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markm75
Anyone have any thoughts on this PCIe card, motherboard combo with
this server rack:
Server rack device: Supermicro 2U SC825TQ-560LP (only supports low
profile cards)
with this:
Motherboard: Asus DSBV-D
http://www.atacom.com/program/print...RCH_ALL&Item_code=MBXE_ASUS_60_24&USER_ID=www
(PCIe x8)
and this for the storage controller:
Low profile 3ware PCIex4: 9650SE-8LPML
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=3W...fd8fbbc448d4d8bbdd8480a170ccad4fc57abfbe62883
I cant seem to find PCIe x8 controller boards to match the max speed
of the motherboard recommended for this server rack device.
WIll these 3 give me the best speed for the money (keeping costs
down). I'll be backing up data across the network, most likely using
Acronis or ShadowProtect with 50gb file splits (as this gave me 4 hour
backup times on a similar server for 332GB vs across network backup
times of 8hr 20 minutes with BackupExec 11d, where acronis over the
network with 50gb splits took 4hr 40 minutes at most!)
Again, in a different thread we found that there may be a caching
polution issue with network shares which caused my inital Acronis over
the network to be very slow for the same size data (say 9.5 hours),
once I switched to 50gb file sizes, the times were very similar to
backups done locally from drive to drive of the same size.
As a side note.. the CPU will be woodcrest 2.0 5130 with 2GB of ddr2
667mhz ram.
The harddrives will be SATAII in a 2.2TB array (5 drives of 500gb
each).. (RAID5) http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101923&prodlist=froogle
Seagate ES ST3500630NS type drives (does the ES really make a
difference for an org with about 40 users, but most not using the
backup server, it will just backup 5 other server's data, or can I use
regular Seagate 500gb drives to save a few bucks)?
Should I opt for RAID6 over RAID5 (RAID01 is out as we will only have
8 drive capacity, 2 of which will be the mirrored OS).
Thanks
this server rack:
Server rack device: Supermicro 2U SC825TQ-560LP (only supports low
profile cards)
with this:
Motherboard: Asus DSBV-D
http://www.atacom.com/program/print...RCH_ALL&Item_code=MBXE_ASUS_60_24&USER_ID=www
(PCIe x8)
and this for the storage controller:
Low profile 3ware PCIex4: 9650SE-8LPML
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=3W...fd8fbbc448d4d8bbdd8480a170ccad4fc57abfbe62883
I cant seem to find PCIe x8 controller boards to match the max speed
of the motherboard recommended for this server rack device.
WIll these 3 give me the best speed for the money (keeping costs
down). I'll be backing up data across the network, most likely using
Acronis or ShadowProtect with 50gb file splits (as this gave me 4 hour
backup times on a similar server for 332GB vs across network backup
times of 8hr 20 minutes with BackupExec 11d, where acronis over the
network with 50gb splits took 4hr 40 minutes at most!)
Again, in a different thread we found that there may be a caching
polution issue with network shares which caused my inital Acronis over
the network to be very slow for the same size data (say 9.5 hours),
once I switched to 50gb file sizes, the times were very similar to
backups done locally from drive to drive of the same size.
As a side note.. the CPU will be woodcrest 2.0 5130 with 2GB of ddr2
667mhz ram.
The harddrives will be SATAII in a 2.2TB array (5 drives of 500gb
each).. (RAID5) http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101923&prodlist=froogle
Seagate ES ST3500630NS type drives (does the ES really make a
difference for an org with about 40 users, but most not using the
backup server, it will just backup 5 other server's data, or can I use
regular Seagate 500gb drives to save a few bucks)?
Should I opt for RAID6 over RAID5 (RAID01 is out as we will only have
8 drive capacity, 2 of which will be the mirrored OS).
Thanks