wintershrinkage
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- Sep 22, 2017
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Good afternoon everyone. So I am thinking it is finally time for my to upgrade my system to something that can support future expansion and meet my needs a bit more. The purposes I will be using my server is for:
The reason I am wanting to upgrade is since my profession has changed I want something that is reliable, fast, and lots of space for more drives. I have done lots of research, but I still can’t figure out what exact approach I want to do. What I will do is layout what my current thoughts are and any and all feedback is appreciated.
Potential New Setup:
Disk Shelfs:
But while writing this I might go with a supermicro case and hack it up to fit in my server rack. It's 4" to long so I am going to bring that down, replace the fans in it with notcua's, and call it a day. I am pretty good with creating things so shouldn't be a problem at all. I found a company in the states, TechMikeNy. Has anyone ever worked with them? Since the cpu, motherboard, and RAM combined are only a $150-$200 less then less I thought why not get a supermicro case for a couple 100 more. What are peoples thoughts?
- Picture editing via lightroom (image sizes ranging from 16mb to 35mb)
- 4k Video editing
- Plex media server
- File Sharing server
- Backups
- Multiple jails
- Potential MC server
- At home webserver
- I am also thinking about running some VM’s
- CPU: Intel i5-7600K - Link
- RAM: 16Gb DDR4-3000 Gskill Ram - Link
- Motherboard: ASUS Prime z270-A - Link
- Power Supply: EVGA 750 G3 - Link
- 2 x 4 Port SATA III PCIe 2.0 x2 Controller Card - Link
- 1 x Intel X540-T1 10Gbe
- Mid tower case
- Drives
- 4x WD Red 2tb
- 1x WD Blue SSD
- 2x Seagate 12tb drives
- 1x Seagate 4tb
- 1x 60Gb Boot SSD
- 1x segate 2tb drive
The reason I am wanting to upgrade is since my profession has changed I want something that is reliable, fast, and lots of space for more drives. I have done lots of research, but I still can’t figure out what exact approach I want to do. What I will do is layout what my current thoughts are and any and all feedback is appreciated.
Potential New Setup:
| Motherboard | SUPERMICRO X9DRI-F Dual Socket XEON LGA2011 | Link |
| CPU | 2x Intel Xeon E5-2630 V2 6-Core | Link |
| RAM | 128GB (8x16GB) DDR3 PC3-8500R Or 128GB (16x8GB) DDR3 PC3-10600R | Link Link |
| Power Supply | Same One | |
| HBA | LSI 9305-16i | Link |
| NUC | X520-DA2 Or X710-DA2 | Link Link |
| Case | Norco RPC-431 Or Custom made case | Link |
| External SAS HBA | LSI Sas 9207-8e | Link |
Disk Shelfs:
But while writing this I might go with a supermicro case and hack it up to fit in my server rack. It's 4" to long so I am going to bring that down, replace the fans in it with notcua's, and call it a day. I am pretty good with creating things so shouldn't be a problem at all. I found a company in the states, TechMikeNy. Has anyone ever worked with them? Since the cpu, motherboard, and RAM combined are only a $150-$200 less then less I thought why not get a supermicro case for a couple 100 more. What are peoples thoughts?
