(HARDWARE) HP Proliant DL380 G6 Server Mod

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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/playthreetwo on 2023-08-04 23:26:22.

Hey, so ive been playing around with an idea of taking my old DL380 G6 and making it into a great little home server by outfitting it with new hardware (I have had the server for a few years so not building a new server). I have the backplane board (part number 507690-001) and I am wondering if anyone can think of a way I can supply the correct voltages to the board as, it uses non standard enterprise hardware/power delivery aka direct from the motherboard to the backplane.

I have been thinking of this for a while, but after seeing a video by some dude on youtube, I belive it can be done somehow. Although the guy doesn't explan how he did it.

My curent plan is to use a Mini-SAS to 4x SATA breakout cable to a PCIE 8 port SATA card that will hopefuly take the signal and allow me to software raid the drives. Failing that, I am going to get my friend to CNC cutout a new backplate with the same dimensions (benefit is more airflow) and glue hard disk / sata cables in and do it the awkward long way with way more cables.

Some notes are:

-The backplane uses a weird 10 pin cable (part number 463184-001)

-I know if i got a different server with a raid card it could work but I have this one already

-The new hardware would be a glorified ryzen 3rd gen pc for VM and game hosting as well as backup storage if this is possible.

Any updates will follow below...