs: Eight - WD Green 2TB 2.5" 5900RPM
Raid: Z2 - 12TB

Would it be a terrible idea to use the asrock mobo's marvell controllers for the OS drive(s)?
Is there a better mini itx board for 8 drives?

terrible idea to use the marvel controllers for FreeNAS OS...yes....very bad idea.

 

[gregerg]

terrible idea to use the marvel controllers for FreeNAS OS...yes....very bad idea.

Hehe, I figured as much. Thanks!

 

[Ericloewe]

Is there a better mini itx board for 8 drives?

If it fits, ASRock has a voodoo-shrunk X10SL7-F that is barely larger than miniITX and includes an SAS controller for a total of 14 onboard ports. E3C224D14 something or other.

 

[gregerg]

If it fits, ASRock has a voodoo-shrunk X10SL7-F that is barely larger than miniITX and includes an SAS controller for a total of 14 onboard ports. E3C224D14 something or other.

I specifically asked SilverStone about the E3C224D4I-14S, and they informed me 8.4x6.7 is too large for the case

 

[Ericloewe]

That complicated things. You can add an LSI SAS2 controller like an SAS 9211 or SAS 9207 to one of the C224 or C226 miniITX boards, but that's about it.

 

[solarisguy]

@gregerg, change the case?

 

[solarisguy]

[...]
HDDs: Eight - WD Green 2TB 2.5" 5900RPM
Raid: Z2 - 12TB
[...]

8 disks that are 2 TB each gives you only 8.8 TiB usable (that is assuming you do not want more than 80% of data space utilization)