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  • Maxxarcade
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Jul 2006
    • 973

    #1

    My new file server-pics

    Here are some pics of my new server, built from Ebay parts, and 8x 320GB hard drives from Newegg.

    Asus TR-DLS motherboard
    Dual P3 1266 CPU's
    2GB ECC PC133 RAM
    3Ware 7500-8 64 bit ATA RAID card
    Intel Pro/1000 64 bit LAN card
    2x WD 320GB
    6x Seagate 7200.10 series 320GB
    NASLite 2.06 (until Openfiler gets easier to use)
    Codegen 4U-500 Rackmount case
    Zippy/Emacs 400W server PSU

    Now once the array is done initializing, I'll get to play with it. I'm not expecting it to be super fast though.

    It was a bitch running all the cables. I would have used SATA drives, but I already had 3 of the PATA ones, so I just bought 6 more. SATA RAID cards also cost a lot more, and I needed to build this on a serious budget.
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    Last edited by Maxxarcade; 11-27-2007, 10:36 PM.
  • shadow
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Feb 2007
    • 732
    • Australia

    #2
    Re: My new file server-pics

    Hmm looks nice, lots of storage too!

    It would have been nice to have SCSI hard drives with a nice RAID card, however that would cost a fortune if you were going to buy them brand new! Another nice thing about SCSI 320 (or any other parallel based SCSI, not the new SAS) is that 7 or 8 hard drives can be connected to one channel. Pretty crazy stuff.

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    • Maxxarcade
      Badcaps Veteran
      • Jul 2006
      • 973

      #3
      Re: My new file server-pics

      I would have loved to have SCSI, but I built this whole system for less than $800 total... 8 320GB SCSI drives alone would have been tons more

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      • Topcat
        The Boss Stooge
        • Oct 2003
        • 16956
        • United States

        #4
        Re: My new file server-pics

        Very nice setup. For 1.6TB of storage space, what will be on that!? I sense a DVD pirate!
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        • stretch0069
          Screwed Up Super Moderator
          • Oct 2003
          • 2658
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          #5
          Re: My new file server-pics

          ....or someone who is maybe tired of swapping out dvds and getting them scratched....?????


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          • Maxxarcade
            Badcaps Veteran
            • Jul 2006
            • 973

            #6
            Re: My new file server-pics

            Originally posted by stretch0069
            ....or someone who is maybe tired of swapping out dvds and getting them scratched....?????


            Correct. I have about 75 DVD's so far, and my whole home theater is based on a PC, so all my movies are stored on the server. This allows me to pick movies from a menu, without getting up to change discs. Also keeps my discs in pristine condition. I don't like using compression, so each movie takes about 7-9GB of space.

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            • gdement
              Badcaps Veteran
              • Jan 2007
              • 690

              #7
              Re: My new file server-pics

              Did all those drives arrive in working condition? What are the odds?

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              • Maxxarcade
                Badcaps Veteran
                • Jul 2006
                • 973

                #8
                Re: My new file server-pics

                So far, yes they all work. I probably should have bought a lottery ticket last night

                My desktop pc has been running Rsync all night backing up about 500GB of data to the server, and the overheat alarm kept waking me up. Apparently the I/O workout is heating up the chipset a bit. Funny thing is, the server is staying cool.

                I wish Openfiler wasn't such a mess, since NASLite only supports one CPU, and can't tell me anything about the RAID status.

                Also, I put a video on Youtube of the server. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLC1mEihB30
                Last edited by Maxxarcade; 11-28-2007, 08:24 AM.

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                • dood
                  Deputy dood
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 2462
                  • USA

                  #9
                  Re: My new file server-pics

                  Hope you don't cook those drives, stuffed in there like that. If you had to buy the 6 drives that are in the second array, I def. would've gone with SATA for ease of cabling. Would improve airflow in that beast as well...
                  Ludicrous gibs!

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