Michael, That Raid card is dirt cheap, but dirt sh!t. Don't walk, but run from Promise products. I shelled out some huge denaro for an LSI at home ~5-600.00 but couldn't have been happier :) I would personally use Dynamic discs of standard ports if redundancy is all your after. That fake raid crap just ain't Scottish :)
That mobo has two very good Intel ICH7R ports. Use them... You'll blow away the only expansion you have left and that card wont work as well, trust me. jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 2:54 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards US dollars for those non-US folks. Link Description Quantity Cost Extended http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800EB2G_Q STT DDR2-800 2GB/128x8 ECC Qimonda Chip Server Memory 4 $40.75 $163.00 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-750SA Samsung HD753LJ 750GB SATA2 7200rpm 32MB Hard Drive 2 $100.42 $200.84 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=IDE-TX265R Promise FastTrak TX2650 2-Port SAS/SATA RAID PCI-E Controller Card 1 $67.01 $67.01 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=Q6600BOX Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 2.4GHz 1066MHz 8MB LGA775 EM64T CPU 1 $183.16 $183.16 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-RS100E5 Asus RS100-E5/PI2 LGA775 Xeon / Intel 3200/ 2GbE 1U Rackmount Server Barebone 1 $372.03 $372.03 Total $986.04 Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 3:29 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards So what did you come up with? From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:19 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards With a little more help from Webster (thanks guy!) I came up with a kickin' sub-$1K server from ewiz.com with 8 GB RAM and a quad-core Q6600 Intel CPU. Ewiz.com has some great prices. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joseph L. Casale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:18 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards Post your req's here. I have a couple systems I do testing for Xen and *did* some Hyper-v testing with. Possibly I can suggest a config that I know works from experience that fits your budget as I built my own rigs as well. jlc From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 4:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards Related Q: a few weeks ago someone (Blackstone? Espinola? I don't remember) posted a site that had really excellent prices on white-box servers. (I need something inexpensive for home that I can use as a Hyper-V server.) Anyone remember what that site was? (And, BTW, it's a real failing for me - I don't really "do" hardware. So, designing a server from the motherboard up isn't a skill I have. Webster helped me a lot yesterday, but when I gave him all of my requirements, it was more than I wanted to spend...) Thanks! Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Martin Blackstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:53 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: newisys 2110-i motherboards The 2100 is on the 2003 HCL but I don't see it on the 2008. http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/item.aspx?idItem=6c0eadca-361e-de5f-976a-c294349ab8d5&bCatID=1282 I would "imagine" that 2008 will install, but may not be supported. From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 6:00 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: newisys 2110-i motherboards Anyone have a clue whether newisys 2110-I motherboards are natively recognized by server 2008? Thanks. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
