new server

[sg12004]

building my new server now what i have so far

amd x3 450 cpu

4gb ddr3 1333 mushkin silverline dual channel

hyper 212 plus cpu cooler

msi 880GM-E41 motherboard

corsair cx430 builder series psu

i am still wating for my 4u server case to be deliverd

and i will put a 300gb 2.5 hdd as my main system drive

and i will be geting 5x 2TB hdds in about 6 months to compleat it

i was ment to go with a quad-core cpu and 8 gb ram but ran into some mony problims so went with this insted

 

[sheroo]

What server case are you using? Hotswap caddies?

If you are just using a server case why not use the stock cooler?

What OS are you using?

 

[sg12004]

What server case are you using? Hotswap caddies?

If you are just using a server case why not use the stock cooler?

What OS are you using?

i will be useing a 4u server case from xcase.com click here

i will be geting 2x of these Hotswap caddies for my drives soon to My link

and i will be using windows server 2008

dont wont to use the stock cooler thay get abit nosie the hyper 212plus is better at keeping the cpu cool and quiet

 

[sheroo]

I have my system drive mirrored in my server, just using the onboard raid. Are you going to buy a raid card for the storage drives?

 

[sg12004]

I have my system drive mirrored in my server, just using the onboard raid. Are you going to buy a raid card for the storage drives?

i will probily in about a year or 2 when i get more mony saved but when i hav done with this i will be doing a new gaming rig then think about a raid card for the server and another 5 2TB drives (=10 all in) after that

 

[sheroo]

One of the main reasons I'm using Windows Home Server v1 is that you can add drives of any size as you go. With RAID you have to buy everything up front because you have to have the matching disks...

 

[sg12004]

One of the main reasons I'm using Windows Home Server v1 is that you can add drives of any size as you go. With RAID you have to buy everything up front because you have to have the matching disks...

ya i used that for a wile to but i foud out when u take one disk out of the server and put it in to another computer it wont work intill you format it so if the server dies then you cant get to eny of the files on the drives

 

[sheroo]

ya i used that for a wile to but i foud out when u take one disk out of the server and put it in to another computer it wont work intill you format it so if the server dies then you cant get to eny of the files on the drives

That does surprise me

According to all the documentation the drives should be readable.

 

[sg12004]

That does surprise me

According to all the documentation the drives should be readable.

ya thot the same till i had problems with it so had to take some drives out and i put them in to my main system but it woudent make the drives avalibal untill i formated them wich was realy anoying

so when you ad the drive to the WHS hd pool it will only work on the server

 

[sheroo]

Look forward to seeing you put this together. I have bought stuff from Xcase in the past and think they are really good.

Have you watched any of Jamo's vids? He makes me laugh...

 

[sg12004]

Look forward to seeing you put this together. I have bought stuff from Xcase in the past and think they are really good.

Have you watched any of Jamo's vids? He makes me laugh...

ya i have been waching alot of his vid on the cases and the servers he builds lol

 

[jonowee]

i will be geting 2x of these Hotswap caddies for my drives soon to My link

Cool, I'm looking forward to this build log. I'm very interested in how consumer level backplanes work out.

 

[sg12004]

my case just arived now so i can get this system put to gether now

ok off to build this now some more pics and i will do a video on it when done some time to day or tommorow

 

[hmmblah]

Is that going in a Rack?

I tried using the onboard RAID for a simple mirror, but under Server 2008 it would get corrupted in a few days and I'd have to reload again. It worked fine under Win7 though. I dumped the onboard RAID and used software mirroring built into 2008 instead and haven't had an issue since, been over a year now.

If I had more drives in my server I'd go a proper RAID card, but I only have two 1TB drives. Mostly all I store is my iTunes library, pictures, and Software patches/updates/ISO etc so I really don't have a need for that much storage.

 

[sg12004]

Is that going in a Rack?

I tried using the onboard RAID for a simple mirror, but under Server 2008 it would get corrupted in a few days and I'd have to reload again. It worked fine under Win7 though. I dumped the onboard RAID and used software mirroring built into 2008 instead and haven't had an issue since, been over a year now.

If I had more drives in my server I'd go a proper RAID card, but I only have two 1TB drives. Mostly all I store is my iTunes library, pictures, and Software patches/updates/ISO etc so I really don't have a need for that much storage.

yes i will be building a wooden rack for both of my servers

 

[hmmblah]

yes i will be building a wooden rack for both of my servers

4 post I assume? Would make a lovely living room centerpiece if made of oak

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What's your other server for? What specs etc?

 

[sg12004]

ran in to bit of a problem the cpu cooler hyper 212 plus dosint fit in the case jus about 2 inch to big cant get lid back on with it in so

i am having to use the cooler that came with the cpu till i get a smaller one

and the fans that came with the case are fare to loud but got some new quiter one coming next week

not to good on the cable managment the case is hard to sort the cables but i am not finashed yet got few more parts to come next week

then i can try sort out some of thos cables

 

[sheroo]

That MicroATX board looks tiny in there. Any reason you didn't go with a full fat ATX board?

 

[sg12004]

That MicroATX board looks tiny in there. Any reason you didn't go with a full fat ATX board?

i couldent find a chep enuf one less than £60 that had 6 sata ports and built in grapghics

 

[sg12004]

4 post I assume? Would make a lovely living room centerpiece if made of oak

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What's your other server for? What specs etc?

my other server is my main server at the moment till i can get 5x 2TB drive for this new one

that one only has 3x 1TB hdd and a 1.5 TB hd i have another 4u server case coming next week for my old one

wich has mini itx board dual core 1.60 cpu 4 gig 1066 ddr3 ram 400W corsair psu

i will be using the old one for storing all my music, programs, games, and other documents, and images on

the new one will host all of my films, tv series , dvds wich i need alot of space for

as soon as i have my old server in its new case i will post images of it to and when i have my server rackbuilt i will make a video of both of them