I did not want to high-jack the other thread around a 4U server. I was looking for a fully assembled server on eBay, but haven't found exactly what I have heard others have mentioned as must haves or better yet, things to avoid in specs.
My uses are a mix of several:
redundant storage server, currently in raidz2 with 6x3TB drives
Plex Server (transcoding)
A few VMs, nothing too intense
I'm thinking I want to put together a new build that will last me for 5+ years and have a storage room with a half rack sitting in it mostly empty and wanted to make sure of the space .Here is what I have learned from other threads and found currently available on eBay: (prices include shipping which is basically just on the Chassis)
$288 Supermicro 3U 16 Bay SAS RAID Storage CSE-836 Barebone Chassis BPN-SAS2-836EL1
$235 Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+ Dual LGA2011 1.20 Support E5-2600 v2 24x Slot DDR3 I/O
$129 Intel Xeon E5-2670V2 SR1A7 2.50GHz 10 Core CPU 115W 25MB Ivy Bridge LGA2011 (x2)
$99 LOT OF 10 Hynix 8GB DDR3 1333MHz ECC REG PC3-10600R HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 (x2 not that I need that much but price seems good)
$34.95 SAS9201-8i: LSI 6Gbps SAS/SATA PCI-e RAID controller w/ML-ML SATA cables
Total: $1013.95
I have built many home PCs, but never using server hardware, so please let me know if I am missing something obvious here. This is the maximum budget I would have for this. Does this make sense? Is there a better option I should look at? A 2U setup likely could work, but from an airflow perspective and having the option to grow my array if I wanted to to 16 drives isn't a bad thing. I'll also be adding a few SSDs for the VMs to run and a few jails.
My uses are a mix of several:
redundant storage server, currently in raidz2 with 6x3TB drives
Plex Server (transcoding)
A few VMs, nothing too intense
I'm thinking I want to put together a new build that will last me for 5+ years and have a storage room with a half rack sitting in it mostly empty and wanted to make sure of the space .Here is what I have learned from other threads and found currently available on eBay: (prices include shipping which is basically just on the Chassis)
$288 Supermicro 3U 16 Bay SAS RAID Storage CSE-836 Barebone Chassis BPN-SAS2-836EL1
$235 Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+ Dual LGA2011 1.20 Support E5-2600 v2 24x Slot DDR3 I/O
$129 Intel Xeon E5-2670V2 SR1A7 2.50GHz 10 Core CPU 115W 25MB Ivy Bridge LGA2011 (x2)
$99 LOT OF 10 Hynix 8GB DDR3 1333MHz ECC REG PC3-10600R HMT31GR7BFR4C-H9 (x2 not that I need that much but price seems good)
$34.95 SAS9201-8i: LSI 6Gbps SAS/SATA PCI-e RAID controller w/ML-ML SATA cables
Total: $1013.95
I have built many home PCs, but never using server hardware, so please let me know if I am missing something obvious here. This is the maximum budget I would have for this. Does this make sense? Is there a better option I should look at? A 2U setup likely could work, but from an airflow perspective and having the option to grow my array if I wanted to to 16 drives isn't a bad thing. I'll also be adding a few SSDs for the VMs to run and a few jails.