Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Thx for the links. You got my wheels spinning and ended up buying this http://www.ebay.com/itm/3U-Supermicro-16-Bay-SAS2-Server-X9DR3-LN4F-2xXeon-E5-2650-8-Core-48GB-Rail-2PS/132053594352?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40757%26meid%3D9b2f59ba249a4ecb80403ea83df21b6f%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D152381709763 Now i know emby and HDHR will both run on this. And the expander in this will run another 12 hdd's going into another case if i need it. I can upgrade cpu's to v2's. TY my wife hates you now...lmao LMAO.....oops! That's a nice piece of hardware, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mediacowboy 438 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Thx for the links. You got my wheels spinning and ended up buying this http://www.ebay.com/itm/3U-Supermicro-16-Bay-SAS2-Server-X9DR3-LN4F-2xXeon-E5-2650-8-Core-48GB-Rail-2PS/132053594352?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D888007%26algo%3DDISC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D40757%26meid%3D9b2f59ba249a4ecb80403ea83df21b6f%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D2%26sd%3D152381709763 Now i know emby and HDHR will both run on this. And the expander in this will run another 12 hdd's going into another case if i need it. I can upgrade cpu's to v2's. TY my wife hates you now...lmao Just remind her it is a much need hardware upgrade for Her viewing pleasure. It has nothing to do with wanting bigger and better. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Just remind her it is a much need hardware upgrade for Her viewing pleasure. It has nothing to do with wanting bigger and better. Haha Hell yes! Tell her it was/is a big struggle for you, but you do it to make her happy.....And don't show her this thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) I'm a 1/2 jock, 1/2 gearhead and 1/2 geek Can you really ever have enuff ?!? LMAO my backup kinda server is a i7 3770 on a gigabyte board w/usb3's. now i can have real back up servers, with upgradeable cpu's to v2's. Being a dual board, that brings cpu scores upto @25k. Where server now is only a single cpu, couldnt afford dual e5-2683's. So these are cheaper til i upgrade and money boss will never know. LOL i found a nice 3u dual e5-2650, 96g ram 16 hdd's for 7 bills Am i getting over killing yet ? This is all you guys's fault, an thats my story an i'm stickin to it...lol But you guys kinds opened my eyes to all new things with this software raid. I'm liking XPEnology nas. My server, is emby an hdhr Bought server, is going to be backup next possible server, will be xpenology with the usb drives,(if i crack open cases an make them internal hdd's). Dumb idea or workable ???? Edited January 9, 2017 by x88dually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 "I'm a 1/2 jock, 1/2 gearhead and 1/2 geek" - but not a mathematician as for the usb drives - yes they will work - will invalidate your warranty but as they are cheap you might not care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) lol do i need hardware raid or is it all software raid ? that part i'm still looking for an answer on in there forums Edited January 9, 2017 by x88dually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 lol do i need hardware raid or is it all software raid ? that part i'm still looking for an answer on in there forums What are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 software raid stuff do i use my adaptec raid cards or just sata3 cards ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Unless you're making a large RAID like 50, and using a lot of drives, commonly, I think most people just use software. But I think you're just asking which way to physically connect them? As you have the adaptec card, use it. How are you wanting to configure the drives, and how many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 9, 2017 Author Share Posted January 9, 2017 the adaptecs are raid only, no jbod there are 2x4tb, 4x5tb usb drives that will be internal's. as far as configure goes, raid 0 an raid 5. Or i just use the 5tb's in raid 5 with software raid ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asrequested Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Well, with a RAID you need all the drives the same. My suggestion would be to use the 4s and 5s and use drive pooling. Maybe you could convert the card to IT, and use software for everything. I wouldn't use RAID. Were you thinking of RAID 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 you dont have to raid the disks even with a raid card - you can create single raid0 for each disk so they pass through as single disks to the os do you need raid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) I've only known hardware raid. 3 raid 5 8 disk arrays. 1 array is 2tb's. 1 is 3tb array. 1 is 4tb array. Over about a dozen yrs. Raid cards are Adaptec 5805z's, new used server is a Adaptec 5405. No it mode in firmware updates. Been looking for days to see if i can use 6tb hdd's with these cards. Still dont have an answer. They do 4tb's but that was 2009 or 2010 according to Adaptec's site. So, do i just plug the usb (pulled out of cases) hdd's into mb and do software raid ? Edited January 10, 2017 by x88dually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 the hdd in the enclosures will have sata connectors as they are normal HDD so should be no issue with connecting them with your cards can the os see the SMART data or is that only via the card management software? do you have any options in the raid bios for jbod/single disk? For Drivepool / drive bender etc to work well they need to see the disks as individuals - however they will also work with raided drives you just have less file locations as they will think they have 3 large disks plus the usb HDD. - having different size disks is fine its one of the advantages of these packages. Once you have connected the new drives give them ago - free for trialing - and see if you like what you see - i have 28 drives managed this way - i have moved away from Raid which i have used for years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Adaptec Storage Man does smart. No options for jbod. Only raid 0,1,1EE, 10, 5, 5EE, 50 6, 60. 6 sata ports on mb, so i plug in drive to a sata port and not do hardware raid, just let software do it all ? Edited January 10, 2017 by x88dually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 yes - or you could raid then with the sata controller (actually software raid) if you wanted another option if you are going to try DP then dont raid them - the software will pool them - so you see one big drive - similar to raid1 if you enable duplication Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) PenkethBoy : ok, so StableBit and XPEnology should work pretty much the way DP does ? Edited January 10, 2017 by x88dually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 DP is a StableBit product Xpenology completely different - its an os (linux) not an app you can load into say windows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x88dually 9 Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 Ok, thanx for your help. Now i'm goin to compare XPE an DP an see which i like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenkethBoy 2063 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Good enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kar Emby 0 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) Thx for all your help guys Wth, whyd this name come up and not email addy name.(x88dually) Edited January 14, 2017 by Kar Emby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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