From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ram Ramesh Subject: Re: Raid server Motherboard recommendation. Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 23:04:58 -0600 Message-ID: <56441DFA.7070101@gmail.com> References: <5643FD4A.4070709@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Weedy Cc: Linux RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 11/11/2015 09:00 PM, Weedy wrote: > > > On 11 Nov 2015 21:46, "Ram Ramesh" > wrote: > > > > All others seem to be X99 or other server chipsets which I am not > fond of. I like desktop boards as the server also doubles as mythtv > backend/frontend. > > ASrock has an atom board that takes ECC and has 10 or 12 sata ports. > They should all be Intel ports. > Thanks. I guess you mean this? > ASRock C2750D4I Mini ITX Server Motherboard FCBGA1283 DDR3 1600/1333 It does look good for what it offers. It is a server board and 6 ports are on Marvel controller. Further this is mini ITX and possibly no video card. Limited for mythtv purpose. Not to mention $400 :-) Ramesh