This is a continuation of my Home Server Built detailed here: https://www.411overkill.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=145 in the end, I used Unraid. I chose this over FreeNAS because of the community level of support that is present. I likes the way it implemented Dockers and VM's. I had never used ...

another update... this one is a bit long.... I was able to flash the LSI 9260CV-8i to the last firmware I could find online (Dec 2012) and now the server will boot with the card. So that is great news... Bad news is, I don't think I need that card anymore... more down below... also the 4 port server...

Finally making progress... I installed a second E5-2420 v2 CPU. I then installed the 6x 4GB 1333mhz DDR3 memory from the backup server and then I also installed the 2x 8GB 1600mhz memory from the existing system and it is seeing all 40GB of memory... Right now I'm running Memtest86+ and I'll let it ...

So the card works, I can create an array, but the server doesn't like it. with the card installed I cannot get in to the TD340's bios. the bios hangs... and because of that I can't change the boot drive and the box is dunked... I've tried different slots... with 1 CPU the card needs to be in either ...

well the LSI 9260CV-8i came in and it doesnt' have the cachevault power module... sigh... that part is hard to find on it's own... and too expensive when you do find one.. I'll test the card tomorrow then reach out to the seller about it.. otherwise I'll have to get a 9266-8i and get it's cachevault...

Here are some pics... so one server had the chassis I wanted with the 2x Hot-Swap cages and 2 drive caddys. It also sported an Xeon E5-2420 v2 and 16GB (2x8GB) of RAM and 1 Hot-Swap 800w Redundant PSU. This TD340 had a few other option parts and that is the TPM module ($35 on ebay) and the advanced ...

That's awesome Matt, thanks. would love to see what you've been up too.

Vin

Hey bud, how have you been? and no, this isn't the "original" site. you were correct in re-creating your user. I'd been keeping tabs on the domain, it got hijacked and then held for a $1,500 ransom for 5 years. Dax [p] disappeared and Cannon, Nordic and I didn't have any way to get it back. I kept a...

Servers shipped, ETA is Monday.

Vin

Alright... so I bought two Thinkserver TD340's total with shipping to my house is $572 CAD. With these two I can build a complete system and have some spare parts... the 1st one is $225 CAD 1x Xeon E5-2407v2 2.4GHz 24GB 4GBx6, 3x 3.5" Trays just have 1x 4 drive HS Cage 1 800w HS PSU (in photo had th...