Intel40041
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I'm looking for suggestion for a NAS server motherboard.
I'm put off by the fact that most manufactures fail to produce a plain jane server board that allows the customer to pick and choose what RAID card they wish to use for the applications without loading it down with their idea of what the customer needs.
For me the ideal board would have a single SATA port for running the OS on, as many NICs as they can fit on the board, no sound, very rudiment video and the rest of the board dedicated to bring out the best performance in CPU and memory.
I plan to use a chenbro case with 16 hot swap SATA, and Adaptec 31205. Also as most RAID cards use PCI-Express 2.0 x8 the ideal Motherobard would have at lest two slots; more would better if the application requires outboard storage.
I use ASUS by habit, but at times I question their judgment on how they package their motherboard line.
Look forward to hearing suggestion on how to narrow down a board for my application.
Cheers
I'm put off by the fact that most manufactures fail to produce a plain jane server board that allows the customer to pick and choose what RAID card they wish to use for the applications without loading it down with their idea of what the customer needs.
For me the ideal board would have a single SATA port for running the OS on, as many NICs as they can fit on the board, no sound, very rudiment video and the rest of the board dedicated to bring out the best performance in CPU and memory.
I plan to use a chenbro case with 16 hot swap SATA, and Adaptec 31205. Also as most RAID cards use PCI-Express 2.0 x8 the ideal Motherobard would have at lest two slots; more would better if the application requires outboard storage.
I use ASUS by habit, but at times I question their judgment on how they package their motherboard line.
Look forward to hearing suggestion on how to narrow down a board for my application.
Cheers