Planning a server

[tikker]

1 minute ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

I was also thinking of having independent disks, but I felt like RAID would be nice for redundancy.

 

Would it be possible to install 4 drives, and only have 2 of them in RAID?(never set up a RAID array, only read about the benefits and requirements of each type).

Yeah the redundancy part is why I want to move to a RAID 5 setup of 5x 4 TB, but until I can afford all of the drives this'll have to do.

 

I'm not familiar enough with RAID to definitely answer that question, but it should be possible, no?

[NTDaws]

Just an idea.

 

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[Crunchy Dragon]

1 minute ago, Being Delirious said:

Just an idea.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vNJKZR
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vNJKZR/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1220 V3 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Newegg Business) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-L9i 33.8 CFM CPU Cooler  ($39.19 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Supermicro - X10SLL-F Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($135.19 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($101.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Red 4TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($124.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GT 430 1GB Video Card  ($21.48 @ Amazon) 
Case: Fractal Design - Node 804 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($97.84 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($80.98 @ OutletPC) 
Other: Syba SI-PEX24042 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet PCI-E X1 Network Interface Card  ($43.45 @ Amazon) 
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Interesting. I do have a GTS 250 that I could use if I required a dGPU, in one of my other threads it was mentioned that the G4560's iGPU could handle 1080p60 playback.

 

Another thing to mention is that 1200 USD is incredibly expensive, I'd like to remain under maybe 900.