The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread - READ requirements in first post

[Ockie]

Time for some updates:

Full worklog here:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1323744

 

[sabregen]

...sigh...my e-penis just shriveled up inside of me like a 6year old at summer swim practice at 6am.

 

[djBon2112]

I've got an update on mine (pics to come when I get home tonight!)

Chaos-200
Intel Xeon E5320 1.86GHz
Supermicro X7DCL-i (only running one processor right now since I don't need all that power )
2GB DDR2-667 ECC Registered
Dell Perc 5/i -> 5x Samsung F1 750GB RAID 5 (~2.7 TiB)
2U rackmount

The thing runs Debian Etch x64 (ProxMox VM), and the individual server elements are virtualized using KVM. Server elements (as of right now) are Chronos-201 (fileserver, the only VM with access to the RAID, Ubuntu Server 8.04 x64), Aether-202 (MySQL databases, Ubuntu Server 8.04 x64), Nyx-203 (download/uTorrent, Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 since I couldn't get WINE working in Ubuntu when virtualized), and Gaia-204 (testing stuff out, runs any number of OSes).

I love how I did this since it means I can screw around with server OSes in the VMs and as long as I don't kill the base system or the first VM, I never stop listening to my music Since the fileserver VM is the only one with access to the RAID, I don't have to worry about there being a performance penalty there (the download server writes to it over ethernet), and since I can't even reach GbE limits anyways (the laptop I access everything from is only 100mbit), that also isn't a problem, though I always have the option of teaming the 2 GbE ports on the motherboard if I need that power. I can stream 720p off it no sweat, and I can't play 1080p on my laptop anyways so that doesn't matter

 

[fatmcgav]

I've got an update on mine (pics to come when I get home tonight!)

Chaos-200
Intel Xeon E5320 1.86GHz
Supermicro X7DCL-i (only running one processor right now since I don't need all that power )
2GB DDR2-667 ECC Registered
Dell Perc 5/i -> 5x Samsung F1 750GB RAID 5 (~2.7 TiB)
2U rackmount

The thing runs Debian Etch x64 (ProxMox VM), and the individual server elements are virtualized using KVM. Server elements (as of right now) are Chronos-201 (fileserver, the only VM with access to the RAID, Ubuntu Server 8.04 x64), Aether-202 (MySQL databases, Ubuntu Server 8.04 x64), Nyx-203 (download/uTorrent, Windows Server 2003 Standard x64 since I couldn't get WINE working in Ubuntu when virtualized), and Gaia-204 (testing stuff out, runs any number of OSes).

I love how I did this since it means I can screw around with server OSes in the VMs and as long as I don't kill the base system or the first VM, I never stop listening to my music Since the fileserver VM is the only one with access to the RAID, I don't have to worry about there being a performance penalty there (the download server writes to it over ethernet), and since I can't even reach GbE limits anyways (the laptop I access everything from is only 100mbit), that also isn't a problem, though I always have the option of teaming the 2 GbE ports on the motherboard if I need that power. I can stream 720p off it no sweat, and I can't play 1080p on my laptop anyways so that doesn't matter

djBon2112, have you got some more info on your set-up? As it sounds quite cool and makes a lot of sense... could be useful to know when i come round to setting up my new Server...

Cheers
Fatmcgav

 

[Syntax Error]

Dang, some of these setups here make my personal server look weaksauce.

 

[AMD_RULES]

Okie that rack setup is insane (Awsome )...

 

[sabregen]

Well, mine is basically all done, so time to post in here. Worklog can be found here.

12x 1TB Seagate ES.2's on an ARC-1261ML. RAID level in the screenshot is 0 but I'm in the process of switching it to 6.

Advertised Space: 12TB
Formatted Space: 11.2TB

holy FUCK, 12TB RAID-0...I thought I was nuts! Good thing your switching to 6...that ought to take...well...forever.

 

[bulldoze]

specs
RAID 5 with 4x WD 6400AAKS 640GB SATA disks on Ciprico RAIDcore RC5252-8 8port SAS/SATA controller PCIe x4

read/write cache is on
further specs of the machine
lian li pc 6070 casing with ex34 hdd bay
amd x2 3800+ ee, 1GB ram, asus m2a-vm mainboard

advertised 1840GB, usable 1670GB
psu: corsair 450 watts apfc

1x 320GB (WD 3200JS), 2x 500GB (WD 5000AAKS) removable drives for backups

 

[LittleMe]

holy FUCK, 12TB RAID-0...I thought I was nuts! Good thing your switching to 6...that ought to take...well...forever.

It was an empty array, so it didn't take long. Just deleted the RAID 0 array and created a new RAID 6 array.

 

[eva2000]

4x 32GB OCZ Core SSD on RR3520LF PCI-E controller http://i4memory.com/showthread.php?t=10744

 

[Yakyb]

^ now thats what i would do if i had the money

 

[Wibla]

The Monster: (new box)

Power Supply: Corsair HX520W

RAID Level 5+hotspare
RAID Controller: 3ware 9500S-12 PCI-X
RAID Drives: 12x1TB Samsung F1

OS Drive: Seagate 2.5" 7200rpm 80GB SATA drive

Total Advertised Capacity: 12TB
Total Formatted Capacity: 9.1TB

Oberon: (old box)

Power Supply: Tagan 480W modular

Raid Level 5+hotspare
RAID Controller: 3ware 9500S-12 PCI-X
RAID Drives: 10x500GB Samsung T166

OS Drive: Western Digital 30GB PATA drive

Total Advertised Capacity: 5TB
Total Formatted Capacity: 3.7TB

... before adding more drives

General specs are ~identical for both boxes:

Stacker STC-T01
Asus P5WDG2-WS
Celeron 3.0/3.2GHz
2-4GB ram
Intel gig-e nics
Coolermaster 4in3 modules with Nexus fans

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Long-term plans include going to norco 4020 with 3ware 9650 controllers and 1.5TB drives, but thats a ways off for now. Immediate plans call for upgrading Oberon from 10x500GB to 6x1.5TB and swapping out the aging Tagan for two Corsair VX450W psu's.

 

[Shaun_Dark_Lord]

Unimatrix-0;

Specs;
1x Areca ARC-1260 16 Port SATA2 PCI Express RAID Controller with 1GB Cache
1x Intel S5000VSASATAR Motherboard
1x Intel L5335 2Ghz Quad Core CPU
4x Crucial 4GB (2X2GB KIT) 667MHZ DDR2 240PIN
3x IcyBox Icy Dock SATA II 5 bays
1x Tagan 1300W BZ MODULAR 80% ENERGY EFFICIENT PSU
10x Western Digital WD RE2-GP 1TB 5400RPM Up To 7200RPM 16MB S300 GREEN POWER DRIVE
5x Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB 7200RPM 32MB
1x Lian-Li PC343B Case

Normal Storage;
2x 150GB Raptors Mirrored for OS
1x 160GB WD for VMWare
1x 1TB WD for Downloads

Main Storage;
Advertised 15TB, Usable 12TB

 

[matrix563]

wow is that 16gb of ram u have installed?

 

[Shaun_Dark_Lord]

Ya

 

[pherson]

My machine (after upgrade)

OS: Windows Server 2003 R2
Power Supply: 2x 650W

RAID Controller:
* AMCC 3ware Escalade 9550SX-8LP, PCI-X 133MHz
* AMCC 3ware Escalade 9650SX-16ML, PCIe

RAID5
* 4 x Samsung 500GB HD502IJ SATA

RAID6
* 15 x Seagate 1TB ST31000340AS SATA

Single HDDs:
* 1 x Samsung 120GB


Total Amount of Advertised Space - 17,12TB

update:
(power + reset switch, and power and status LED are back in the case)

 

[Blue Fox]

Why the dual power supplies? You only need one of them.

 

[EnderW]

pherson, what drive bays are those?

 

[axan]

Why the dual power supplies? You only need one of them.

Prob no staggered spin up on his controller. Still single corsair psu would run that, I had 16 drives with no staggered spin up on corsair 620HX for over a year without an issue.

 

[pherson]

pherson, what drive bays are those?

Server Accessoires from YeongYang...
YY-W20X cages - http://www.yang-it.de/server_accessories.html

 

[madafakapc#]

Hi guys!

I see all of you use RAID for your servers....i really dont see too much on that...i mean its nice to have all stuff on just a virtual drive but if everything fails.....fails.....and you lost every bit....well suppose you use a RAID level without great backup.....at least you must use 2x your disks....and its a lot of disks....since you can make backups on other way or isnt that good....

I use backups on normal manner, i mean i backup directly from my disks to others and dont leave them in the same machine as original ones...to avoid problems....

I would like to know if i can put all my drives as a big one without using hardware tricks....somehing by software on Windows XP or other system based on Windows or even Linux

In final....you have a hell of server!!!!

 

[Wibla]

Server Accessoires from YeongYang...
YY-W20X cages - http://www.yang-it.de/server_accessories.html

Whats the noise level like, and drive temps?

 

[thebeephaha]

Server Accessoires from YeongYang...
YY-W20X cages - http://www.yang-it.de/server_accessories.html

Is there a direct place to buy it?

 

[S_T]

My HTPC / Media Server:

- Intel Q9300 w/ Scythe Ninja HSF
- Asus P5Q-VM Mobo
- Antec 300 Case w/ Antec 650W PSU
- WD 3 Platter GP 1TB x5 in RAID 5 (ICH10R) w/ WD 160GB IDE OS
Just upgraded to 5X Seagate 1.5TB RAID 5 (ICH10R) w/ Seagate 320GB IDE OS

 

[SpeedyVV]

Wow that looks nice.

Here is my initial bench setup of Windows Home Server \ HTPC.

I am hoping to run MediaPortal besides WHS on this setup so that I only have one system running 24\7.

So far I am happy with the power it uses. 70W idle, 80W with disc 2 disc copy.

• mobo: ASUS P5QL-EM
• cpu: Intel E4300
• memory: Corsair 2Gigs XMS2 6400C4
• os hdd: WD 500Gb
• data hdd1: Seagate 1.0TB
• data hdd2: Seagate 1.5TB
• data hdd3: Seagate 1.5TB
• offsite backup hdd1: WD MyBook 500GB
• offsite backup hdd2: Maxtor 160GB
• psu: Ultra 600W

I am thinking of putting all this in a Thermaltake DH101 VF7001BNS.

What do you think?

What do you think?

 

[trudude]

Wow that looks nice.

Here is my initial bench setup of Windows Home Server \ HTPC.

I am hoping to run MediaPortal besides WHS on this setup so that I only have one system running 24\7.

So far I am happy with the power it uses. 70W idle, 80W with disc 2 disc copy.

• mobo: ASUS P5QL-EM
• cpu: Intel E4300
• memory: Corsair 2Gigs XMS2 6400C4
• os hdd: WD 500Gb
• data hdd1: Seagate 1.0TB
• data hdd2: Seagate 1.5TB
• data hdd3: Seagate 1.5TB
• offsite backup hdd1: WD MyBook 500GB
• offsite backup hdd2: Maxtor 160GB
• psu: Ultra 600W

I am thinking of putting all this in a Thermaltake DH101 VF7001BNS.

What do you think?

What do you think?

I like it alot. I may do something similar. I would love to get most of my drives off my primary system.

 

[n1ce_hat]

Here's my fileserver:

Current Specs:
Case - Norco RPC-4020
PSU - Corsair TX750W
Mobo - Asus Maximus Formula
CPU - Intel C2D E4400+ @ 2.67GHz (2MB cache)
RAM - 2 x 2GB OCZ Reaper DDR2-800
GPU - nVidia GeForce 2 MX200 (old faithful PCI bus card)
RAID controller - Highpoint RocketRaid 2340 PCIe 8x (4x SAS to 16x SATAII)
HDDs - 4x WD 500GB, 2x Seagate 500GB, 5x Seagate 1TB, 3x Seagate 1.5TB, 2x Seagate 750GB.

14TB advertised space.



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Newer, dustier pics (Jan. 21, 2009)

 

[Wibla]

What controller do you use?

 

[ilkhan]

1 how much does that norco weigh with all those drives?
2 how does whs know which bay the drives are in?
3 what controller is that?
4 holy shit im jealous.

 

[Blue Fox]

What controller do you use?

It's a HighPoint RocketRAID 2340: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115031

 

[n1ce_hat]

1: I'll need to get a scale I suppose
2: You tell it what bays the drives are in. Unfortunately sometimes when you add a drive it confuses the wireframe and some of the drives will show as the wrong bays, but it only takes a minute to set it back up.
3: Rocketraid 2340 is wonderful!
4: Well i'm jealous of ockie's

 

[ganesh21]

Update:
WHS
Athlon x2 3600+
1 GB ram
4TB
*I will add new picture when i am done.

Picture of old File Server w/ Window XP and 2TB

 

[SpeedyVV]

Current inside:
WHS
p4 2.0ghz
2 gb ram
2 TB

How about a picture of what is inside

 

[ganesh21]

How about a picture of what is inside

Need to clean up the cable but not until i add more hd

Pic added:

 

[Neb]

Is there a direct place to buy it?

Under accessories on this site:
http://www.gigacase.com/Product_Detail.asp?product_id=39#Access

HUGE YYMV: This may not be true anymore, but there have been reports of credit card fraud after ordering from that site in the past, so imho use a disposable CC number, or don't order at all.

 

[rurd2di]

Heres bigserver! as per my worklog.
Cheers

 

[aj@x]

Here's my home server i just finished building tonight.

3.41TB running WHS (very awesome OS, i love it)

E4300 - Gigabyte Mobo - 2gb Geil - Corsair HX620 all in an Antec Solo case

 

[Renegate1666]

My machine (after upgrade)

OS: Windows Server 2003 R2
Power Supply: 2x 650W

RAID Controller:
* ROCKETRAID 454, PCI
* areca ARC-1680 SAS RAID CONTROLLER, PCIe

RAID5
* 4 x Western Digital 500GB IDE

RAID6
* 12 x Seagate 1TB ST31000340AS SATA

Single HDDs:
* 1 x Western Digital 80GB IDE
* 1 x Samsung 500GB IDE
* 1 x Seagate 1TB ST31000340AS SATA


Total Amount of Advertised Space - 15,58TB






update:
(power + reset switch, and power and status LED are back in the case)






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[jtg1993]

Current Specs:
Case - Coolermaster Elite 330
PSU - Bestec 250w
Mobo - Asus A8N-LA
CPU - Sempron 3200+ 1.8Ghz
RAM - 4x 256MB DDR400
GPU - Geforce 6150 LE
HDDs - WD 500GB, Seagate 1TB
Advertised Space - 1.5TB
Formated Capacity: 1374.42GB

2nd and maybe 3rd pic coming soon.

 

[Yakyb]

jtg what os is that running (obvioulsy some form of linux)