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12-10-2008, 08:17 PM
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Parts check on RAID 5 server - Aisle Three!
I'm building a RAID 5 server for primarily HD video storage. The goal is as inexpensive as possible, with without sacrificing capacity, quality, or performance.
The RAID5 array will have 7 drives in RAID, with one as hot swap. I was hoping to have two more drives will be hosting the O/S in a mirrored array, but the particular motherboard listed below does not support RAID (which I hope to remedy without too much added cost). Onboard video is fine, but I need at least a PCIe 4x slot for the RAID card. It looks like it's easier to find boards with a 16x slot instead. 1000Mbps LAN is neded on the motherboard as well. O/S will probably be 2003 x64 or FreeNAS. Haven't quite settled yet, but I'd like both options to be open should one or the other not work out for whatever reason. Oh, and I'm not confident I'll actually get the mail-in-rebates due to the financial trouble that's going on, so they will not be knocked off the price. ASUS P5KPL-CM LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - $54.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131288 Intel Pentium E2200 Allendale 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - $69.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116063 Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - $27.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148163 CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX 650W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - $109.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-005-_-Product (8x) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $1039.92 ($129.99 ea) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148337 CHIEFTEC BRAVO BA-01B-B-B Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $99.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811160008 5805 RAID 8CH SATA/SAS Kit 512MB PCIe LP 8Int CH with Cable - $553.32 (with shipping) http://www.provantage.com/YADSS00P.htm (2x) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $73.89 ($36.99 ea) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148231 Rosewill 6" Molex 4pin Male to Two 15pin SATA Power Cable - $2.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812119238 Total is $2033.07, plus about $40 shipping Any input? Thanks 
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12-10-2008, 08:35 PM
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Wow. That looks like a beast.
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12-10-2008, 10:33 PM
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After a bit of deliberation with glc (thanks g!
), here's the final list of parts:ASUS P5BV-C LGA 775 Intel 3200 ATX Server Motherboard - $144.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131242 Intel Pentium E2200 Allendale 2.2GHz 1MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - $69.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819116063 Crucial 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - $27.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820148163 (8x) Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $1039.92 ($129.99 ea) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148337 CHIEFTEC BRAVO BA-01B-B-B Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case - $99.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811160008 5805 RAID 8CH SATA/SAS Kit 512MB PCIe LP 8Int CH with Cable - $553.32 (with shipping) http://www.provantage.com/YADSS00P.htm (2x) Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - $73.89 ($36.99 ea) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148231 FSP Group FX600-GLN 600W V2.2/EPS12V - $74.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817104014 (2x) Rosewill 6" Molex 4pin Male to Two 15pin SATA Power Cable - $5.98 ($2.99 ea) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16812119238 As you said, shadow, quite a monster there Last edited by Force Flow; 12-11-2008 at 09:26 AM. |
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12-11-2008, 08:45 AM
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Why two psu's?
EDIT: Your beast status for the modified build is still under review.
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12-11-2008, 09:26 AM
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Fixed. Too much copying and pasting
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