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

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well i reached about 2 tb now.

i have a 150gb raptor drive and a 720gb hd to start with.
a few month back i got a new 1tb hd because those got filled
i got another 1tb hd because the other 1tb got filled

i dont have a camera to take a picture but thats what i have now.
 
UPDATE! :

RAID Level: None


Singles Drives (if any)

C: 160
D:320
E:300
F:300
G:160
H:160
I:500
J:1000
K:1000
L:1000



Before Formatting: 4.9TB
After Formatting: 4.4TB

Cheers
 
I don't have any pics, but I just finished another round of upgrades. I'm up to 6 hard drives now:

250gb (system)
250gb (documents, music, pictures, etc)
500 gb (software, etc)
1000 gb (movies)
2x750gb RAID0 (tv shows, dvr)

Anybody know how I might make the 4 larger drives appear as a single volume in Windows, without risking the entire set if one of them fails? Mounting them will work alright, but won't report the correct amount of free space when I am using it as a network share. It also won't let me mount them in the root of another drive, it has to be in a subfolder for me to mount it.
 
Hey, I have a question for you guys. How do you configure a PC/Sever with Raid 5 or 6 with the storage drives then raid 0 or 1 with 2 drives for the OS? Is a pci-e raid card the best way to go? Thanks!
 
5TB stuffed into a QPack2 case for my HTPC. Finally I have something worthy of posting
in this cool thread :)

Power Supply: The offbrand crap one that came with the QPack2 case
Raid level: None
Raid controller: using on-board controller
Quantity and Names of Drives:
1 x Hitachi Deskstar 1TB
4 x Western Digital GreenPower 1TB

Here's a few photos. If you want to know more about it, I created a lengthy post with details
in the Small Form Factor forum: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1296249

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Power Supply:
Thermaltake W0131RU ATX12V / EPS12V 850W Power Supply

RAID Level (if any) RAID 0
RAID Controller- on board Jmicron
Quantity and Name of drives in the RAID array
(2) WD RE2 GP WD1000FYPS 1TB - RAID 0 - (Movie RAID)

Singles Drives (if any)

(1) Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD 150GB 1 - (Vista 64 + Install)
(2) Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD7500AAKS 750GB - (Backup Disk)
(1) RE WD3200YS 320GB - (Data)
(2) Western Digital Caviar RE2 WD7500AYYS - JBOD - (Movie 1) - (Movie 2)

Nominal ~ 4.5 TB Total

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I recently purchased (2) 1TB enterprise drives from WD, put them in RAID 0 for a media server and the array kept "going away".

So last night I called WD and got off-shore tech support which was less than useless and they did not even seem to want to help.

This morning I called WD corporate not for tech support, but about tech support.

WD offered to not only replace my bad drive but to give me a free one also, and 8 of their newest SATA cables that clip on very securely but also allow the SATA power connection, one for each of my hard drives in this PC.

One extra 1TB, that will make my PC about 5.7 TB total disk space.

Should work. ;-)

Anyone can make a mistake, because they treated me well they won me over as opposed to losing a customer.
 
Buford, you need to read this thread:
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1285254

It's in regards to the "Western Digital Time-Limited Error Recovery (TLER) with RAID and SE, SE16, GP Models"

If I had to venture a guess, this is probably what was causing the trouble with your raid array going away.

Hope that helps. I thought it was wonderful info!
 
The WD1000FYPS is the proper drive for use with RAID controllers. I am aware of the issue, but in my case when used alone the drive miserably failed SMART tests.

It is as simple as this, defective drive.

But thank you.
 
Hi!
So its time to change some drives in my server....i am planning to change some of my 500 gb for 1TB disk...i have a feeling some 500 gb are getting bad sectors so i will have to send them to warranty...and get another new ones....from these now.....i will have to buy new ones...1 tb cause 500 gb its not too much...neither are 1 tb.....:)
 
I was told not to expect 2TB drives for another year so yes 500 GB drives aren't so large any more and one needs Vista to see arrays > 2TB.
 
I wish I could post here. I have two Seagate 500GB Enterprise hard drives, later on I'm going to put them in RAID 0 for the OS and games etc. Then add 4 1TB drives for storage.
 
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sorry pic isnt the lastest ;/

specification:
cpu: 4600+ 1.175v + coolermaster gemini II
mobo: gigabyte m61p-s3
controllers: 3x sil3114
ram: a-data 1gb
psu: coolermaster m850w
sys: st3320620as
datadrives: 15x hd753lj
case: chieftec bigtower ba-01b-b-b-400
drive bays: 2x coolermasters stb-3t4-e3-gp

so far no raids
manufacturer taged: 11570GB
formated 10.51TB free 1.98TB
changed psu and last 500g drives, monday gona change controllers,
and continue waiting for new mobo :D

final cfg will be:
asus m2n lr
2x supermicro aoc-sat2-mv8
17x hd753lj
everything else stays the same
 
hard one to follow but


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[Specs]
sempron 2700 (i think?)
1gb pc3200 ram
450W psu
3.6TB storage JBOD (considering raid levels at some point)
running
windows server 2003

[Role]
File Server
active directory
terminal server (not quite but soon)
webserver
ftp server
 
Coolermaster CM Stacker
Supermicro Motherboard, 2x 3.2Ghz Xeon's + 5Gb Ram
4x 3 Sata Hot Swap Bays
3Ware 9500-12 with 12x 500Gb Western Digital RE Disks
(3.18Tb Raid-5 &1.81Tb Raid-0 usable)

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Infortrend A16E-G2130-4 iSCSI to SATA Sub-System:
16 hot-swappable drive trays with 16 1Tb Hitachi Disks
(13Tb Raid-6 usable)

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Terabyte:
Power Supply:
FSP 700W (OCZ GameXStream)

RAID Level: R5
RAID Controller: HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 (PCIe x4)
8x WD10EACS

Singles Drives:
1x WD3200SD System Drive

Total:
R5: 7.00TB, 6.36TB Formatted

Terabyte2:
Power Supply:
FSP 700W (OCZ GameXStream)

RAID Level: R5
RAID Controller: HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 (PCIe x4)
8x ST3320620AS

Singles Drives:
1x WD3200SD System Drive

Total:
R5: 2.24TB, 2.03TB Formatted

Pics:
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well this is my first server and is a baby compared to alot of them on here...but it'll do me just fine for now. i can add more space as needed.

antec 300 - case
antec earthwatts 380w - power supply
amd athlon64 3000 - cpu
asus a8n-e - motherboard
1 gb ddr - ram
8400gs 256mb silent - video card
sony 20x dvd-rw
4x seagate 500gb 7200.11 32mb sata2 - hard drives
changed cpu cooler and replaced chipfan with zalmann passive heatsink.
running windows home server














 
Hi!

I am back!

I am recently upgrading my server for next months....i pretend buying new hard drives....1 TB cause i am running out of space.....and need to upgrade my hard drives...i have 8 x 500 gb + 1 x 320 gb + 1 x 80 gb !

So, need more space!
 
I will be adding mine to here in 2-3 weeks, It will have a 1TB and 500GB for storage and a 80GB drive for the OS, all in a Mini-Itx case with a Intel Atom Cpu running Ubuntu Server 8.04.
 
Here is an update for mine:

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Dell Perc 5/i SAS Controller:
RAID0 4x80GB Raptors (WD800GD)
RAID5 4x320GB Barracudas (ST3320620AS)

NVRAID:
RAID5 4x 160GB Scorpios (WD1600BEVS)

Total unformatted capacity: 1760GB
Total formatted capacity: 1634GB

I also have a 250GB, 160GB, and two 60GB externals I use for backups of important data.
 
There are some really impressive setups in here, thumbs up!! I think the Galaxy builds take the cake though. Can't fathom ever needing that kind of storage for myself. Here is my modest setup which should last me a good number of years given it's intended use.

PSU: Corsair 520HX Modular PSU
Case: Lian-Li PC60B Plus II + Lian-Li EX-34NB 4HDD Expansion Cage

RAID Array
Controller: Adaptec 5405
RAID Level 5, no hotspare
Drives: 4 x 750gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.10, ST3750640AS

Single Drives
1 x 150gb Western Digital RaptorX, WD1500AHFD-00RAR1
1 x 300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.8, ST3300831AS

Total RAID5 storage: 2.25TB
Total single drive storage: 450gb

Full images: http://images.slipoftime.com/computer/RAID/raid.html

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I compressed two machines into one and added a few drives.

Abel

AMD AM2 X2 3600+ Windsor
Biostar BIOSTAR TForce TF570SLI
OCZ 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400
ATi x600
WD 160 AAJS
WD 8x500AAKS
SUPERMICRO AOC-SAT2-MV8
WD 3x1TB GP
Seagate 8x320GB
HighPoint RocketRAID 2320 PCI Express x4 SATA II RAID Card
Corsair TX650
SilverStone OP650 Olympia 650W
Lian Li PC-201b

Effective space: 8.2TB

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Lian Li PC-201b, I do not believe they are manufactured anymore.
 
wow some of u guys sure have lot of space.

most likely doing lot of special downloads :)

i got 3 1tb wd hds now.

my 720 gb seagate drive died

my main drive still the raptor 150 gb


I prob should buy a hd storage system like waht lot of you have.

which one would ppl recommand?
 
Depends on what you need and how much space you'd like, and if you want any RAID levels for performance or data redundancy. Most of these rigs are hand-built and custom tailored to their needs, so really, you gotta think whether if you want the benefits/risks and costs of RAID and if you want to invest in a file server/NAS.
 
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Depends on what you need and how much space you'd like, and if you want any RAID levels for performance or data redundancy. Most of these rigs are hand-built and custom tailored to their needs, so really, you gotta think whether if you want the benefits/risks and costs of RAID and if you want to invest in a file server/NAS.
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Yup. Mine is a custom tailored setup that started in March of 2006. I wanted cheap and able to saturate gigabit. I can happily say that I can do both. I tried upgrading my OS from Fedora Core5 to CentOS 5.1, but that didn't work out(Samba bug, among other things). I have my FC5 install extremely customized and performance tuned to my setup.

RAID5/6 is a must when dealing with Terabytes of data. I have my setup further protected using linux file permissions. So, even if I were to get a Virus/some asshole got on my network, my data is protected.
 
Since any pretext of this being a showoff thread went away years ago....

I started with a single WD1200BB, moved to 2 with R1 on a basic controller, and from there to 3 WD3000BBs in R5, to 4, to 3 WD7500AAKSs in R5, and added a 4th. Unlike Dew, I just run a standard XP install with absolutely nothing special on it except apache, I even use the e$ default share for my stuff (and share a few folders within for my roommate). The machine was however assembled by hand and nobody else has ever touched it.

The setups here are as varied as the users thereof, and what you want from the thing will determine what you build and use.
 
Not as [H]ard as some others, but I'm proud of it as it's my first NAS/Storage Server.

Specs:
Openfiler OS
Antec NSK6580 Case
Antec Earthwatts 430W PSU
AMD LE-1600 2.2GHz AM2 45W CPU
1GB DDR2 800 Memory
ECS A740GM-M AM2+ 740G Micro ATX Motherboard
3x 750GB Drives
2x 250GB Drives
2GB CF Card w/ CF>IDE adapter for OS Drive.

Raid Levels:
Three x WD7500AACS 750GB drives in Software Raid-5
Two x 250GB drives in Software Raid-1 (Not in pictures, I added the drives after pics were taken.)

Total Bytes
Before RAID: 2.75 TB
After RAID: 1.75 TB

Within the next couple months, I'll probably pick up two more WD7500AACS drives to up the raid5 to 3 TB.

Note: The top 4 pics were before I replaced the old IDE system drive with the 2gb cf card (shown in last two pics)

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