I have a WHS2011 system which was built 10 years ago, and the core hardware has not been updated in that time. Given it's on 24/7 I thought it was about time I upgraded the PSU, motherboard, CPU and ram. Hard drives have been replaced a couple of times over the years, and the old ones repurposed or sold on.
The main use of the server is as a central store for our media, documents and a TV server. I use Mediaportal as the back end for the TV Server, so Windows 10 Pro will be the OS of choice for the new build. Stable bit drive pool is used for file duplication where required and to create drive pools, and back up is to an off site NAS at my brothers house.
Existing hardware I'm aiming to replace:
This hardware will be kept:
I'd require the following PCIe slots
I've short listed a couple of motherboards
Short listed PSU - be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 400 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Memory will just be 2 sticks of 4GB of standard DDR4 at the appropriate speed.
Looking at the two above boards there is not much difference in cost, and the X12SCA-F looks like the better option.
What other options are there for motherboards with IPMI or similar that don't require any ongoing licence fee's, and have the required slots?
Am I likely to have any issues with PCIe slot bandwidth given the two NVME drives and 3 add in cards (doesn't look like they are shared on the X12SCA-F)?
Any mistakes I've made in my thinking?
The main use of the server is as a central store for our media, documents and a TV server. I use Mediaportal as the back end for the TV Server, so Windows 10 Pro will be the OS of choice for the new build. Stable bit drive pool is used for file duplication where required and to create drive pools, and back up is to an off site NAS at my brothers house.
Existing hardware I'm aiming to replace:
- Coolermaster RS-500-AMBA-D3 Silent Pro M 500W Modular Power Supply
- Supermicro X8SIA-F motherboard
- Core i3 540 CPU
- 12GB DDR3 (only 8GB was usable due to restriction on WHS2011)
- Windows Home Server 2011
- SanDisk Ultra 3D SSD 500GB
- SanDisk Ultra II 480GB
This hardware will be kept:
- Akasa Infinti case
- Supermicro drive rack CSE-M35TQB x 2
- Highpoint Rocket Raid RR2720SGL x8 SAS/SATA3
- Supermicro Dual Port 10GB SFP+ adapter - AOC-STGN-I2S
- TBS 6985 Quad Satellite HD PCIe TV Tuner Card DVB-S2 - this may now actually be replaced with an external SiliconDust HDHomeRun box
- WD40EFRX WD RED 4TB x 3
- SN750 NVME 500GB x 2 Black Friday purchase for the updated server (not used in current build)
I'd require the following PCIe slots
- TV Card requires x1 slot - this may well now be replaced with an external SiliconDust HDHomeRun box.
- 10Gb NIC requires x8 slot (unless the new M/B has onboard 10Gbe)
- Raid card requires x8 slot
I've short listed a couple of motherboards
- Supermicro X11SCA-F with an Intel Core i5-7x00T CPU
- Supermicro X12SCA-F with possibly a Core i3-10100F
Short listed PSU - be quiet! Pure Power 11 CM 400 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply
Memory will just be 2 sticks of 4GB of standard DDR4 at the appropriate speed.
Looking at the two above boards there is not much difference in cost, and the X12SCA-F looks like the better option.
What other options are there for motherboards with IPMI or similar that don't require any ongoing licence fee's, and have the required slots?
Am I likely to have any issues with PCIe slot bandwidth given the two NVME drives and 3 add in cards (doesn't look like they are shared on the X12SCA-F)?
Any mistakes I've made in my thinking?