Quote Originally Posted by rogerk
hi tareef,

we use this since 1 year:
Mainboard Supermicro X8DT3
Chasis SC836
CPU 1xIntel Xeon 5550W
RAM 24GB (6x4GB)
Raid Controller Adaptec ICP Vortex 8165BR with BB 256 Cache
HDD 16x Western Digital 1TB Raid Edition 3
NIC Intel 10gbe CX4 Dual Port

Switch
2x HP 6400cl CX4

we only change our raidcontroller to areca.
because of a still not fixed adaptec driver and raid 6 error in open-e.
so dont use adaptec and raid 6 with open-e!!!
look at this thread
http://forum.open-e.com/showthread.php?t=1991

greetings
roger
I have almost the identical system but I am using an adaptec 51645 with the latest version of DSS and knock on wood, we have had no problems. On my system I have 8 gb of ram and it connects to a cisco 3560-e switch via 10 gb cx4. All of my other servers that connect to it via MPIO gigabit ethernet. It is FAST! A comparable system from HP at the time was about $4k more!