I've been planning to build a NAS housed in a Norco 4224 and eventually want to expand it to 24 drives. Newegg has a deal on the Supermicro MBD-X9SCM-F-O ($170 after coupon code expires 7/5) and I was thinking of picking this up. However, my concern is that it only has 2 PCI x8 slots and so using 3 IBM M1015 as HBAs is not ideal. I could go with a SAS expander, but I assume that 3 HBAs is going to be an easier path.
Any suggestions on using a x4 slot for an eventual 3rd HBA or are there any better motherboard suggestions for 3 HBAs? I'm probably going to be using FreeNas since I've been using their older version and am comfortable with it.
Here's the board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182253&Tpk=x9scm-f-o
and the 15% promo code is EMCNDHA25 (good til 7/5)
Thanks!
Gary
Any suggestions on using a x4 slot for an eventual 3rd HBA or are there any better motherboard suggestions for 3 HBAs? I'm probably going to be using FreeNas since I've been using their older version and am comfortable with it.
Here's the board: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182253&Tpk=x9scm-f-o
and the 15% promo code is EMCNDHA25 (good til 7/5)
Thanks!
Gary