Hi all, first post here, been watching this forum for some time.
I am replacing a PC desktop board that is not up to snuff for this system.
I have a raid controller that is PICE 3.0 and this board keeps trying to run as such but really not able to do it.
This server is being used for backups and offloads of data on a daily basis so the traffic on this can be as much as much as 1 TB a day. Not huge but enough that the present board is blowing up and getting kernel panics.
Here is what I am able to use or need;
EATX or smaller
I need 3 PCI-E slots for 2 SFP+ cards and the storage controller.
Onboard graphics.
I am looking for a board that does DDR3 just because of the cost of DDR4 is so high. I plan to have 32GB or better of memory in this system.
I do want this to have at least 2 CPUs with it.
The system now has a modern 1200 watt PS in it because of the number of drives that it holds (16 SAS 12G) and is in a 4U case.
I have one nice to have options I am looking and that is IPMI.
The biggest problem has been finding a good board that is not $500 and have PCI-E 3.x
Used or new, I am looking around $200. If there is something that already has memory and or CPU with it great, I know I can find plenty of memory as well as the CPU's on eBay for this.
If someone has a better idea for this, I am all ears.
Thanks all
I am replacing a PC desktop board that is not up to snuff for this system.
I have a raid controller that is PICE 3.0 and this board keeps trying to run as such but really not able to do it.
This server is being used for backups and offloads of data on a daily basis so the traffic on this can be as much as much as 1 TB a day. Not huge but enough that the present board is blowing up and getting kernel panics.
Here is what I am able to use or need;
EATX or smaller
I need 3 PCI-E slots for 2 SFP+ cards and the storage controller.
Onboard graphics.
I am looking for a board that does DDR3 just because of the cost of DDR4 is so high. I plan to have 32GB or better of memory in this system.
I do want this to have at least 2 CPUs with it.
The system now has a modern 1200 watt PS in it because of the number of drives that it holds (16 SAS 12G) and is in a 4U case.
I have one nice to have options I am looking and that is IPMI.
The biggest problem has been finding a good board that is not $500 and have PCI-E 3.x
Used or new, I am looking around $200. If there is something that already has memory and or CPU with it great, I know I can find plenty of memory as well as the CPU's on eBay for this.
If someone has a better idea for this, I am all ears.
Thanks all