articgoat Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) this is the cheapest 36 bay server I've found. I got 2 for a plex server. https://www.theserverstore.com/SuperMicro-4U-CSE-847-36-Bay-SAS2-BP-w-X9DRD-EF-2x-6-Core-E5-2620-24Ghz-16GB-IT-MODE_p_1005.html Edited January 17, 2020 by articgoat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig0r Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 I'd say overkill for the home, however there are most likely some on here that would love something like that :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 overkill is our thing here. what about fan noise on the beast? a basement dweller? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Borges Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Interesting change of pace from the all the microserver stuff good price - even you have no need for 36 bays !!!! one of the issues with the HP microserver is the need for a service contract to get drivers how is the driver situation with this ?. Can you even install Windows 10 or Unraid or Freenas or the like ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Al_Borges said: Interesting change of pace from the all the microserver stuff good price - even you have no need for 36 bays !!!! one of the issues with the HP microserver is the need for a service contract to get drivers how is the driver situation with this ?. Can you even install Windows 10 or Unraid or Freenas or the like ? HPE only requires a warranty or service contract for BIOS updates, drivers and firmware are free to download. As to the deal above, Super Micro has good driver support. The only thing you need to watch with Super Micro is the part numbers for system boards are separate from chassis part numbers. You need to check both for updates. The specs show RAID in IT mode, so it should work with UNRAID or FreeNAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrf Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 isn't IT mode RAID something of an oxymoron? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
articgoat Posted January 20, 2020 Author Share Posted January 20, 2020 (edited) On 1/18/2020 at 5:23 AM, Trig0r said: I'd say overkill for the home, however there are most likely some on here that would love something like that using one for Plex, and I need around 300TB for for 8k footage on the other, the footage eats space like there is no tomorrow On 1/18/2020 at 7:32 AM, nrf said: overkill is our thing here. what about fan noise on the beast? a basement dweller? This is going 10 feet underground, so no problem there. 15 hours ago, Al_Borges said: Interesting change of pace from the all the microserver stuff good price - even you have no need for 36 bays !!!! one of the issues with the HP microserver is the need for a service contract to get drivers how is the driver situation with this ?. Can you even install Windows 10 or Unraid or Freenas or the like ? I contacted them and for 1 they are giving me unraid (Plex server) and for the other i got them to give me a 9211-8i for a 8k footage editing server. in total i would need about 400 ish TB Edited January 20, 2020 by articgoat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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