I have this worklog updated on http://michigangamers.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?p=36148
So as you all know my infamous galaxy needed an upgrad. My problem was that it became expensive to maintain, a lot of money was invested in it, and upgrading it would be painfull financially (going from 250-320 gig drives to 500 yields almost no space for an assload of money). Also the problem came into play that it was getting old (SATA1, USB1, ATA66, Old K7 MP board, and I had to use cards to make everything happen).
Well, I introduce to you, galaxy 3.0... very similar in looks, but next generation components. I managed to find the parts at killer prices that udercuts the old galaxy almost in half in terms of pricing. SATA2, gigabit, USB2, etc etc etc. The processors are also upgraded from dual 1800's to dual opterons. The board features later technologies and the case is also a new generation. Unlike the old galaxy, this one will only have one power supply... a big power supply that is.
Here is the history, specs, and pics:
Galaxy 1.0:
Codegen Silver Galaxy Case
350W Enermax
Soyo Dragon 2 Ultra
250GB IDE drives and a combination of smaller drives, some SATA
Gigabit Nic
Reached a 2tb capacity before needing to upgrade the system
*It is the Black system on the far left*
Galaxy 2.0
- Coolermaster CM Stacker Silver
- Dual AMD MP 1800+ CPUs with large silent heatsinks
- 1.5GBs of Crucial memory (2 x512 and 2x256) PC2100 ECC REG
- Tyan S2462 Server motherboard (this board features dual NICs, and a full suite of 64bit PCIX slots, the only option it does not have is a SCSI controller)
- 40GB WD IDE 7200RPM 8MB System Drive (mounted on the inside of the case)
- Highpoint RocketRAID 1820A 8 Port SATA Controller
- Highpoint RocketRAID 1640 4 Port SATA Controller
- 64Bit SMC 10/100/1000 Gigabit server NIC
- 4 x 5 Drive SATA PC&P Bay units Black
- 2 x Antec TRUEPower 500w Power supplies
- Varieity of 250gb drives (IDE and SATA)
Reached 3tbish before a better solution was needed
Galaxy 2.5
- Coolermaster CM Stacker Silver
- Dual AMD MP 1800+ CPUs with large silent heatsinks
- 1.5GBs of Crucial memory (2 x512 and 2x256) PC2100 ECC REG
- Tyan S2462 Server motherboard (this board features dual NICs, and a full suite of 64bit PCIX slots, the only option it does not have is a SCSI controller)
- 40GB WD IDE 7200RPM 8MB System Drive (mounted on the inside of the case)
- 3 x 64Bit Supermicro DAC-MV8 8 Port SATA Controllers (non bootable & non raid controllers)
- 64Bit SMC 10/100/1000 Gigabit server NIC
- 4 x 5 Drive SATA Hot swap Supermicro Bay units Black
- 2 x Ultra X-Connect 500w Power supplies
- 11 x 250GB SATA 7200RPM Hard drives (4 Maxtor, 7 Hitachi [3 are 16MB Cache, rest are 8MB])
- 4 x 500GB SATA2 7200RPM Hard drives (4 Hitachi 16MB Cache SATA2)
- 1 x 400GB SATA 7200RPM Hard drive (Western digital 8MB Cache)
Smoked the 5tb barrier, acchieving 5.19tb's of storage in one box
Projected Galaxy 3.0
- Coolermaster CM Stacker 801 Silver - Revised case
- Dual Ooteron 240's (I will put my 246's in, but for now the 240's is just temp.)
- 4GBs of Crucial memory (4x1gb) PC2100 ECC REG
- Gigabyte Dual Opteron Motherboard with gigabit and sata2
- 36.4GB Raptor 10K RPM Hard Drive for the System
- 2 x 64Bit Supermicro DAC-MV8 8 Port SATA2 Controllers (these are the same as the above but the revised ones with SATA2 technology)
- 1 x 32Bit SATA2 2 Port Controller (Giving me a 21 drive SATA capacity, well 22 drives... but you get the idea)
- Gigabit NIC onboard
- 4 x 5 Drive SATA Hot swap Supermicro Bay units Black
- 1 x PC&P 1Kw PSU
- 20 x 500 GB SATA2 Seagate Drives 7200RPM, 16MB Cache
Total targeted capacity 10tb
So as you all know my infamous galaxy needed an upgrad. My problem was that it became expensive to maintain, a lot of money was invested in it, and upgrading it would be painfull financially (going from 250-320 gig drives to 500 yields almost no space for an assload of money). Also the problem came into play that it was getting old (SATA1, USB1, ATA66, Old K7 MP board, and I had to use cards to make everything happen).
Well, I introduce to you, galaxy 3.0... very similar in looks, but next generation components. I managed to find the parts at killer prices that udercuts the old galaxy almost in half in terms of pricing. SATA2, gigabit, USB2, etc etc etc. The processors are also upgraded from dual 1800's to dual opterons. The board features later technologies and the case is also a new generation. Unlike the old galaxy, this one will only have one power supply... a big power supply that is.
Here is the history, specs, and pics:
Galaxy 1.0:
Codegen Silver Galaxy Case
350W Enermax
Soyo Dragon 2 Ultra
250GB IDE drives and a combination of smaller drives, some SATA
Gigabit Nic
Reached a 2tb capacity before needing to upgrade the system
*It is the Black system on the far left*
Galaxy 2.0
- Coolermaster CM Stacker Silver
- Dual AMD MP 1800+ CPUs with large silent heatsinks
- 1.5GBs of Crucial memory (2 x512 and 2x256) PC2100 ECC REG
- Tyan S2462 Server motherboard (this board features dual NICs, and a full suite of 64bit PCIX slots, the only option it does not have is a SCSI controller)
- 40GB WD IDE 7200RPM 8MB System Drive (mounted on the inside of the case)
- Highpoint RocketRAID 1820A 8 Port SATA Controller
- Highpoint RocketRAID 1640 4 Port SATA Controller
- 64Bit SMC 10/100/1000 Gigabit server NIC
- 4 x 5 Drive SATA PC&P Bay units Black
- 2 x Antec TRUEPower 500w Power supplies
- Varieity of 250gb drives (IDE and SATA)
Reached 3tbish before a better solution was needed
Galaxy 2.5
- Coolermaster CM Stacker Silver
- Dual AMD MP 1800+ CPUs with large silent heatsinks
- 1.5GBs of Crucial memory (2 x512 and 2x256) PC2100 ECC REG
- Tyan S2462 Server motherboard (this board features dual NICs, and a full suite of 64bit PCIX slots, the only option it does not have is a SCSI controller)
- 40GB WD IDE 7200RPM 8MB System Drive (mounted on the inside of the case)
- 3 x 64Bit Supermicro DAC-MV8 8 Port SATA Controllers (non bootable & non raid controllers)
- 64Bit SMC 10/100/1000 Gigabit server NIC
- 4 x 5 Drive SATA Hot swap Supermicro Bay units Black
- 2 x Ultra X-Connect 500w Power supplies
- 11 x 250GB SATA 7200RPM Hard drives (4 Maxtor, 7 Hitachi [3 are 16MB Cache, rest are 8MB])
- 4 x 500GB SATA2 7200RPM Hard drives (4 Hitachi 16MB Cache SATA2)
- 1 x 400GB SATA 7200RPM Hard drive (Western digital 8MB Cache)
Smoked the 5tb barrier, acchieving 5.19tb's of storage in one box
Projected Galaxy 3.0
- Coolermaster CM Stacker 801 Silver - Revised case
- Dual Ooteron 240's (I will put my 246's in, but for now the 240's is just temp.)
- 4GBs of Crucial memory (4x1gb) PC2100 ECC REG
- Gigabyte Dual Opteron Motherboard with gigabit and sata2
- 36.4GB Raptor 10K RPM Hard Drive for the System
- 2 x 64Bit Supermicro DAC-MV8 8 Port SATA2 Controllers (these are the same as the above but the revised ones with SATA2 technology)
- 1 x 32Bit SATA2 2 Port Controller (Giving me a 21 drive SATA capacity, well 22 drives... but you get the idea)
- Gigabit NIC onboard
- 4 x 5 Drive SATA Hot swap Supermicro Bay units Black
- 1 x PC&P 1Kw PSU
- 20 x 500 GB SATA2 Seagate Drives 7200RPM, 16MB Cache
Total targeted capacity 10tb