vincent orange
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- Aug 27, 2012
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Hi,
I have a HP DL385 G6 with the following specs:
1 x Six Core AMD 2431 @2.4GHz (I understand that AMD proc is not preferred but it's what I have)
32GB RAM (this is ECC)
4 x 146GB SAS Hdd (there are 16 caddies in total, so will be filled with drives a little later)
I intend to use this server for home use and it won't be on 24x7 but it will be used fairly often. I will be using it to store photographs and videos that the family has accumulated over time. I'm personally not too bothered about throughput or low-latency. The key is reliability and being able to rebuild the array after a drive breaks/fails/gets replaced.
The server is equipped with a HP SmartRaid P410 card that seems to quite good at RAID but useless for a FreeNAS environment. I will remove this for a better card. I currently understand that the IBM Raid Card ServeRAID M1015 is the most preferred for FreeNAS. I'm not comfortable with flashing the firmware on this card, though I have flashed firmware on other devices, I just don't want to make a mistake.
Are there other known alternatives to the IBM M1015 card that can support 16 drives (using mini-SAS) and doesn't require a firmware flash?
I'm just at the research stage and I've got options for RAID cards in the hardware compatibility list, but I'm looking for a Sage that can offer the most optimal solution.
I have a HP DL385 G6 with the following specs:
1 x Six Core AMD 2431 @2.4GHz (I understand that AMD proc is not preferred but it's what I have)
32GB RAM (this is ECC)
4 x 146GB SAS Hdd (there are 16 caddies in total, so will be filled with drives a little later)
I intend to use this server for home use and it won't be on 24x7 but it will be used fairly often. I will be using it to store photographs and videos that the family has accumulated over time. I'm personally not too bothered about throughput or low-latency. The key is reliability and being able to rebuild the array after a drive breaks/fails/gets replaced.
The server is equipped with a HP SmartRaid P410 card that seems to quite good at RAID but useless for a FreeNAS environment. I will remove this for a better card. I currently understand that the IBM Raid Card ServeRAID M1015 is the most preferred for FreeNAS. I'm not comfortable with flashing the firmware on this card, though I have flashed firmware on other devices, I just don't want to make a mistake.
Are there other known alternatives to the IBM M1015 card that can support 16 drives (using mini-SAS) and doesn't require a firmware flash?
I'm just at the research stage and I've got options for RAID cards in the hardware compatibility list, but I'm looking for a Sage that can offer the most optimal solution.