MichaelBatz
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My build.
Motherboard:
Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU:
i3-4330 Processor (4M Cache, 3.50 GHz)
RAM:
2xCrucial 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Unbuffered ECC 1.35V 1024Meg x 72 (CT102472BD160B)
2xSamsung DDR3-1600 8GB/1Gx72 ECC CL11 (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
Power supply:
SeaSonic G-450 GOLD 80Plus – 450W
HDD's:
4xWestern Digital Red NAS Hard Drive WD30EFRX 3TB
Case:
Fractal Design Node 804
As you can see, i have 32GB of RAM. Which might be a little generous. But, the reason why i have this much RAM, is because. The first RAM i bought was the 2xCrucial 8GB. According to Supermicro's homepage, they weren't on the compatible list, but they were on sale in my contry and have seen a lot of users with the same motherboard as mine, so i thought "Why not?" I installed my 2 new Crucial RAM in my motherboard according to the manual.
DIMMA1 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMA2
DIMMB1 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMb2
With this configuration my server would reboot sporadic. I found out, by inspecting the IPMI log, that i had severel ECC error.
I took my RAM out. Installed them like this.
DIMMA1
DIMMA2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMB1
DIMMB2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
No problems whatsoever. I contaced Supermicro about this. They told me, that the RAM slots to populate first, was DIMMA2 and DIMMB2, but i could always try to buy RAM which was under their compatible list. Luckily for me, some compatible Samsung RAM got on sale in my country, which i bought 2 of.
My configuration as of now
DIMMA1 -- Samsung 8GB (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
DIMMA2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMB1 -- Samsung 8GB (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
DIMMB2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
I haven't had single problem with this configuration. My server has been running for about 3 months.
Supermicro said, that it could be related to timing issues. Does anybody else, have an insight regarding this??
More importantly, is this, something that i should worry about? I'm planning to upgrade my HDD's in the near future. I want to make sure everything is as good as it gets. I have been using the last 3 months to familiarise myself with FreeNAS and ZFS through my server and VM.
Note self: Do not buy server hardware which isn't on the compatible list!!
Motherboard:
Supermicro X10SL7-F
CPU:
i3-4330 Processor (4M Cache, 3.50 GHz)
RAM:
2xCrucial 8GB DDR3 PC3-12800 Unbuffered ECC 1.35V 1024Meg x 72 (CT102472BD160B)
2xSamsung DDR3-1600 8GB/1Gx72 ECC CL11 (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
Power supply:
SeaSonic G-450 GOLD 80Plus – 450W
HDD's:
4xWestern Digital Red NAS Hard Drive WD30EFRX 3TB
Case:
Fractal Design Node 804
As you can see, i have 32GB of RAM. Which might be a little generous. But, the reason why i have this much RAM, is because. The first RAM i bought was the 2xCrucial 8GB. According to Supermicro's homepage, they weren't on the compatible list, but they were on sale in my contry and have seen a lot of users with the same motherboard as mine, so i thought "Why not?" I installed my 2 new Crucial RAM in my motherboard according to the manual.
DIMMA1 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMA2
DIMMB1 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMb2
With this configuration my server would reboot sporadic. I found out, by inspecting the IPMI log, that i had severel ECC error.
I took my RAM out. Installed them like this.
DIMMA1
DIMMA2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMB1
DIMMB2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
No problems whatsoever. I contaced Supermicro about this. They told me, that the RAM slots to populate first, was DIMMA2 and DIMMB2, but i could always try to buy RAM which was under their compatible list. Luckily for me, some compatible Samsung RAM got on sale in my country, which i bought 2 of.
My configuration as of now
DIMMA1 -- Samsung 8GB (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
DIMMA2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
DIMMB1 -- Samsung 8GB (M391B1G73QH0-YK0)
DIMMB2 -- Crucial 8GB (CT102472BD160B)
I haven't had single problem with this configuration. My server has been running for about 3 months.
Supermicro said, that it could be related to timing issues. Does anybody else, have an insight regarding this??
More importantly, is this, something that i should worry about? I'm planning to upgrade my HDD's in the near future. I want to make sure everything is as good as it gets. I have been using the last 3 months to familiarise myself with FreeNAS and ZFS through my server and VM.
Note self: Do not buy server hardware which isn't on the compatible list!!