CPU/Mobo Supermicro X7SPA-HF-D525-B (Bulk) any known sellers?

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I am planning to order Supermicro X7SPA-HF-D525-B :cool2: to upgrade my current year-old NAS (Intel D945GCLF2).

I am in touch with Boston IT and NetWeb.

But apart from the both of them, are there any other known sellers of Supermicro in India? Has any member of TE bought Supermicro boards in India before?
 
No replies? :bleh:

anyways, for the sake of those who might be following this thread :hap2:, here are the quotes obtained from Supermicro's official distributors in India

NetWeb Tech : 14,600 + 5% CST (Shipping Included )
Boston IT / New Era : 15900 + 5% CST + Shipping
Meganet : 15600 + 5% CST (No word on shipping)
 
thats a lot to pay for an atom mobo.

a bit late, but why supermicro board only? why not a diy approach with a gigabyte h61 or h67 board + the sandybridge pentium G620T? this is cheaper, faster and tdp would be around 40W.
 
6pack said:
thats a lot to pay for an atom mobo.

a bit late, but why supermicro board only? why not a diy approach with a gigabyte h61 or h67 board + the sandybridge pentium G620T? this is cheaper, faster and tdp would be around 40W.
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Dual Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN ports, 6x SATA (3.0Gbps) Ports, 1 (x4) PCI-E 2.0 (in x16) slot, IMO these, plus the fact that its passively cooled & supports SO DIMM memory, make it worth the cash, but not worth 14K, say around 8~10K.

Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Products | Motherboards | Pineview Boards | X7SPA-HF-D525

But yeah, as you say, a 620T would be a good choice, given that it will use around 10W more only.
 
6pack said:
thats a lot to pay for an atom mobo.

a bit late, but why supermicro board only? why not a diy approach with a gigabyte h61 or h67 board + the sandybridge pentium G620T? this is cheaper, faster and tdp would be around 40W.
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vivek.krishnan said:
Dual Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN ports, 6x SATA (3.0Gbps) Ports, 1 (x4) PCI-E 2.0 (in x16) slot, IMO these, plus the fact that its passively cooled & supports SO DIMM memory, make it worth the cash, but not worth 14K, say around 8~10K.

Super Micro Computer, Inc. - Products | Motherboards | Pineview Boards | X7SPA-HF-D525
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Thanks Vivek.

@Vivek and 6pack, main consideration was Supermicro IPMI 2.0. I have been using Webmin for over a year and it truly leaves much to be desired if TRUE remote control is the sole goal.

The best part with IPMI is that that I can control BIOS remotely from a machine and can load up an ISO from a networked machine for OS installation/repair. That gives me a true headless machine. :)

Also, I needed something to last for next 4 years (5 years ideally) with a capacity to scale to multi-terabyte levels. It being a server-class board should serve me well in those areas.

On a side note, it did take a lot to convince myself to spend a hefty 15K on a replacement board when I am still using an age-old 17" CRT monitor :S

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vivek.krishnan said:
Good purchase! Please do a review with it!

Well, i might be going with the GA-D525TUD, 4x SATA ports, single Gigabit LAN port, if i have to use the existing machine as a HTPC permanently.

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - BGA 559 - GA-D525TUD (rev. 1.x)

4.4K @ Deltapage.
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Sorry for double posting, but missed this the first time. GIGA board looks good. May I suggest that you use Ubuntu Server OS instead of a NAS specific one. In my opinion, Ubuntu Server OS is stable, flexible and will give you the same (or better) performance.
 
Well i knew that they had mentioned IPMI 2.0 for a specific reason, but i could not put my finger on it. Also, was wondering as to why they were using a Matrox G200eW Video when they should have been using the 3150 IGP.Guess its time to Google for more info on IPMI ;)

As far as the OS is concerned, its mostly going to be either FreeNAS .7 (if they don't fix v.8 with torrent downloading options + other fixes). Else it was going to be WHS, i would be using my Dreamspark server 2k8 r2 key with a bit of tinkering with the licence files. However, i shall have a look at Ubuntu server as well. Thanks.

But i need to actually convince myself that i need this 4.4k board. Plus a cheap gigabit switch.
 
Don't worry. One nice guy has reviewed IPMI in details.

I was under the similar dilemma, when I separated my NAS from HTPC. The turning point was that HTPC was in Living Room whereas my internet connection terminated in Bedroom. So in any case it had to be wireless. NAS over wireless did not appeal me since transfer speeds would be low and would decrease even further if more than 1 client connects to my home network. Also, I am using mini-box m350 and PicoPSU for my HTPC which does not leave me any room for future expansion. (My wife is dead against having a computer in every room, so had to go for m350 :P )

But, I can vouch that the experience of building a NAS is going to be worthwhile.
 
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