2013-02-11, 23:40
I looked up your mobo - it DOES have IPMI. I thought it might as it sounded familiar, some of the unRAID guys have been using it too. IPMI makes life really easy, stuff it in a closet and pretty much not have to touch it except for hardware maintenance or media replacement. :-)
I guess I've been lucky with RAM, I've never had any go bad (in about 25 years BTW), so ECC hasn't ever appealed to me. that said - yeah I've got it in my server as my Tyan board requires it. Damned RAM is quite expensive but I've maxxed out what ESX's free version will allow so I don't care. So far no data loss on my existing systems and wow I've gone through lots of drives over time too. Thankfully my drives seem pretty reliable and this case cools pretty well with the stock fans. A little noisy but in a closet it's not an issue. so far my backplanes have held up and I've tested nearly every slot. The stories of them popping are pretty scary though. I can't see spending more than this for something from SuperMicro though. Heh, the unRAID preclear test is indeed pretty brutal, I will admit I haven't run it on anything but I think it throws everything including the kitchen sink at drives to push them over the edge. With warranties as short as they are these days that's a good thing I guess!
I guess I've been lucky with RAM, I've never had any go bad (in about 25 years BTW), so ECC hasn't ever appealed to me. that said - yeah I've got it in my server as my Tyan board requires it. Damned RAM is quite expensive but I've maxxed out what ESX's free version will allow so I don't care. So far no data loss on my existing systems and wow I've gone through lots of drives over time too. Thankfully my drives seem pretty reliable and this case cools pretty well with the stock fans. A little noisy but in a closet it's not an issue. so far my backplanes have held up and I've tested nearly every slot. The stories of them popping are pretty scary though. I can't see spending more than this for something from SuperMicro though. Heh, the unRAID preclear test is indeed pretty brutal, I will admit I haven't run it on anything but I think it throws everything including the kitchen sink at drives to push them over the edge. With warranties as short as they are these days that's a good thing I guess!
