Posted October 14, 2018 Hi, I have unused PC with Core i5 and 8GB DDR4. I bought a server case and pack my unused stuff with some additional hdd. No i have additional working PC with some new disks that give me about 50TB of free space. I do not need RAID for my lab, so RAID is off, disks act as storage for completely irrelevant data. The Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 server works next to this storage PC Is it possible to connect this storage PC to RD350 Lenovo server in some way so that the server has additional storage and the transfer speed was as little as SATA? Any additional hardware extension for storage PC ? Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Performace said: Hi, I have unused PC with Core i5 and 8GB DDR4. I bought a server case and pack my unused stuff with some additional hdd. No i have additional working PC with some new disks that give me about 50TB of free space. I do not need RAID for my lab, so RAID is off, disks act as storage for completely irrelevant data. The Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 server works next to this storage PC Is it possible to connect this storage PC to RD350 Lenovo server in some way so that the server has additional storage and the transfer speed was as little as SATA? yes and no yes you could with a third party usb to usb with a propriotry software. you could just map the drive to that pc from the server. No its not in the list of hdd from the servers bios or main configuration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author And SAS controller for PC is not an option ? Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 You could use ethernet and set it up as an iSCSi target and connect via an iSCS initiator - then it appears as a local disk in your Operating System. You will still be limited to 1Gbps transfer speed unless you use 10gbE network cards....keep in mind you can only access the data through an iSCSi initiator setup though so can be a bit of a convoluted setup. Spoiler Desktop: Ryzen9 5950X | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wifi) | EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB Pro 3600Mhz | EKWB EK-AIO 360D-RGB | EKWB EK-Vardar RGB Fans | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 4TB Samsung 980 Pro | Corsair 5000D Airflow | Corsair HX850 Platinum PSU | Asus ROG 42" OLED PG42UQ + LG 32" 32GK850G Monitor | Roccat Vulcan TKL Pro Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Superlight | MicroLab Solo 7C Speakers | Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 LE Headphones | TC-Helicon GoXLR | Audio-Technica AT2035 | LTT Desk Mat | XBOX-X Controller | Windows 11 Pro Spoiler Server: Fractal Design Define R6 | Ryzen 3950x | ASRock X570 Taichi | EVGA GTX1070 FTW | 64GB (4x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz | Corsair RM850v2 PSU | Fractal S36 Triple AIO + 4 Additional Venturi 120mm Fans | 14 x 20TB Seagate Exos X22 20TB | 500GB Aorus Gen4 NVMe | 2 x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | LSI 9211-8i HBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Just now, Performace said: And SAS controller for PC is not an option ? i dont know if your motherboard will interface properly with the sas controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author 1 minute ago, bebejapes said: i dont know if your motherboard will interface properly with the sas controller. I have H110M PRO-VD Motherboard on this PC setup Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Performace said: And SAS controller for PC is not an option ? You want to turn it into a JBOD disk shelf? Then you'll need a SAS controller (e.g an HBA with external connectors) in your PC, and then connect it to a SAS expander in the server. In that case you don't really need powerful cpu/mobo/ram in there, you just need some way to power the SAS expander. If you use a RES2SV240 they can be powered off a molex computer, then you dont even need the cpu/mobo/ram if you use something like this to initialize the power: https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-cse-ptjbod-cb1-jbod-power-board-diy-jbod-chassis-made-easy/ Spoiler Desktop: Ryzen9 5950X | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wifi) | EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB Pro 3600Mhz | EKWB EK-AIO 360D-RGB | EKWB EK-Vardar RGB Fans | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 4TB Samsung 980 Pro | Corsair 5000D Airflow | Corsair HX850 Platinum PSU | Asus ROG 42" OLED PG42UQ + LG 32" 32GK850G Monitor | Roccat Vulcan TKL Pro Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Superlight | MicroLab Solo 7C Speakers | Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 LE Headphones | TC-Helicon GoXLR | Audio-Technica AT2035 | LTT Desk Mat | XBOX-X Controller | Windows 11 Pro Spoiler Server: Fractal Design Define R6 | Ryzen 3950x | ASRock X570 Taichi | EVGA GTX1070 FTW | 64GB (4x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz | Corsair RM850v2 PSU | Fractal S36 Triple AIO + 4 Additional Venturi 120mm Fans | 14 x 20TB Seagate Exos X22 20TB | 500GB Aorus Gen4 NVMe | 2 x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | LSI 9211-8i HBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 @Jarsky using that method sometimes is feaseable of if @Performace has the dispossable budget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author Super ! I found somethng like this IBM LSI SAS SATA2 PCI-E 25R8071 HBA I assume it will look like this? Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Just now, Performace said: Super ! I found somethng like this IBM LSI SAS SATA2 PCI-E 25R8071 HBA I assume it will look like this? do you have the pci slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author I have one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot And two PCI-E x1 slots Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Yes, and then you have something like this in the server: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-RES2SV240-24-Port-RAID-Expander-Card-SAS-SATA-PCI-Express-x4/192620415574 And you can have one of these in the server as well: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAS-36Pin-SFF-8087-PCBA-to-Dual-Ports-Mini-SAS-SFF-8088-Female-Adapter-With-PCI/123374765704 then you run an SFF8088 cable from PC to the adapter, and a SFF8087 cable from the adapter to the SAS expander. Spoiler Desktop: Ryzen9 5950X | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wifi) | EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB Pro 3600Mhz | EKWB EK-AIO 360D-RGB | EKWB EK-Vardar RGB Fans | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 4TB Samsung 980 Pro | Corsair 5000D Airflow | Corsair HX850 Platinum PSU | Asus ROG 42" OLED PG42UQ + LG 32" 32GK850G Monitor | Roccat Vulcan TKL Pro Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Superlight | MicroLab Solo 7C Speakers | Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 LE Headphones | TC-Helicon GoXLR | Audio-Technica AT2035 | LTT Desk Mat | XBOX-X Controller | Windows 11 Pro Spoiler Server: Fractal Design Define R6 | Ryzen 3950x | ASRock X570 Taichi | EVGA GTX1070 FTW | 64GB (4x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz | Corsair RM850v2 PSU | Fractal S36 Triple AIO + 4 Additional Venturi 120mm Fans | 14 x 20TB Seagate Exos X22 20TB | 500GB Aorus Gen4 NVMe | 2 x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | LSI 9211-8i HBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Performace said: I have one PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot And two PCI-E x1 slots its a pci-e x4 slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author 4 minutes ago, Jarsky said: Yes, and then you have something like this in the server: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-RES2SV240-24-Port-RAID-Expander-Card-SAS-SATA-PCI-Express-x4/192620415574 And you can have one of these in the server as well: https://www.ebay.com/itm/SAS-36Pin-SFF-8087-PCBA-to-Dual-Ports-Mini-SAS-SFF-8088-Female-Adapter-With-PCI/123374765704 then you run an SFF8088 cable from PC to the adapter, and a SFF8087 cable from the adapter to the SAS expander. Thank You 3 minutes ago, bebejapes said: its a pci-e x8 slot Will this be a problem? Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Just now, Performace said: Thank You Will this be a problem? yes because its not on your board. so it wont fit and interface with the card. @Jarsky do you think this will work with his x16 slot if he doesnt use a gpu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 An x8 card will work just fine in an x16 slot. You could use a x1 to x8 riser cable to plug it into an x1 slot, but it will be limited to about 2Gbps (250MB/s) reading/writing to the CPU or other disks outside of the array. Spoiler Desktop: Ryzen9 5950X | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wifi) | EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB Pro 3600Mhz | EKWB EK-AIO 360D-RGB | EKWB EK-Vardar RGB Fans | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 4TB Samsung 980 Pro | Corsair 5000D Airflow | Corsair HX850 Platinum PSU | Asus ROG 42" OLED PG42UQ + LG 32" 32GK850G Monitor | Roccat Vulcan TKL Pro Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Superlight | MicroLab Solo 7C Speakers | Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 LE Headphones | TC-Helicon GoXLR | Audio-Technica AT2035 | LTT Desk Mat | XBOX-X Controller | Windows 11 Pro Spoiler Server: Fractal Design Define R6 | Ryzen 3950x | ASRock X570 Taichi | EVGA GTX1070 FTW | 64GB (4x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz | Corsair RM850v2 PSU | Fractal S36 Triple AIO + 4 Additional Venturi 120mm Fans | 14 x 20TB Seagate Exos X22 20TB | 500GB Aorus Gen4 NVMe | 2 x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | LSI 9211-8i HBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Just now, Jarsky said: An x8 card will work just fine in an x16 slot. You could use a x1 to x8 riser cable to plug it into an x1 slot, but it will be limited to about 2Gbps (250MB/s) reading/writing to the CPU or other disks outside of the array. i forgot about the riser cable. hahhaha i hope his case is standard ATX and not m atx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author So I have everything Thanks. Assuming that I already have all the cables, hardware and I want to connect it now, let's talk about software. What software do you recommend for installation for such Storage PC ? Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 runs on Centos7 Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 im not familiar with linux servers but it should automatically pick it up upon boot up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 You don't install anything on the server if you're doing the Disk Shelf setup i described.....you need to understand the concept first.... Your PC is the "brain" with the HBA card......the disk shelf is merely powering the drives and acting as a hub with the sas expander card. Software would just be using the Raid Manager software that comes with your HBA card, and configure the file system locally under Disk Management on your PC. Spoiler Desktop: Ryzen9 5950X | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wifi) | EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB Pro 3600Mhz | EKWB EK-AIO 360D-RGB | EKWB EK-Vardar RGB Fans | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 4TB Samsung 980 Pro | Corsair 5000D Airflow | Corsair HX850 Platinum PSU | Asus ROG 42" OLED PG42UQ + LG 32" 32GK850G Monitor | Roccat Vulcan TKL Pro Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Superlight | MicroLab Solo 7C Speakers | Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 LE Headphones | TC-Helicon GoXLR | Audio-Technica AT2035 | LTT Desk Mat | XBOX-X Controller | Windows 11 Pro Spoiler Server: Fractal Design Define R6 | Ryzen 3950x | ASRock X570 Taichi | EVGA GTX1070 FTW | 64GB (4x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz | Corsair RM850v2 PSU | Fractal S36 Triple AIO + 4 Additional Venturi 120mm Fans | 14 x 20TB Seagate Exos X22 20TB | 500GB Aorus Gen4 NVMe | 2 x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | LSI 9211-8i HBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Jarsky said: You don't install anything on the server if you're doing the Disk Shelf setup i described.....you need to understand the concept first.... Your PC is the "brain" with the HBA card......the disk shelf is merely powering the drives and acting as a hub with the sas expander card. Software would just be using the Raid Manager software that comes with your HBA card, and configure the file system locally under Disk Management on your PC. hahahaha that works but hes using linux os Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author Some i ca run with Centos on my PC Storage, install Raid Manager software that comes with HBA card, and that's all ? Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Performace said: Some i ca run with Centos on my PC Storage, install Raid Manager software that comes with HBA card, and that's all ? nothing to be configured on the server just on the pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 1 minute ago, bebejapes said: hahahaha that works but hes using linux os He said CentOS is installed on the server. I'm assuming hes using Windows on his PC... It doesn't matter if theres an OS installed on the server or not, it just needs to power the card and the drives on. This explains more in-depth the configuration im talking about: https://www.servethehome.com/sas-expanders-diy-cheap-low-cost-jbod-enclosures-raid/ Spoiler Desktop: Ryzen9 5950X | ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero (Wifi) | EVGA RTX 3080Ti FTW3 | 32GB (2x16GB) Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB Pro 3600Mhz | EKWB EK-AIO 360D-RGB | EKWB EK-Vardar RGB Fans | 1TB Samsung 980 Pro, 4TB Samsung 980 Pro | Corsair 5000D Airflow | Corsair HX850 Platinum PSU | Asus ROG 42" OLED PG42UQ + LG 32" 32GK850G Monitor | Roccat Vulcan TKL Pro Keyboard | Logitech G Pro X Superlight | MicroLab Solo 7C Speakers | Audio-Technica ATH-M50xBT2 LE Headphones | TC-Helicon GoXLR | Audio-Technica AT2035 | LTT Desk Mat | XBOX-X Controller | Windows 11 Pro Spoiler Server: Fractal Design Define R6 | Ryzen 3950x | ASRock X570 Taichi | EVGA GTX1070 FTW | 64GB (4x16GB) Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000Mhz | Corsair RM850v2 PSU | Fractal S36 Triple AIO + 4 Additional Venturi 120mm Fans | 14 x 20TB Seagate Exos X22 20TB | 500GB Aorus Gen4 NVMe | 2 x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe | LSI 9211-8i HBA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 14, 2018 Author I have some doubts about the controller assembly in the server, I mean the length of the card. That's how it looks in the server Case: Corsair iCUE 7000X RGB Black Motherboard: Asus ROG CROSSHAIR VIII FORMULA CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X running at 4.5GHz RAM 64GB G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Neo AMD DDR4 3200MHz GPU: MSI Nvidia RTX 3080 TI Suprim X 12GB Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy Rx Storage: 2x Samsung NVMe 256GB 2x 256GB Samsung SSD PRO Storage: 2x 8TB Seagate HDD Cooling: NZXT KRAKEN Z73 PSU: ROG THOR 1200W Platinum Monitor: LG 32UD99-W 4K + LG OLED 55" 120HZ 4K Speakers Set: Logitech Z-906 THX 5.1 Laptop: MacbookPro 13 (2016) || MacbookPro 16 Core i9 2.4 and 32 GB DDR4 on 1TB SSD || Lenovo Legion Y540-17IRH with i7-9750H 32GB QVO2TB GTX1650-4GB Server Lab: Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 with 120GB DDR4 on 2x Intel Xeon E5-2609 v4 on Esexi or Proxmox Network: Hitron CGNv4 modem (Stock) || Linksys WRT32X (OpenWRT) || Mikrotik RB2011UiAS-2HnD-IN (OpenWRT) || UniFi Security Gateway PRO USG‑PRO‑4 || UniFi Cloud Key Gen2 Plus || UniFi Switch 48 US-48-500W POE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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