Recent content by Johnny-Gear

So I have looked into the hardware changes required if I were to do away with the hardware RAID controller in favor of a software RAID and I would still need some sort of SATA HBA as no mini-ITX boards have any more than 4x SATA ports as far as I can tell. I found this HBA which looks like it...

Thanks for the explanation. What sort of system specs (CPU/RAM/Board/Drives) would you recommend for good performance(limited by gig network) on a RAID 6 array? Thanks again for all the advice. Johnny

The reason why I was and am leaning towards hardware RAID is because it is a simple fact that a piece of code can do something and a hardware implementation of that same 'code' can do it quicker and in a lot of cases better. (edit: yes I do understand there is a firmware which is 'software' but...

Well, you mention lower power HDD's in the same breath as a major CPU upgrade. You are being mildly contrary. I would consider an Atom CPU, with the provision of a hardware raid controller, to be a good distributed load setup with the benefit of a long list of on card RAID features. How does...

Micro-ATX is moving towards a Mid-Tower size which is far to big for a simple file server especially when I can fit 6x 3.5 and 1x 2.5 drives in my current case choice. Also, a Westmere CPU for a file-server? Seems very over kill to me.... unless of course I were to run software RAID which is...

Thanks for the in depth reply. The controller I listed is an LSI ROC controller re-badged for Intel. The reason I prefer this one is the LSI chip without the LSI price tag(it is still not a cheap controller though). Thanks for the advice on the drive configuration. I was going to go with a...

Hi HardForum, I have enjoyed browsing these forums for some time, and thought my impending file server build to be a good chance to contribute. This file server is mainly for home use, however, I work in IT, and I like to over design things as I feel spending slightly more in most cases...