So. I've posted a couple of these before. But now that i'm getting multiple drive failures in my current setup, i feel like its time to move one. Starting from scratch as there isn't really anything i can or want to keep from my old setup. Also, i need to copy everything off my old server so i need to run them concurrently for a while anyways.
Alright, my usage is mainly as a plex server/file server. At the moment its only really 1080p content but that will be changing to 4k content in the next year or so. So i'm going for piles of storage space, and the horespower to do transcoding, although im thinking it probably makes more sense to just use clients that i can direct stream to with enough horsepower for 4k, like the nvidia shield or something.
Since this is something i want to stay relevant for the forseeable future (hoping this will last for the next 5 years), i want to use relatively new hardware, since i feel like it will help with the lifecycle of the system. Please feel free to correct me on anything you have experienced that might help.
Proccessor : Xeon E3-1275 v6
Motherboard : Supermicro X11SSL-CF
HBA Card : LSI 9211-8i 8-Port 6Gb/s SAS/SATA PCI-Express x8 Internal RAID Host Bus Adapter
RAM : 64GB Crucial ECC RAM
OS Drive : Kingston SSDNow A400 SSD 120GB (Perhaps 2 of these in mirrored RAID?)
Other Hard Drives : Western Digital 8TB RED x 10 (In RAID Z2)
Power Supply : SeaSonic - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Although i'm having quite a bit of problems finding this if someone has a suggestion of alternatives)
Some notes on my choices, yes i know i don't need a separate OS drive. This is how my brain likes to do things.
Also, is there any issues with mixing the ports on the HBA card with SATA ports to create your volume? I couldn't find any Kaby Lake super micro boards that had more than 8 SATA ports, so using a HBA card with it was the only way i could get it to support the amount of drives i'm looking at.
Please feel free to give me any advice you like. If you think my needs can be satisfied with a different generation of processor/chipset please let me know. Like i said, my goal is to keep this thing running for at least 5 years so thats really my mindset when making these choices.
Alright, my usage is mainly as a plex server/file server. At the moment its only really 1080p content but that will be changing to 4k content in the next year or so. So i'm going for piles of storage space, and the horespower to do transcoding, although im thinking it probably makes more sense to just use clients that i can direct stream to with enough horsepower for 4k, like the nvidia shield or something.
Since this is something i want to stay relevant for the forseeable future (hoping this will last for the next 5 years), i want to use relatively new hardware, since i feel like it will help with the lifecycle of the system. Please feel free to correct me on anything you have experienced that might help.
Proccessor : Xeon E3-1275 v6
Motherboard : Supermicro X11SSL-CF
HBA Card : LSI 9211-8i 8-Port 6Gb/s SAS/SATA PCI-Express x8 Internal RAID Host Bus Adapter
RAM : 64GB Crucial ECC RAM
OS Drive : Kingston SSDNow A400 SSD 120GB (Perhaps 2 of these in mirrored RAID?)
Other Hard Drives : Western Digital 8TB RED x 10 (In RAID Z2)
Power Supply : SeaSonic - 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (Although i'm having quite a bit of problems finding this if someone has a suggestion of alternatives)
Some notes on my choices, yes i know i don't need a separate OS drive. This is how my brain likes to do things.
Also, is there any issues with mixing the ports on the HBA card with SATA ports to create your volume? I couldn't find any Kaby Lake super micro boards that had more than 8 SATA ports, so using a HBA card with it was the only way i could get it to support the amount of drives i'm looking at.
Please feel free to give me any advice you like. If you think my needs can be satisfied with a different generation of processor/chipset please let me know. Like i said, my goal is to keep this thing running for at least 5 years so thats really my mindset when making these choices.
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