Hello,
I have been using a Dell 2950 as a Xpenology NAS for the past 2 years, sadly, the backplane seems to be dying slowly. (So far one drive port has gone bad, replacement backplanes are ~$50-70 on ebay).
So I figure, instead of investing money in old hardware, I'll upgrade it somewhat and move the data over to a new chassis. Budget: ~$3-500 US.
I'm looking for a hopefully quiet 2U chassis that support a minimum of 6 x 3.5" HDD trays. Lastly, I'd like it to have a pci-e expansion slot for adding a single connectX-2 card.
For this basic config I was looking at: Dell FS12-TY C2100 8-Core E5520 2.26GHz 24GB RAM 12x Trays w/ SAS 6/iR | eBay
But I'd like people's opinion on this server as a reliable platform...
Optimally, I'd love to find a two node cloud server, that would allow me to run the NAS in one node, and a domain controller in the second node.
This is the other question, that I'm not even sure where to start.
I have been using a Dell 2950 as a Xpenology NAS for the past 2 years, sadly, the backplane seems to be dying slowly. (So far one drive port has gone bad, replacement backplanes are ~$50-70 on ebay).
So I figure, instead of investing money in old hardware, I'll upgrade it somewhat and move the data over to a new chassis. Budget: ~$3-500 US.
I'm looking for a hopefully quiet 2U chassis that support a minimum of 6 x 3.5" HDD trays. Lastly, I'd like it to have a pci-e expansion slot for adding a single connectX-2 card.
For this basic config I was looking at: Dell FS12-TY C2100 8-Core E5520 2.26GHz 24GB RAM 12x Trays w/ SAS 6/iR | eBay
But I'd like people's opinion on this server as a reliable platform...
Optimally, I'd love to find a two node cloud server, that would allow me to run the NAS in one node, and a domain controller in the second node.
This is the other question, that I'm not even sure where to start.