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Budget (including currency): Country: USA Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Storage server for my VMware ESXi host Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): My esxi host specs: Supermicro 743 chassis, redundant PWS-920P-SQ PSUs, X9DR3-F, dual xeon E5-2620 (v2) would be adequate, 256 GB RAM, and currenly H700 raid with pairs of 4TB drives in Raid 1 config. (I only want to run Raid 1. Period.) My esxi host runs a small number of VMs: 1x Windows DC, 1x Exchange 2010 singe host, 1x Windows server for fileshare, 1x Windows server for misc things, and 1x Windows 10 desktop. I need to build a storage server for my ESXi host.... My plan is to migrate my VMs from the H700 DAS storage to the storage server. NFS/iSCSI I do not mind what storage networking used. All my servers exist in a 2nd bedroom in an appartment... so no screaming data center fans allowed! (MY Supermicro 743 chassis is heavily modified with noctua fans to provide enough airflow and manage to be quieter than my existing 8x 4TB WDC Gold drives) I regret I waited so long to buy a used Supermicro CSE-846 chassis. A few years ago there were LOTS of options! These days the 846 chassis is rare. I am really impressed with my 2x Super Micro 920W "PWS-920P-SQ" power supplies: 80 Plus Platinum + redundant + quieter than hard drives!!! I like the 846 chassis because it has more drive bays than I need... so I can space out my drives and get air. I also like the 846 chassis because it has A LOT of room inside to swap fans out for quieter ones. Unless I stumble across a left over CSE-846 unicorn of chassis.................... I may need to look for alternatives. Quiet server inspirations:
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Hello everyone, I'm seeking your assistance and advice regarding a data storage solution, and I'd appreciate your input. Here's what I'm looking for: 1. I'm in need of a local storage solution; I'm not considering cloud options like Google Drive or Dropbox. 2. The solution should offer remote access capabilities, as around 80% of the time I'll be accessing the data remotely. 3. I require the solution to provide controlled access permissions to employees. Not all employees should have access to the entire server. I find Google Drive's permission management appealing, where specific project folders can be shared with designated individuals. However, I can't use a cloud-based solution due to the sensitive nature of the data I'll be storing (it's all legal, related to financial data for my clients that I will be auditing). 4. Additionally, I need an activity log feature. In case an employee modifies or deletes a file, I need to be able to track who made the changes and when. I've noticed that my previous company used Google Drive as a means to access the server located within the organization. It seemed like Google Drive acted as an interface. If this approach is feasible, I'd appreciate learning how to set it up. Feel free to use technical words, I might be an auditor, but I do know things in the tech. I'm truly grateful to all participants for investing their valuable time and knowledge. Your help is much appreciated. -
Like the title says, I am looking to build a server to act as a storage server that can also do AI training and need help with parts and software. I would also like for it to act as a thin client, but this is not necessary. I want to know what I would need and how much it would cost so I know for when I am ready to build it I have my information set and parts and software decided on. -
Hello there, I would like to have my first backup storage Server with SSD Drivers from Samsung. ( Do i need to use SSDs or are Raid configurated HDD fast enough for a 4k Video Playback and Live Recording of 4k 120 hz on the Storage Server ? ) I would like to have enough Storage To Backup all my Existing External HDD, so i can get rid of the current Clutter of 4 TB HDD Drives ( 12 TB ) . I would like to build a Storage Server with 24 TB Storage with 2 Parity Drives. ( How many Drives would be optimal number of Drives for this Configuration ) The Question I have is not What Drives to use. I am more confused in what CPU/Mainboard Platform to use. If there is a easy way to get a Cheap Platform where i can Plug in Sata SSDs in an expand in the Future. Can i maybe also use Consumer Grade Boards like X570 with a Ryzen 5 5xxx CPU? I am a little Worried about the number of PCI Lanes not being enough, is that a legit worry? Are there Cheap PCI E 4.0 Epyc or Xeon Servers I could buy online on ebay and upgrade its drive maybe? Is it possible to cram so many Drives into a normal Tower or do i need to get a Rack? Sorry for that, i know a lot about PC hardware but its my first time going into these Server Grade Stuff. If you need more information to help please ask away. I have enough time and its not time Critical. Thanks
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Budget (including currency): ₹150000 Country: India Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: As a storage server. Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): My total Budget is 150000 INR 4x 4TB Seagate Barracuda 6 Gb/s 5400 RPM (on amazon 4*8199= 32796) 2x 4TB Seagate IronWolf NAS 5900RPM (on amazon 2*12399= 24798) 1x Crucial MX500 250GB (on amazon 2700) I am thinking of running it in raid 6 Config. 4*Barracuda as normal & 2*IronWolf as Parity. I guess this config is great for redundancy & performance. Please suggest any changes if this is a bad configuration. The balance is ₹89706. Can i build a serve with that config with that money? Please suggest parts for the build.
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newbie I need your help/advice on a server design!
Envyyy posted a topic in Servers, NAS, and Home Lab
Hello! I am newish to the forums but not new to PC building. I know a good bit about general PC specs but when it comes to servers, I really don't know as much as I would need to in order to feel comfortable spending the amount of money I'm about to without some help designing this server. So my friend and I want to build a server system that we can use for all of our design/video production needs. This is going to be an in-home server either on a server rack or in a caselabs case. What I need: A rendering system for Cinema 4D, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and other programs similar to that. A high-speed storage system that we can work off of and have mass storage on. I'm not quite sure how to go about this, should I have 2 different systems in a rack? How would you do it? Would it be possible to have 3 different "systems" running at a time so I can work on my stuff, he can work on his and we can render all at the same time on the same system? One thing we want for sure is for it to have dual Xeon E5-2699 V4's and at least 100GB of RAM. We need a few hundred TB of storage and I would personally like to have a raid setup on them to have a form of redundancy. I'm sure I missed some info so let me know if you need any clarifications! Thank you! *edit* grammar and such -
Hi all! I'm interesting in buying a storage server. I just need it to storage files. not something fancy though I want it to be safe. I have at least 3 options and its hard for me to decide, I need more info. first option: Buy off the shelf product such as the Western Digital My Cloud EX4100 Expert Series 4-Bay WDBWZE0000NBK fill it with 4/2 HDs: Western Digital Red 6TB 64MB Sata III WD60EFRX Second Option: Build my own server, probably gonna cost more but it comes with more upgrade options. third options: My PC is old. I have the first i5 generation so at least 7 years old? since im gaming on consoles it doesn't really bather me. but I was thinking about buying a new PC and config a raid inside it. A question along the way: how is it likely for a raid control to fail? whats better - a raid card or use the onboard raid controller on a motherboard which raid config is best for safty? raid 1, 1+0,5,6 Thank you in advance! Death. ps I'm buying for either a local store or amazon, so if you want to give me a link of anything amazon would be great. -
Hi, I've been working towards setting up a new storage server replacing the one I'm running now. I currently have it just running Windows 7 with 2 x 3TB WD Red drives in RAID 1 (within Windows). Most of my other servers are running Debian or other Linux-distros, but I set up this server with Windows due to my current cloud backup provider, Backblaze, only working in Windows and OS X. I am running a NextCloud server on a seperate Debian-VM connecting to the storage-server via a Samba-Share. I now want to set up my new server with the storage and NextCloud on the same machine, and preferably running backup against a cloud-provider. I have been planning to move to Crashplan, as they seem to have the right service, but as they just announced their discontinuation of their Home-tier, I'm not sure about that anymore. As you might guess from my Crashplan consideration, I want to move away from Windows. I have been looking into both FreeNAS and unRAID, but as FreeNAS seem to have higher hardware requirements, and are harder to operate, and I also don't know if I can run NextCloud from it. unRAID seems to be inviting, but as a lot of people seem to dislike their "btrfs" filesystem, and a lot of comments warning about data rot, I'm not really sure. As far as I know unRAID is the better solution for running extra services in addition to just storage, is this impression correct? Also, is there other option you would recommend? Short summary of what I want to achieve: - Storage server with 2-4 x 3TB drives running with redundancy (RAID 1, 10 or 5) - Running NextCloud - Cloud backup (Crashplan, Backblaze or similar) PS: How are the different solutions when it comes to adding additional drives in the future? PPS: If it's possible I would like to be able to add a Plex-service to the server later, but that's something I could run on my VM-host, so no biggy. Thanks in advance -- Dentsor
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Here's a video of a replicated cluster using (4) Storinator XL60s built using GlusterFS and ZFS. The purpose of the test is to show off the resiliency of GlusterFS and ZFS. By starting a file transfer from the cluster to a client, trying to bring the transfer down by unplugging network cables, unplugging drives and shutting down servers. There's also a blog expanding on how to create these replicated clusters. -
Hi! I am looking for a storage server with around 44,45 drives with each drive of around 4TB. I am looking into Freenas as the operating system and Raid Z2 for software raid configuration. I looked into a JBOD server by SuperMicro but i am not sure how to setup a JBOD based server. I want to even setup an exact same backup server alongside 1 main server. The SuperMicro JBOD server i am recommended is - https://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/4U/847/SC847E1C-R1K28JBOD I am attaching the layout i am looking for. Can anyone Suggest me the hardware that i should opt for in such a case.
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Hi all, this is really intimidating but I've been wanting to build my own storage server for a long time. I'm about to build my first server, and have the majority of parts spec'd out. I just have a few questions/concerns if I can run them by everyone I'd appreciate it. It's also my first post on the forum lol. Basically, I want to use this server for data storage purposes. I have no need for virtualization currently. My first concern, is I see some people go around saying on Reddit I shouldn't use FreeNAS not being used as a 'server os'. The reply continued with - " FreeNAS isn't a server OS. It's very capable as a NAS, but you'll run into problems sooner or later if you try to treat it like an actual server. You might be better off using Debian (Server) + KVM." But what confused me, is Snazzy Labs video "I Built a HUGE 336TB Server Without Linus Tech Tips!" stated that he had a similar (if not the same) server to what I am looking at, and he stated he was using the operating system FreeNAS, and not much else was elaborated on. I basically want to hook everything up, and have an easy time installing the software needed so I can have proper data storage. Is Snazzy Right? Should I just get the HP Proliant, get drives, and install FreeNAS? Is it done like a regular PC? Flash Drive, ISO image, set boot drive, and install the operating system? As for my parts : HP Proliant DL360 G8 Server TP-Link 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Unmanaged Switch Raising Electronics 27U 4 Post Open Frame Server Rack CyberPower OR500LCDRM1U Smart App LCD UPS System Are all okay? Do you have any better recommendations? I'm on a tight budget. Again, my main concern is how to install the OS, what OS to install (I Need something simple, I am new to NAS software and what have you), etc Thanks everyone in advance! Brian- 7 replies
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Hi. I would like to make a redundant nas / storage server. I am not shure about the softwere. It needs to have something similar to windows home server v1's drive extender, so that I could run difrent capacity dives in redundancy.
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Hi All, short time lurker first time poster. Curious to hear some ideas from the internet about this. For a long time I have been riding a motorcycle and I usually always have a helmet camera running to record the ride (In case of an accident or I see something worth uploading to youtube). Now bearing in mind this is a 1080p camera (contour roam 2) I am filling up my hard drive pretty quickly. What I have been doing is uploading the footage to a 1TB HDD through a dock (normal PC hard drive) I am looking for something that I can store in a single volume perhaps up to 10 TB with a little redundancy I am sure some of the video have been duplicated but I have filled up at least 4 hard drives so far. Any thoughts on this from everyone? I have an old perspex PC case that I was thinking of turning into a "media server" its currently got a pentium 4 with a whopping 512mb ram and a 100gb hard drive (pata) Thoughts?
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Hello, i need help deciding on how to go about solving my impending storage problem. i have many drives ither in, or attached to my PC, and currently mot of them are between 50 and 90% full. because i dont often dump data as im a bit of an archiver, and local media consumer. i had been contemplating building a multi-use NAS machine using newer hardware, but because of the way ram prices had been, and dont appear to be settling down anytime soon, ive been holding off on buying parts. what i cant decide is: should i continue to wait, and see what the supply line, and prices do, or should i just 'invest' in a DAC or something of that nature. something i can just through some drives in, and clump them together for a massive pool. im looking for about 10TB, of usable space. thanks in advance.
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I have limited space in my apartment so my components need to either fit behind my TV stand (please ignore the messy cables, this picture was taken sometime the week after moving day), or below it. Currently, my Unraid Box is a ATX Mid-Tower sitting behind my TV stand (in the picture, it is behind the fan behind the left speaker), but to get to it, I need to move a bunch of stuff around. What I'd like to do, is buy a new case (probably this one) and put it at the bottom of my TV stand to make my drives more accessible. What do you guys think? Do I risk overheating my system if I do this? Should I try to find a matching glass pane or get some sort of rack mount to screw into the existing metal frame? Or does it look like I'm going to be fine and dandy just setting the case on top of the existing metal frame as it is?
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Three years ago I made a little ITX-based storage server. It was based on an AMD E-350 board with four 3TB WD Red drives, all fitted inside this Cooler Master Elite 120 enclosure. I've always wanted to do some light virtualization on this server, but the dual core CPU that I had was just too damn slow to do this. Recently I upgraded my own desktop, this left me with an Asrock 970 Extreme3 motherboard (with an AMD FX-6100 CPU and 16 GB's of DDR3 memory installed). That got me thinking: this hardware would almost triple the performance of my little server. Only one slight problem: fitting an ATX board inside a case designed for mini ITX. I didn't want to buy an ATX case (it wouldn't have been able to fit on my little server shelf). So I started to investigate modding the CM Elite 120. A quick look at the dimensions of the board and the case revealed that It could be done, so I grabbed my tools and went ahead with it. First I stripped down the case. After doing that I made a paper template of the board with all the mounting holes marked. Once satisfied with the position I drilled the holes and threaded in some standoffs. Board and front intake fan mounted in place. Fortunately there is enough horizontal clearance for that humongous Scythe Mugen cooler. Top view, it all fits. I designed and 3D printed a custom drive mount solution. It's a simple design aimed at printing speed, a fancier mount with more supports would've taken forever to print. First I wanted to reuse the original metal drive cage, but unfortunately It only holds three drives and it wouldn't have been able to fit above the board with the fourth drive on top. Drive mounts in place. It's surprisingly rigid with little to no flex in all directions. I bolted the PSU to the back of the case using the original PSU bracket. With a low profile CPU cooler I might have been able to mount it in its original location. The PSU also acts as an exhaust fan by drawing in air through the large cutouts in the back of the case and blowing it out the side. Other side. Everything is packed in nicely. Completed system back on its little shelf. I used an angle grinder to make a cutout in the side panel for the I/O shield (not shown). Final result.
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Hello there! Sorry to bug the readers of this forums once again, but I would like to know whether this storage server can be decommissioned and be re-used as a server case? Would I be able to fit in a standard-form motherboard (ATX preferably), and other standard PC parts? I was unable to find much specs about this thing online, so I was wondering whether you guys are able to advice me on this. I am getting it quite cheap, for about 70 bucks, and it is relatively cheap compared to buying a new server case. Would the extra 24 disk drive array be of any use? Just asking. Advice on this issue is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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Imom looking for a server case that can hold at least 8hhd/ssd and a good render mechine case under 2hundred for both. All ready have the rest of the specs worked out.
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NCIX: http://bit.ly/1NibB3e Amazon: http://geni.us/1Z2A With the new office coming soon, we knew it was time to change to a new storage server for daily use...- 46 replies
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A question we get asked a lot from our customers and the data storage community in general: what's the power draw of a Storinator? 45 Drives R&D engineer Brett Kelly did a thorough investigation, measuring the current draws during start up, steady state and operating. In his latest blog post, he shares his findings: http://45drives.blogspot.ca/2015/05/the-power-behind-large-data-storage.html As always, we appreciate your thoughts and feedback!
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First post here and hoping for some advice to help m find a medium/long term solution to a storage conundrum. I have a rather large music and music video/ movie collection (~25k albums, 100s of music video clips and around 50 Bluray / DVD movies ISOs) currently scattered across multiple hard drives (some standalone or stored in a cupboard) and PCs. From a PC perspective I have three Lian Li PC-Q26 cases each containing Asus Z87I-PRO mini-itx motherboards. The cases can handle up to ten drives. The motherboards have 6x SATA 6Gbps interfaces and can take an additional addin SATA storage controller if necessary. One acts as a music server, one is simply backup storage and only ever fired up to be brought up to date or to restore from and the 3rd contains family docs, photos, videos etc. I'm quite happy keeping separate PCs for a music server and family server. All are currently running software RAID on Arch Linux using mdadm RAID5 arrays. Two arrays comprise 3TB drives, the 3rd comprises 4TB drives and none can be expanded without running the almost certain risk of drive failure due to the number of RW operations required to bring additional storage into the pool. So, I'm looking to take advice from those in the know and to do this one more time, with the goal of arriving at a fault tolerant, high capacity media server using Linux (preferably Arch as it's lightweight and bloody fast). My thinking is along the lines of: build new servers running Arch Linux and create a BTRFS based RAID10 array for each. Copy the media across from existing storage. Use these as "production servers" build another identical set of servers and use them as offline redundant storage (I have sufficient 6TB standalone drives available to make a backup before reusing my existing drives in the RAID10 config. Questions: Thoughts re my strategy? What are others doing for offline redundant storage? Should I backup to a few standalone 6 or 8 TB drives also and keep these offsite? -
I could really use some guidance as I'm very new to VMs. I'm in the process of building a home server that will serve the following functions: File Stroage (parity), Plex Server, & Media Streaming. Originally, I was going to install FreeNAS, but since I'm a student, I had access to DreamSpark and got a copy of Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for free. I previously used WHS, so I thought I'd be more comfortable with WS2012. I have about 8 TB of total stroage and 2x 120GB SSD in Raid1 for OS. Im rocking a Xeon E3-1246v3B processor with a Supermicro X10SL-7 (previously had an Intel S12000RPL board that had fan speed issues and was returned) motherboard that has 16GB of Crucial ECC RAM. I also have 3 other spare systems that I was planning to use for other reasons: pfsense, isoloated usenet download system, and a spare. 2 of the 3 are old 2005ish Supermicro servers w/ dual Xeon processors (single core). The other system is a non-server based low-end PC that someone gave me. So, my question is - instead of running all these other systems, could I instead install Hyper-V server 2012 and create a VM for the following functions: VM for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials for Data Storage VM for Windows 7/8 for isolated Usenet downloads VM for Windows 7/8 for Plex server VM for pfsenese - I doubt this is even possible and question if it makes sense, but thought I'd throw it out there. Additional VMs for testing purposes (Linux, FreeBSD, etc) I think my hardware is good enough to run the VMs (might need to bump ram to 32 GB though). Is it unwise to lump these activities together onto 1 system? Is having a storage server as a VM bad news? Will an infected (virus/malware) VM spread to other VMs? Also, if I understand it correctly, once I get a VM dialed in w/ the OS install and apps, I can save the VM as is and revert back to that state or replicate that VM as needed - right? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. -Abe
