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Sounds like a good idea... and I see that it has a GUI in the form of Elucidate... any reason using that would not be recommended? I only bought two of the 8TB drives, but could buy a third and run the Snapraid equivalent of raid 5. I see that the "manual" parity update is just called a...

I am buying Seagate archive 8TB HDs for my media server. I am told the SMR does not play well with raid, so I am just going with either JBOD and a single drive letter or just separate drives and letters. Would ReFS help mitigate any issues at all (as in file repairing capabilities helping with...

Well, despite Supermicro telling me it is bootable (and giving horrible support after the fact, repeatedly ignoring my email), the sm951 is NOT bootable in the m.2 pci-e based slot on the x10SDV motherboard.

Looks compatible to me to the m.2 pci-e x4 based slot on the Supermicro x10sdv xeon d MB. Can anyone help me confirm? I am ordering the ahci version of the drive since I cannot find the nvme ( unless it is suggested that I wait for it?) I intend to use it as a boot drive.

Its to connect to sas backplanes for control features. Not used if connecting directly to drives.

Ok thanks that is what I needed to know. I was unsure of whether the same connection was used for sas and sata drives. So I assume this one is the correct choice? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Adaptec-ACK-I-rA-HDmSAS-4SAS-SB-8M-2279600-R-/121619156329?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c51110d69

I want to buy the LSI 9300-8i to connect up to 8 cabled internal sas and sata drives. I was looking at this breakout cable... http://www.ebay.com/itm/ADAPTEC-RAID-2279900-R-0-8M-INT-MINI-4SAS-HD-SFF-8643-/281671517851?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4194ee469b Is that cable the correct one...

Cool, thanks. As I have researched what I need more today, I think what I really want to do is put this nas in a huge tower case like the Antec 1900, but now I have to figure out how to connect that many drives. That case will not have a built in SAS backplane, and this MB only has one pci-e...

Looking to do something similar except on Windows using ReFS... I am wanting to put together a nas based on the build seen here, except using an add in controller instead of the MB sata ports...but same case, MB, etc. Is this card sufficient? Is there a better option for software raid on...

Can anyone who has done the fan mods post some pics of splicing in the new 40mm fan (I guess the Noctua that is recommended in this thread)? Since I have not attempted something like that pics and an explanation would be extremely helpful! Also, to those of you who have changed the 80mm...

How quiet were you able to make it?

Yeah I dont know why this seems to be such an underserved market. I have now gone through trying a Dell MD1000 and Dell J23 array, with a try at modding the fans of each, but they are ultimately still way too loud for my liking. I dont need whisper quiet, but "pretty quiet" - maybe around...

I already have a Dell R220 1u server for my front end, and want to use the SAS 6/e card for software raid. What I want is something like the Q30 from 45drives seen here...

Yeah the stock fans worked properly, but even after they spun down from their initial spin up speed, they were way too loud.

I just got a Dell j23 and need to make it significantly quieter. I have already installed the following fans instead of the stock fans, (top fan on this link) but when they are connected correctly with the following pinout, from left to right on the j23 connector: Blue = PWM (fan speed...