Hi All,
I have scoured usual suspects: Supermicro, Tyan, this and other sites, etc, but I can't seem to find the following:
Motherboard supporting new Xeon E3-12x0 V2 CPU's -AND- sporting 3x PCIe 8x slots...could be PCIe 2 or 3.
There are several that are kinda close, but not quite with one missing PCIe 8x slot.
I'm currently settled on the following:
- Norco 4224
- Supermicro X8SIA http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/3400/X8SIA.cfm?IPMI=N
- 3 x IBM M1015 SAS HBA cards
- likely an i3-5x0 CPU
I'd prefer to go with something a little less long-in-the-tooth so to speak, but haven't found a diff mobo that does the trick. Plan to run FreeBSD 9 + ZFS ... also attempting to steer clear of SAS expanders due to possible issues with ZFS and smartctl - as I've heard in a couple places.
If anyone can suggest proper mobo an internet thumbs-up will come your way.
Thanks
I have scoured usual suspects: Supermicro, Tyan, this and other sites, etc, but I can't seem to find the following:
Motherboard supporting new Xeon E3-12x0 V2 CPU's -AND- sporting 3x PCIe 8x slots...could be PCIe 2 or 3.
There are several that are kinda close, but not quite with one missing PCIe 8x slot.
I'm currently settled on the following:
- Norco 4224
- Supermicro X8SIA http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon3000/3400/X8SIA.cfm?IPMI=N
- 3 x IBM M1015 SAS HBA cards
- likely an i3-5x0 CPU
I'd prefer to go with something a little less long-in-the-tooth so to speak, but haven't found a diff mobo that does the trick. Plan to run FreeBSD 9 + ZFS ... also attempting to steer clear of SAS expanders due to possible issues with ZFS and smartctl - as I've heard in a couple places.
If anyone can suggest proper mobo an internet thumbs-up will come your way.
Thanks
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