I decided to start a new thread based on my ramblings in http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1599279. This will document my build, and any issues I run across. Ironically, after a lot of back and forth on all the parts I found I chose almost the same as this person did last year. http://www.natecarlson.com/2010/05/07/review-supermicros-sc847a-4u-chassis-with-36-drive-bays/
This is just a shell now. I will fill it in over the next couple of weeks as the hardware arrives and I get it all fired up.
Hardware:
Software:
This is just a shell now. I will fill it in over the next couple of weeks as the hardware arrives and I get it all fired up.
Hardware:
- CASE: SuperMicro 847A-R1400LPB
- MOBO: Supermicro X8DTH-6F
- CPU: (2) Intel E5645 (Hex-core)
- HEATSINKS: (2) SNK-P0038P
- RAM: 48GB Crucial in 4GB DIMMs (DDR3 PC3-10600 Unbuffered, ECC, DDR3-1333, 1.5V, 512Meg x 72)
- SAS: (1) On-board LSI 2008, (2) IBM M1015
- HDDs: (18) Hitachi 5k3000 *likely to increase as I start installing
- SYSTEM DRIVE(S): Kingston 96GB SSDNow V+100
- OS: ESXi All-In-One, SE11 host with passthrough of SAS controllers likely
- NIC: Build-in Intel Dual-Port 1GE
Software:
- OS: ESXi
- NAS: TBD, probably SE11 or OI with hardware passthrough of SAS controllers.
- Clients: The parent ESXi server as well as 2 physical servers will use this as their primary datastore via NFS. Other PCs will use it as CIFS/NFS share and for backups.
- Other services: iTunes share, remote backup for remote users to back up data to offsite.
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