Good Day,
I have parts on the way but decided to post just to make sure there isn't anything I totally effed up here.
I decided to go with:
Mobo - SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM-F-O uATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150
CPU - Intel Xeon E3 1231V3 3.5GHz
RAM - 4x Crucial 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT102472BA160B (32GB total RAM)
PSP - FSP Group VITAL 400 400W ATX12V v2.31 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply
Case - Fractal Design Node 804 Black Aluminum / Steel Micro ATX Cube Case
I already have 4x 2TB drives from a current FreeNAS build I am planning on moving over. But would like to add 4x 4TB drives in a second pool.
Questions:
1. My mobo has 6 SATA ports, it looks like the IBM Serveraid M1015 card is the best choice here?
2. In looking at a site that sells it for a pretty decent price it states no bracket, I'm not familiar with these cards so are there other parts I need to plug sata ports into this? Sorry, just not finding exactly what I'm going to need and would like to avoid TOO many trips to microcenter or online orders.
3. If I go this route thinking of adding a small SSD for the boot. Looks like anything will work but are there any gotcha's I need to worry about?
Thanks so much for any input! I have ordered most of this stuff already but figure I double check before I rip it all open and have trouble returning.
I have parts on the way but decided to post just to make sure there isn't anything I totally effed up here.
I decided to go with:
Mobo - SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SLM-F-O uATX Server Motherboard LGA 1150
CPU - Intel Xeon E3 1231V3 3.5GHz
RAM - 4x Crucial 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Unbuffered DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Server Memory Model CT102472BA160B (32GB total RAM)
PSP - FSP Group VITAL 400 400W ATX12V v2.31 80 PLUS Certified Power Supply
Case - Fractal Design Node 804 Black Aluminum / Steel Micro ATX Cube Case
I already have 4x 2TB drives from a current FreeNAS build I am planning on moving over. But would like to add 4x 4TB drives in a second pool.
Questions:
1. My mobo has 6 SATA ports, it looks like the IBM Serveraid M1015 card is the best choice here?
2. In looking at a site that sells it for a pretty decent price it states no bracket, I'm not familiar with these cards so are there other parts I need to plug sata ports into this? Sorry, just not finding exactly what I'm going to need and would like to avoid TOO many trips to microcenter or online orders.
3. If I go this route thinking of adding a small SSD for the boot. Looks like anything will work but are there any gotcha's I need to worry about?
Thanks so much for any input! I have ordered most of this stuff already but figure I double check before I rip it all open and have trouble returning.
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