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7810 as a storage system
Hello,
I bought a Dell 7810. My plan is to turn it into a storage system, but I have a few questions before doing that:
- I only have 3 SATA power cables, but I need 6. I see 2 options here:
* Use a 1 female SATA to 3 male SATA cable. Is it safe, and will the power be sufficient if each HDD uses 3.7W?
* Use a 6-pin GPU connector to 3 SATA.
- Can I create 2 RAID5 groups?
Thank you.
Chino de Oro
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Posted November 23rd, 2024 06:55
System was configured to hold six 2.5" SATA, or four 2.5" SAS, or three 3.5" HDD drives, with using 5.25" ODD bay adapter.
For large storage, you are likely use 3.5" drives. Other aftermarket can be considered. Four bay dock in 5.25" bay using Icy Dock. Four NVMe SSD using Asus Hyper RAID card on PCIe x16 slot.
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Posted December 5th, 2024 12:08
Power and fitment wise, you won't have any problem or should not have any problem with one RAID 5.
Don't forget to take advantage of unused PCIe slot for your boot drive and/or additional RAID card.
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Posted November 23rd, 2024 06:33
You can use SATA power splitter adapters. Each adapter can handle up to 50w.