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u/sirastrix · 2 pointsr/unRAID

Story Time

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Initially, I started with this case ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q2Z11QE ) as I was thinking of throwing something together like what you're talking about. Then my "project" began to grow.

That's when I ended up ordering this case instead ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005KQ66ZC ). That said, my server consists of a Threadripper 2990WX with an AIO water cooler. Well...this case wasn't made for that. So my father in law machined a hole in the top to mount the radiator on the top of the case like a blower on a car. This worked VERY well for a couple of weeks, but I just wasn't happy with it.

Finally, I ordered this case ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0091IZ1ZG ), to which I was able to fit everything inside of with a few extra bolts that still need to be trimmed. Here's a pic of the inside of mine and the temp 32 cores runs at ( https://imgur.com/tek9ID0 - https://imgur.com/vEPFLv5 ), do excuse the dust.

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As far as SSD's go, just do something like this ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GMGZBP0 ). Saves space and doesn't hurt them as they only take a single HDD slot. Taping them to the side of the case doesn't hurt either if you don't care about the looks. Also, I want to boast about these fans for a min ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KFCRF1A ). Move a lot of air and aren't as loud as you'd think. The 120mm variant is a good bit louder, but still well worth it.

u/darkslyde27 · 2 pointsr/unRAID

i/o crest works wonders, it's x1, 4 sata III ports that be had at $35. I/O Crest SI-PEX40064 i'm sure you can find them cheaper.

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they are also known as SYBA SI-PEX40064 aka. IOCrest IO-PCE9215-4I
(from unraid HW comp list: 4 port, PCIex1, SATA III, Marvell 88SE9215, bootable, working out of the box, supports drives > 2.2 TB)


I use that on my low power box with four 2TB wd greens and don't have any issues. if you want to go with something better, SAS2008/LSI 9201/9211 HBA card on IT MODE is the clear cut winner for ease and compatibility. cons: they're a little more expensive ($65 + price of cables).

u/ClamatoChutney · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I would look at getting the case first so that gives you an idea of the space you have to work with and also how many additional fans you need.

Noctua is hands down the top of the line. Ugly as they are quiet and reliable. Corsair, Fractal Design, and ThermalTake all have their own fans. Mostly with LED lights. In a pinch Rosewill makes slightly cheaper fans. Fans have 3 and 4 pin connectors. If possible always get 4 pin. It allows the motherboard to have more control over fan speeds. A 3 pin fan can plug in to a 4 pin slot on the motherboard it just has reduced control. The motherboard has 4 Case Fan ports and 2 CPU fan ports. If you need more than 4 fans you can get a Y connector.

Noctua - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAADY4B02521

Corsair - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181111

Y splitter - https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812162026

The R5 case comes with 2x 140mm fans and a possibility of 9 fan locations. (I expect them to all be 120/140mm capable)

I am going to assume:

  • 1 on the back

  • 3 on the front

  • 3 on the top (maybe 4)

  • 1 on the bottom (maybe 2)

    With the possibility of 2-3 fans up front I would recommend filling those first with additional fans. This will make sure you are moving air across the drives. If possible make sure they are all 140mm mounting points. There are arrows on the side of the fan that point the direction of the air flow. For the front of the case you want air moving from the outside to inside so point the arrows towards the inside of the case. The back fan is to move air outside of the case.

    The CPU comes with its on fan. This isn't an overclock gaming build so the stock cooler should be fine. The top inside of the case is usually where you would mount the water-cooled radiator and fans but I would recommend just leaving that empty. Same with the bottom case fan spots.

    After you get the case and are picking out how many additional fans you might need you can also get all of your SATA data cables. Measure length. Too short and you will hate yourself. Too long and you will be cursing trying to figure out what to do with the tangled mess.

    The measure of length should be from the approximate location of the ports on the board (this will be the bottom right) to about 2-3 inches clearance from the back to the front of the hard drive cage. It will probably be about 18-24" cables. This is the same for the SATA power from the PSU. This will make swapping drives easier and you will not have to remove the back of the case due to short cables.

    Also a nice USB brand name flash drive. You have to brand the serial number to your unRAID license. It doesn't have to be large an 8gb should be more than enough. I have a Sandisk 16gb USB3 that I use.

    https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-Flash-Drive-SDCZ43-016G-GAM46/dp/B01GK9921C
u/Something_Funny · 1 pointr/unRAID

I put together almost the exact same build a year or so ago to replace my Drobo. Like your case selection better than mine. The only thing I might suggest is springing for an i5 if you're going to be transcoding multiple streams.

I recently decided to add more HDDs to my build and ran out of SATA ports. Expanded with this. Good luck!

u/mrbeck1 · 3 pointsr/unRAID

I ordered this one and am pretty happy with it.

Rosewill 4U Server Chassis / Server Case / Rackmount Case, Metal Rack Mount Computer Case support with 15 bays & 7 Fans Pre-Installed (RSV-L4500) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091IZ1ZG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_x5PrzbJ9MRYFP

u/Polaris2246 · 1 pointr/unRAID

My buddy and I each built unraid servers in the past month. He went higher specs with a Xeon e3-1250v3 and a higher end consumer motherboard. Hes going to get an AMD rx480 video card for it so he has a second gaming computer for anyone that comes over. 16 gigs of ecc RAM. I went more power efficient and bought a supermicro board with an Intel Avalon C2750 CPU. It's essentially a server Atom CPU. It uses 20watts and has eight cores and 16 gigs of ecc RAM too. The motherboard has the right features I wanted. ipmi built in, four nics and some other stuff. I was worried the CPU would be under powered by it packs plenty of power for my docker containers. Sonarr for auto TV downloading, couch potato, nextcloud server, web server, MySQL server, modded Minecraft server, crash plan backup server, and others. I barely eat up 30% CPU when everything is running and actually doing something. Idle is below 5%. I don't have Plex on it because my Nvidia shield does that. It's surprised me a lot how much power it has. If you want gaming, it's not for you but it is more than enough as a file server and the applications its running and plenty more.

Motherboard/CPU

16GB RAM

SATA Controller Card (needed more sata ports than motherboard had)

Power Supply

[2x SSD for Cache/Pool set up]
(https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FJ4UN76/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

5x WD Red 3TB

Better fans for case

Case (LOVE the case)

u/n0llbyte · 1 pointr/unRAID

Okay thanks!
Ordered this one from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E9Z2D60

We'll know if it works in 2 weeks time :)

u/ronfar623 · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I can't help with the errors, but I can recommend this card as it works well with my two Windows 10 VMs under 6.2.4: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FPIMJEW/

Can pass the entire card to the VM and just plug USB peripherals normally. 100x easier.

u/phenger · 1 pointr/unRAID

Yeah, I use it as my main PC/gaming case and love it. I gutted it for gaming (better airflow and graphics card radiator positioning). I love that they use screws instead of rivets for modularity. I had 0 hesitations buying it again for my unraid rebuild.

As /u/Douglas_D pointed out, there can be some issues with the Rosewell cage I linked. You may consider the Icy Dock (https://www.amazon.com/MB074SP-B-Vortex-Removable-Module-Cooler/dp/B00GSQMYY0) cage instead. Same price and same basic function (minus the hotswap).

Those cages fit into 3x 5.25" bays. I had no issues sliding it into my case. It just...sticks in there. It's recessed into the case a bit but is otherwise solid and stable.

u/mvillar24 · 2 pointsr/unRAID

The question about PCI-E SATA cards is how much you are willing to spend and what available PCI-E slots do you have on your motherboard.

The cheapest I've tried (with slowest throughput) when you only have PCI-E 1x slots free is to use four port SATA cards like this Marvell 88SE9215 chipset based card for $33 on Amazon:
(http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZ9T3OU)

If you got at least a PCI-E 4x slot you can something faster for $100 - $160 such as (note these are 8 port cards):

  1. HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL 8-Port
  2. Supermicro AOC-SASLP-MV8

    On eBay used:
  3. Dell HV52W PERC H310

    A number of the above solutions are not as fast as you can go since they use PCI-E 4x slots. But 8x slot cards can cost a lot more. Personally I don't notice the slow down as much since I'm really using these drives to stream and don't notice that parity checks and moving data from cache to permanent drives take longer.
u/Douglas_D · 1 pointr/unRAID

Just a data point from here, I had that Rosewell cage and am moving away from it because if the server is jostled at all, it has a potential to knock one of my drives offline. It doesn't seem like the connectors are super secure in mine and any little bump is a potential parity re-build scenario :/ I wound up with this Icy Dock cage instead since I don't really need the hot-swap feature and the connectors go straight into the drive instead of through a backplate. I also get better airflow on the Icy Dock cage.

u/pixO · 1 pointr/unRAID

Which 4U rosewill case only supports MATX? As far as I know, they should all support EATX. This line will fit a giant supermicro EEATX board & SFX PSU with some compromises in the standoff department.

u/dandruski · 1 pointr/unRAID

I’ve used [this one](Inateck Superspeed 7 Ports PCI-E to USB 3.0 Expansion Card - 5 USB 3.0 Ports and 2 Rear USB 3.0 Ports Express Card Desktop with 15 Pin SATA Power Connector, Including Two Power Cables (KT5002) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FPIMICA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_JfQ.BbX8YEN77) without issue in my Win 10 Gaming VM and also natively recognized in my macOS VM. There is a 4 port version as well.

u/chip6439 · 1 pointr/unRAID

I've used a Molex to Sata breakout cable, havn't had any issues with the 8TB ones I'm currently using. May not be an ideal solution for a large number of drives but for my use case it was as easy as plug and boot. All of this assuming you have molex avail of course. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009GULFJ0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/CodeGrunt · 1 pointr/unRAID

I'm currently using a PC case from 1992. It had 8 hdd bays and they seem to be supporting fewer hdd bays these days. When/if I buy a case it will probably be something like the rosewill 4u https://www.amazon.ca/Rosewill-Rackmount-Chassis-Internal-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=mp_s_a_1_3

u/ceyoung75 · 1 pointr/unRAID

it may be to late, but on my third server i use this:

https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Superspeed-Ports-PCI-Expansion/dp/B00FPIMICA/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=USB+3.0+PCIe+adapter&qid=1554238644&s=gateway&sr=8-3

may not be what your after but it allows me to setup each vm to have a dedicated external usb slave drive

u/zSars · 1 pointr/unRAID

I know for a fact that this one works:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1


and this one does not work

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132018

Hope this helps

edit: Pretty sure the Marvell chipset makes the difference

u/BE_chems · 4 pointsr/unRAID

That USB PCIE card is pretty amazing !
https://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-Allegro-Pro-PCIe-card/dp/B00XPUHO10?th=1

Not cheap but a cool find !

But I can't see myself drop $2000 on a cpu..

u/eyecrax · 1 pointr/unRAID

This only has 15 proper bays but you can could probably shoehorn a few extra in there if you're creative. It is technically a rack mount chassis but it can be put on it's side if you felt so inclined. https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-L4500/dp/B0091IZ1ZG

u/MutedProfessional · 3 pointsr/unRAID

Any AsMedia, Marvel, etc. SATA card will do.

This one on Amazon is a PCIe 2x card, should do fine for a low-end setup: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00AZ9T41M/ref=twister_B0721DXJHL?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

If you want something better, take a look at LSI cards, but that might be overkill for your needs.

u/jdrtechnology · 1 pointr/unRAID

I recently put in an LSI card to attach 8 HDD's into my array (I have 5 SSD's attached making up my cache - not ideal, but I had the parts so... ;-). Worked out of the box. no flashing. No updates. I ordered mine from Amazon.com. Was $75, but I did not want to risk it, as this is my server (worth the $25 to me for simple piece of mind).

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085FT2JC/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Combined that with the splitter cables (I used these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CKX6HVV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) and I have had 0 issues.

It was by far the most highly recommended card, and I did not want to deal with a bunch of random issues to save $25 dollars.

u/spicyrazz · 1 pointr/unRAID

I have bought this cable which should be a forward breakout https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B012BPLYJC/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I have tried to plug it in another port on the HBA, no luck either.
Yes, all drives have SATA power and SATA data and I can hear/feel the spinning.

u/jaxder_jared · 1 pointr/unRAID

I've got a Thor V2 and when I move my unraid system into the case, I'll be adding two Rosewill HDD Cages (second link). This will put me at a capacity of 10 drives, it is also HUGE. It has plenty of room for two AIOS (140 back, 240 top) and as many PCI cards as you want.

My case: https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811147053

HDD Cage: https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-5-25-Inch-3-5-Inch-Hot-swap-SATAIII/dp/B00DGZ42SM

u/bu2d · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I use this case but there are a few similar ones with different options for drive bays.

https://www.amazon.com/Rosewill-Rackmount-Computer-Pre-Installed-RSV-R4000/dp/B0055EV30W/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?keywords=rosewill%2Bcase&qid=1562677652&s=gateway&sprefix=rosewill&sr=8-5&th=1&psc=1

Your nvme Drive can be passed through as a unassigned drive. I do this with the two vm’s that I run. I also have plex and everything else running on it.

A major factor to consider is the cpu and how it’s setup. If you don’t properly isolate the cores needed for your vm plex will cause lots of lag due to the cpu spikes. If you have a newer 4 core 8 thread processor 4 threads for the vm and 4 for plex and UnRaid should be fine. I wouldn’t try this on anything else. I had my vm’s on a FX 8350 for a while and it worked but I would get random lockup’s.

My current setup is:

Ryzen 7 2700x

32GB Ram

2x 240GB SSD cache drives (one will work fine)

2x 500GB SSD passes through to each vm (one for each vm)

2x GTX 1650 (one for each vm)

12 other drives for storage


I have 3 cores/6 threads assigned to each vm and 2 cores/4 threads for plex, UnRaid and everything else. Each vm has also been given 12GB of RAM.

It’s a fun project that never seems to end as I can always find something new that I want UnRaid to do.

u/sureguy · 7 pointsr/unRAID

Generally when people are discussing USB passthrough they're passing through the controller, so that it is transparent to the guest OS (guest os is responsible for drivers, etc, and has direct hardware access). For hot plug to work the controller would need to be passed through.

Any HUB/Extender that connects to a USB port that you choose to pass through would be passed through in its entirety to a single guest OS.

There is this card that has a separate controller for each port, which means you could have 4 VMs each with their own host controller:

https://www.amazon.com/Sonnet-Allegro-Pro-PCIe-card/dp/B00XPUHO10?th=1

Then you could add a hub to each of the ports if you want more devices connected.

u/CuedUp · 2 pointsr/unRAID

Before I switched to a Rosewill RSV4500 I was using an Azza Solano 1000R full tower case. It had a ton of 5.25" bays and I used some cheap Cooler Master 4 in 3 bays to stuff it full of drives. It worked fairly well and I didn't need to modify the case at all. This was handy because I reused it down the line after migrating Unraid to the Rosewill.

The Rosewill case was the cheapest rackmount case ($80) I could get that fit my drives. I have considered upgrading to a hotswap-type of case like the Norcos but so far it has been more economical to just upgrade my drives to larger capacity rather than expand my capacity to hold drives. I swap drives so rarely that the hotswap feature isn't necessary. The Rosewill is annoying to work with when I have to swap a drive though (and I've removed the center partition).

u/porksandwich9113 · 2 pointsr/unRAID

Make sure it's a crimped one, not molded. The QC issues with molded connectors have let to shorts/burns/fires for people in the past.

Example of a crimped one.

Example of molded.

u/gilahacker · 1 pointr/unRAID

I'm using two of these, myself:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0085FT2JC

They work great with my 4 and 10 TB HGST NAS drives, but I did have a problem with my Samsung 850 EVO SSD. There is a firmware update available for them that I haven't tried yet (I just moved the EVO to on-board SATA ports and it's fine).

Edit: You'll need cables like these (it doesn't come with them): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013G4EMH8

u/KorYi · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I use a inateck kt5001 (5xUSB3, https://www.amazon.com/Inateck-Express-15-Pin-Connector-KT5001/dp/B00FPIMJEW ), works like a dream (got xbox/steam controller and oculus rift). This is on my main rig running arch, but it shouldn't be any different on unraid.

u/Sl0rk · 3 pointsr/unRAID

This is the one I use and it works fine - https://www.amazon.com/IO-Crest-Controller-Non-Raid-SI-PEX40064/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543180924&sr=8-3&keywords=IOCrest+SI-PEX40064

Although it costs a lot more that it should be for some reason. I paid $15 for it on Newegg.

u/Kelarik · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I currently have 3 4-in-3 bays - https://www.amazon.com/MB074SP-B-Vortex-Removable-Module-Cooler/dp/B00GSQMYY0/ref=sr_1_10 - with a fan controller (which is just filling a gap in the case) and a 4x2.5"-in-1 for cache SSDs, but I'm up to 11 3.5" drives, so it's pretty close to full capacity unless I start swapping out drives for more expensive models :)

u/TripKnot · 3 pointsr/unRAID

While the capacitor in those Silverstone cables are suppossed to help even out power as drives spin up, the capacitor quality apparently isn't good (eg ChengX).

I used to use those cables until I read a post on the unraid forums where a user was experiencing multiple drive failures and solved it by removing the CP06 adapters.
I ended up swapping the silverstone adapters out for 1x4 StarTech adapters:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0086OGN9E/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

u/cjlee89 · 1 pointr/unRAID

4-port SATA card: https://www.amazon.com/CREST-Drive-Controller-Marvell-Chipset/dp/B00AZ9T41M

Get some good SATA cables as well. One of the ones that came with the controller was bad for me.

u/manifest3r · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I have a 4-port PCI-e expansion card, using it without any issues on 2 1TB drives, and 1 500GB drive. Model number is SI-PEX40064.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AZ9T3OU/

u/billyvnilly · 1 pointr/unRAID

you buy this cable: 4x SATA splitter cable
each of the adapters actually has a plastic housing on the back that you snap on and off. You unsnap the housings and literally rip out the 3.3v wire (the 1st wire, on the notch/elbow side). Snap the housings back on, and done.

u/GT_YEAHHWAY · 1 pointr/unRAID

I have this adapter and it doesn't show up in BIOS on my B450M board.

Should I get a riser then switch adapters?

u/nogami · 1 pointr/unRAID

Case first then moved to rack mount

Rosewill 4U Server Chassis/Server... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00N9CXGSO?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

12 bays hot swappable. Running 80TB right now with dual parity and 1TB of mirrored SSD cache. Intel Core i3 and 24GB of RAM. Very comfy.

u/General-ColinBile · 1 pointr/unRAID

Check out the UnRaid forum. I'm looking at these:

-Supermicro PCI Express x4 Low Profile SAS RAID Controller (AOC-SASLP-MV8) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002KGLDXU/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_UPmFxb8KHH59P

  • I'm on mobile and not at home so I can't find the other.
u/Cyromaniap · 2 pointsr/unRAID

I use a LSI 9211-8i flashed in IT mode so its plug and play.

Got it from ebay:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-IT-Mode-Genuine-LSI-9211-8i-8-port-PCI-E-Card-Bulk-pack-US-SameDayShipping/291641245650?hash=item43e72c3fd2:g:hboAAOSwOgdYxx1I:rk:2:pf:0

For a case you can look into something like a Supermicro 2U like this one:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Supermicro-CSE-826BE16-R920LPB-2U-Server-Chassis-2x-920W-12-Bay-BPN-SAS2-826EL1/283181634754?epid=1203915313&hash=item41eef0d4c2:g:3icAAOSwG~Vbq8to:rk:5:pf:0

There is a Lenovo 2U that is talked about around here and the data hoarder sub but i cant think of the model at the moment.


Only thing with that supermicro i listed is it looks like it has two U.2 connections to connect to the HBA So you can either get a HBA that has two U.2 ports (cost more) and be done with it or get the HBA i listed pull out the U.2 to SFF 8087 connectors and get one SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable and one SFF-8087 to sata cable.

https://www.amazon.com/CABLEDECONN-Internal-36-Pin-SFF-8087-Cable/dp/B00S7KU3PC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543276984&sr=8-3&keywords=SFF-8087+to+SFF-8087

https://www.amazon.com/CableCreation-SFF-8087-Female-Controller-Backplane/dp/B013G4EMH8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1543277008&sr=8-3&keywords=SFF-8087+to+sata

One will plug into the sas backplane and the cable with the breakout cables will go into the two hotswap bays in the back of the case..

When dealing with a case that has a backplane you are looking for anything that is SAS2 or above if it is using a SAS Expander. Those backplanes will handle larger HDD no problem. If the backplane has a direct attach backplane (ie no built in expander) then SAS will work fine.