I have now a Linux server that is mainly used as a Samba file server, but I do other Linux stuff on that too. It uses JBOD with 3x3TB disks + the OS disk. The motherboard etc. are just very basic and outdated, it has 4GB of DDR2 memory (2x2GB @1067 MHz) and it's running an Intel Q9400 @2.66GHz.
I would like to setup a server for the similar purpose with ideally RAID6. I was wondering how I could achieve that with the most sensible configuration. I'd like to have space at least for the current data (9TB), but would like to able to extend it as far as something like 20TB. I would also like to be able to use my old disks somehow as they are not very old and hence very usable still. What kind of a motherboard should I get? And what disk drives should I get, more of those 3TB ones or something else? Do I need a RAID controller card?
I would like to setup a server for the similar purpose with ideally RAID6. I was wondering how I could achieve that with the most sensible configuration. I'd like to have space at least for the current data (9TB), but would like to able to extend it as far as something like 20TB. I would also like to be able to use my old disks somehow as they are not very old and hence very usable still. What kind of a motherboard should I get? And what disk drives should I get, more of those 3TB ones or something else? Do I need a RAID controller card?