HP DL180G6 runs Xpenology (Synology clone) with LSI SAS!
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Thanks, I just tried again with no luck. Have you used the picture icon and provide a link to a jpg or png like this?
For me, the images open with a URL that references my Google apps account. Perhaps they don't work if you don't have a Google account?Thanks, I just tried again with no luck. Have you used the picture icon and provide a link to a jpg or png like this?
Anyway, here they are re-published, Marsh's photos:
Also: See PigLover's much earlier post on the fans: http://forums.servethehome.com/grea...rverworks-edition-ilo2-$25-motherboard-2.html
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Perfect. Thank you. I have a Google Account, and the page opens, but with a broken image link for some reason?
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Does the LSI 99208i cause the fans in the DL180 G6 to run at max RPMs or does it still allow the fan speed to be adjusted based on temps. I have read that HPs are very particular when adding cards that aren't original equipment for that server and want to avoid any issues with fan speed.
Any word on how 2 fans are cooling your system dba?
Any word on how 2 fans are cooling your system dba?
I'd like to know as well as to how you keep the LSI card cool (and 10gbe nic) with that little air flow! It's a beast back there in those slots!
I also found the 8 port versions far more stable since there is no SAS expander chip - you can literally buy the front clip from folks off ebay and slip them on. The P4300 G2's I'm running are configured that way and are far more friendly when drives go kaput!
I'm running esxi 5.1 on all of mine so perhaps that has something to do with stability but i've found that when I lost a SAS drive (1-6 are sata 2tb, 7-12 are 300gb 15K SAS) - i'd also lose a SATA drive when inserting a replacement drive. Nothing like this happens on the models which are direct connect *8 ports* no sas-expander. So i've gotta wonder what that little sas expander has to do with this ?
Also under ESXi with the sas-expander it sees two paths to each drives, without the sas-expander (8 port) it only sees 1 path to each drive!)
I also found the 8 port versions far more stable since there is no SAS expander chip - you can literally buy the front clip from folks off ebay and slip them on. The P4300 G2's I'm running are configured that way and are far more friendly when drives go kaput!
I'm running esxi 5.1 on all of mine so perhaps that has something to do with stability but i've found that when I lost a SAS drive (1-6 are sata 2tb, 7-12 are 300gb 15K SAS) - i'd also lose a SATA drive when inserting a replacement drive. Nothing like this happens on the models which are direct connect *8 ports* no sas-expander. So i've gotta wonder what that little sas expander has to do with this ?
Also under ESXi with the sas-expander it sees two paths to each drives, without the sas-expander (8 port) it only sees 1 path to each drive!)
Sounds like a power problem there with either the backplane or the PSU.
Inserting a drive shouldn't cause that much of a dip that it drops another drive out.
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If you want to help with noise you can replace the fans, I replaced mine with 4 of these: Dell Optiplex GX620 SX280 USFF San Ace CPU Fan U1295 9G0612P1M031 | eBay With 2 L5520s the processors stay around 40C.
First thing I did on my server was pull the redundant fans and the Y-cables used to power the redundant fans. It was still too loud for my liking so I replaced the fans, had to extend the wires on the replacement fans and change the connector to the 6 pin connector that the DL180 G6 uses. It is now much quieter, quiet enough that I can work all day in the same room with it and it doesn't bother me at all.