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stanmuffin
I'm looking to build a Linux file server with a couple of terabytes of
storage. Right now I'm leaning toward using an Areca ARC-12xx PCIe x8
RAID controller, but I haven't seen many motherboards that have PCIe x8
slots. I see that the A8N-SLI Deluxe can be configured with two PCIe
x8 slots in SLI mode--does that only work with SLI'd graphics cards, or
can I put a single graphics card in one slot and a PCIe x8 RAID card in
the other?
Or could I get a motherboard with a single PCIe x16 slot, put a PCIe x8
RAID card there, and use a PCI graphics card? (I don't need fast
graphics, since this will be a file server.)
Or would I be best off just using a PCI-X RAID card instead?
storage. Right now I'm leaning toward using an Areca ARC-12xx PCIe x8
RAID controller, but I haven't seen many motherboards that have PCIe x8
slots. I see that the A8N-SLI Deluxe can be configured with two PCIe
x8 slots in SLI mode--does that only work with SLI'd graphics cards, or
can I put a single graphics card in one slot and a PCIe x8 RAID card in
the other?
Or could I get a motherboard with a single PCIe x16 slot, put a PCIe x8
RAID card there, and use a PCI graphics card? (I don't need fast
graphics, since this will be a file server.)
Or would I be best off just using a PCI-X RAID card instead?