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
May I know why do you need 24GB Ram?

What is 5550W? Is it X5550?

Do you really need such a high CPU and so much RAM?