I'm looking for a low power motheroboard to use with an LSI Megaraid 9260 RAID controller in a backup server.
Since this server is only used for backup (Linux/backuppc) and as a file server, I'm looking for something with low idle power. I have an LSI Megaraid 9260 RAID controller, which needs an X4 or better PCI-e slot.
I've been using an old ASUS IMISR-VM, which has an X16 PCI-e (not sure of the actual signally, but, it is at least X4, because it works). I'm having stability problems with the system and would like to replace the CPU/motherboard/memory with all new stuff.
I have a Core-2 T9300 CPU and 4 GB of RAM in the IMISR-Vm. Idle power with with only the 2.5" boot drive is about 25 watts.
I purchased an ASROCK N3050M motherboard. It has two X1 PCI-e slots and one X16. Great, I thought. I got it all hooked up, and it the RAID controller is not recognized. After a little digging, I find out that the X16 slot is only X1 electrically. I guess the RAID controller won't fall back to X1 mode like some graphics cards will. I wouldn't want the performance reduction anyway.
Idle power on the N3050M with the 2.5" boot drive is about 12 watts, for a nice 13 W power savings! If I can find a similar board that will support my RAID controller, that'd be great!
Thank you,
Jay
Since this server is only used for backup (Linux/backuppc) and as a file server, I'm looking for something with low idle power. I have an LSI Megaraid 9260 RAID controller, which needs an X4 or better PCI-e slot.
I've been using an old ASUS IMISR-VM, which has an X16 PCI-e (not sure of the actual signally, but, it is at least X4, because it works). I'm having stability problems with the system and would like to replace the CPU/motherboard/memory with all new stuff.
I have a Core-2 T9300 CPU and 4 GB of RAM in the IMISR-Vm. Idle power with with only the 2.5" boot drive is about 25 watts.
I purchased an ASROCK N3050M motherboard. It has two X1 PCI-e slots and one X16. Great, I thought. I got it all hooked up, and it the RAID controller is not recognized. After a little digging, I find out that the X16 slot is only X1 electrically. I guess the RAID controller won't fall back to X1 mode like some graphics cards will. I wouldn't want the performance reduction anyway.
Idle power on the N3050M with the 2.5" boot drive is about 12 watts, for a nice 13 W power savings! If I can find a similar board that will support my RAID controller, that'd be great!
Thank you,
Jay
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