Recent content by matt_garman

I recently built a file server using the Supermicro X8SIL-F motherboard, with a Xeon x3440 and Crucial CT2KIT25672BA1339.000 memory (2 x 2GB DDR3 ECC 1333). The system appears to run fine, except that during boot-up, it emits some mysterious beeps. First, there are two short beeps, a...

That thought did cross my mind. ;)

For the base system, I was thinking along the lines of: Motherboard: $200 CPU: $150 RAM: $150 Case: $600 (something more rugged than the Norco 4020) PSU: $150 SATA Controller cards x 2: $250 Which comes to $1500 for parts. Maybe another $500 for labor, and...

I don't know, I haven't really gotten a satisfactory answer. I think it's just because he's not comfortable doing something he's not really familiar with. You're preaching to the choir. :)

At work, we have a need for the typical kind of big NAS that's built here on these forums, e.g. cheapish motherboard/CPU, Norco 4020 case, AOC-SAT2-MV8 8-port SATA card(s), power supply and drives. Unfortunately, my boss won't let me build this. But he'll consider buying a pre-made version...

Has anyone done any benchmarks of the Supermicro AOC-SAT2-MV8 in a standard 32-bit PCI slot? I know the theoretical bandwidth of PCI is 133 MB/s or so. Obviously you can't have all eight SATA drives delivering full bandwidth simultaneously. What I'm really interesting in is how performance...

I bought a Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 motherboard and 4850e CPU to use in my fileserver (hoping to lower overall power consumption). My setup includes two PCIe x1 2-port SATA cards. Since the motherboard only has one PCIe x1 slot, I put the other card in the x16 slot. Every time I would write to a...

I know... but in this case I definitely want the full bandwidth.

Anyone? Anyone? Beuler? Also, what about the Asus M2N-LR? Feature-wise it looks pretty nice. Although, I've heard people knock nvidia chipsets for reliability (no facts to back this up, it's just hearsay). Thoughts? Furthermore, newegg says it has a 3600 Pro chipset; Asus' website...

Currently I have a Linux software RAID-based fileserver/NAS box running on a Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R. It works, except that I'd like to add more SATA ports. I'm using the onboard SATA ports, plus two PCIe 2xSATA cards. I'd like to ditch those two PCIe SATA cards, and get one eight port SATA...