NasMaster Posted April 17, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 17, 2016 Hi all looking to build a raid 6 system, im looking for peoples experiences as to hardware im not sure what to go with just yet and my searches dont give many usefully results Build so far: Case = Silverstone SST-DS380B Psu = 450watt Gold Harddrives 6 too 8 wd red 3tb So do i go with a) Motherboard with lots of mixed controllers on board (8+) " why this might be good " b) Purchase a dedicated raid card and build the array on this " Specific hardware recommendations and why" Ps thanks in advance.... yes it will be doing some heavy VM work as well as plex and IP camera storage work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasMaster Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted April 18, 2016 34 reads and no one has an opinion bumping up the list Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastrychef Posted April 18, 2016 Share #3 Posted April 18, 2016 The DSM handles the RAID functionality so I don't see any need for RAID card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasMaster Posted April 19, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted April 19, 2016 Can DSM handle raid 6, if so what settings are used on mobo bios, are they all set as single disks and does the SMART function still get collated and used to warn of pending disk failures. Was quiet a few questions their if any one can answer. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastrychef Posted April 20, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 20, 2016 Yes, DSM can do RAID 6. Yes, single disks. I'm not sure if it's true of all instances, but I have two completely different motherboards running XPE and both pass SMART status fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasMaster Posted April 20, 2016 Author Share #6 Posted April 20, 2016 Thanks Pastrychef, looks like just a mater of finding the best mini itx boards which i can put an i5 or i7 in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pastrychef Posted April 20, 2016 Share #7 Posted April 20, 2016 My pleasure. Be sure to check the "Hardware Supported List" thread when making your component selections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NasMaster Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted April 23, 2016 Any one from the Raid Card brigade care to pass on their wisdom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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