Nitrocrusher
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I am planning to build a new server for my work due to how old the current one is. I will reuse the case, but almost everything else needs to go. Here's what I am thinking:
1) ASUS P5BV-E/SAS motherboard
2) Intel Xeon X3220 processor
3) 2x Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ECC Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit Server Memory
4) Reuse existing 550w power supply
5) Reuse existing 650 gb hard drives. These are essentially brand new. I have (4) of these and (2) are in the tower at once in RAID 1 using a Promise FastTrack TX4310 controller. The second drive gets swapped out for one of the other two drives each week to rebuild. The (2) drives in the case use Promise's Removable bays.
6) Reuse existing DVD drives and floppy.
I would like to get your opinion on the setup as well as if I should get a different RAID controller? if I do use a different controller do I need to get new removable bays or can the Promise ones be reused? Any comments are greatly appreciated.
1) ASUS P5BV-E/SAS motherboard
2) Intel Xeon X3220 processor
3) 2x Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 ECC Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit Server Memory
4) Reuse existing 550w power supply
5) Reuse existing 650 gb hard drives. These are essentially brand new. I have (4) of these and (2) are in the tower at once in RAID 1 using a Promise FastTrack TX4310 controller. The second drive gets swapped out for one of the other two drives each week to rebuild. The (2) drives in the case use Promise's Removable bays.
6) Reuse existing DVD drives and floppy.
I would like to get your opinion on the setup as well as if I should get a different RAID controller? if I do use a different controller do I need to get new removable bays or can the Promise ones be reused? Any comments are greatly appreciated.