LTT Storage Rankings

[looney]

LTT Storage Rankings

Topic

Welcome to the LTT Storage Rankings! The purpose of this topic is to show off cool storage builds, to inspire with what you show and be inspired by what you see. And of course, also talk about those builds, ask their owners questions and all that good stuff.

Criteria

• System capacity of 10 TB or more
• 5 storage drives or more:
  • We don't count OS drives,
  • we also do not count cache drives,
  • nor external USB drives.
  • External SAS enclosures connected via SFF-8088 count, however.
  • Drobos, Thunderbolt enclosures etc.: If they have a management interface which makes them somewhat autonomous, they count.
  • It does not matter whether your storage drives is an SSD or an HDD, as long as it is used for storage.
  • Don't forget to indicate vendor and drive size for all your drives for our statistics (see also below).
  • For cases not covered here, we reserve the right to adjust the rules as needed to protect the spirit of the thread.
• It has to be a single system (everything running off of a single motherboard).
• Do not post your company server (except the ones from Linus Media Group ;)), this is for private systems.
• Pictures of the hardware required. That's the primary point of this thread, after all.
• Use looney's post as a template. Write a nice post about your system, give us some details on the nitty gritty inner workings of your beast.
• Make sure to give all the needed info for the statistics (Operating system, storage system, HDD vendors and sizes etc.)

Ranking System

The rankings are based on ranking points, which are calculated as follows:

ranking_points = system_capacity ⨯ ln(system_drive_count)

with ln(system_drive_count) being the natural logarithm of the number of drives in the system.

Rationales

Minimum Requirements

Having both the 10 TB and the 5 drive minimum rules allows us to prevent being spammed by systems with a single or two huge HDDs (10 terabyte HDDs are a reality now, after all), while still allowing systems which were put together with smaller drives (or SSDs) to get into the list.

Ranking Points

Basically, this thread is about awesome storage systems, and we think that capacity isn't the only thing which determines how cool a storage machine is. Chances are that a system with a bit less capacity but quite a few more drives might be more interesting to look at. Therefore, the number of drives also counts.

However, we don't want somebody buying a ton of small cheap drives to outrank somebody who's bought a hugely expensive system with fewer big drives, which is why towards the upper end of the scale, the number of drives starts to no longer matter as much (see examples below).

Example for Large Systems

• System 1: 100 TB capacity, 50 ⨯ 2 TB drives: 391.2 ranking points
• System 2: 150 TB capacity, 30 ⨯ 5 TB drives: 510.2 ranking points
• Amount of drives required for system 1 to surpass system 2, assuming capacities for both systems and drive count for system 2 stay the same: 165 drives, resulting in 510.6 ranking points. Capacity weighs much heavier than drive count as it grows, the influence of the number of drives on the ranking points falls prey to the law of diminishing returns.

Example for Smaller Systems

• System 3: 14 TB capacity, 7 ⨯ 2 TB drives: 27.2 ranking points
• System 4: 15 TB capacity, 5 ⨯ 3 TB drives: 24.1 ranking points
• Drive count has a higher weight for such systems, system 3 ranks ahead of system 4 despite having less total capacity.

Identical Ranking Points

For systems with identical ranking points, post date is the ranking factor (more specifically: post number). Since no posts can have the same number, this is sufficient for unambiguous ranking.

Script

The rankings and plots are generated by a Python script, which can be found on alpenwasser's github here.

Capacity Calculation

We count raw storage as advertised on the drives. So, if you have 10 ⨯ 1 TB drives, that counts as 10 TB of storage.

Smaller Systems

Not everybody needs a big server, and even smaller systems can be cool and interesting (or noteworthy, as we put it below). For such systems we have a secondary list, so feel free to post your machine even if it doesn't quite meet the ranking criteria outlined above. Please still use the template post for your system, and stick to the rest of the criteria as applicable to your machine.

External Sites

• This thread is inspired by the one on the [H]ard Forum, where you can find many huge systems as well.
• The Dutch thread on Gathering of Tweakers is also worth a look, although it is in Dutch, obviously.
• Serve the Home is also a great place for all things storage.

Support/Bugs

At the moment, @alpenwasser is the primary maintainer of the script and stats, so contact him about that kind of thing.

[looney]

Main Rankings

Rank	Username	Upd.	Attr.	Value	Bar (logarithmic)
1	looney		Points	564.83
	Supermicro 6027TR-DTRF		Capacity	152.0
	WS 2012R2, HwRD		Drives	41
2	MyNameIsNicola		Points	556.95
	Supermicro 847A-R1400LPB	1	Capacity	153.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	38
3	dangerous1		Points	362.20
	Lian Li PC-A70F	1	Capacity	103.5
	Win 7, JBOD		Drives	33
4	STUdog		Points	312.29
	Coolermaster Cosmos 2 + Norco		Capacity	83.5
	Win, unknown		Drives	42
5	Ramaddil		Points	308.73
	Lian Li 343B	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7	Capacity	89.0
	Win 8.1, HwRD		Drives	32
6	AnonymousGuy		Points	254.43
	Fractal Node 804	1	Capacity	78.0
	Win 7, HwRD		Drives	26
7	Alexdaman		Points	237.57
	Ri-Vier 24bay 4U Case	1, 2, 3	Capacity	72.0
	WS 2012, JBOD, HwRD		Drives	27
8	Hobobo		Points	192.95
	Norco RPC-4224		Capacity	75.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	13
9	raphaex		Points	190.93
	Norco RPC-4224 4U		Capacity	60.0
	Win 7, JBOD, HwRD		Drives	24
10	madcow		Points	179.55
	Supermicro SC846BE26-R920B		Capacity	62.0
	Gentoo, ZFS		Drives	18
11	madcow		Points	177.84
	Supermicro SC846BE26-R920B		Capacity	64.0
	Gentoo, ZFS		Drives	16
12	Ssoele		Points	177.84
	Norcotek RPC4216		Capacity	64.0
	WS 2012R2, HwRD		Drives	16
13	Whaler_99		Points	173.07
	Antec 1200 v3		Capacity	48.6
	unRAID, unRAID		Drives	35
14	scottyseng		Points	162.88
	Supermicro 846E1-R900B	1, 2	Capacity	60.0
	WS 2012R2, HwRD		Drives	15
15	{EAC} Shoot em UP		Points	155.61
	SUPERMICRO 4U 846E16		Capacity	56.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	16
16	RandomNOOB		Points	152.75
	NorcoTek RPC-4224		Capacity	48.0
	Ubuntu, mdadm		Drives	24
17	Rudde		Points	150.04
	Supermicro SC846TQ-R1200B		Capacity	50.0
	Debian, mdadm		Drives	20
18	mGrytbak		Points	141.95
	Supermicro 846BA-R920B		Capacity	50.0
	WS 2012R2, SwRD		Drives	17
19	raid0yolo		Points	141.95
	Supermicro 846E16-R1200B		Capacity	50.0
	Debian, SwRD		Drives	17
20	MrBucket101		Points	132.91
	Norco RPC-4224	1, 2, 3	Capacity	47.8
	Ubuntu, HwRD		Drives	16
21	arsonik007		Points	125.93
	Norco RPC-4220		Capacity	40.7
	WS 2012R2, SwRD		Drives	22
22	alpenwasser		Points	124.96
	InWin PP689 (Custom HDD Rack)		Capacity	43.1
	Arch Linux, ZFS		Drives	18
23	gcs8		Points	120.03
	Norco 4220		Capacity	40.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	20
24	handruin		Points	119.67
	Rosewill RSV-L4411	1	Capacity	48.0
	Xubuntu, ZFS		Drives	12
25	aznmonk		Points	112.62
	Fractal Design R4		Capacity	51.0
	Debian, HwRD		Drives	9
26	zyk		Points	111.14
	Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra	1	Capacity	42.0
	WS 2008R2, HwRD		Drives	14
27	redlukas		Points	104.71
	Synology DS1215+		Capacity	42.0
	Synology, SwRD		Drives	12
28	Jonathan Yonke		Points	103.16
	Norco RP4020		Capacity	38.0
	unRAID, unRAID		Drives	15
29	Helly		Points	101.81
	Antec P183	1	Capacity	42.3
	Win 7, HwRD		Drives	11
30	Danny91		Points	100.55
	Logic Case SC-4324	1	Capacity	38.0
	Win 7, FlexRAID		Drives	14
31	kerradeph		Points	100.41
	Fractal Design Node 804		Capacity	48.0
	FreeBSD, ZFS		Drives	8
32	MariusJS		Points	94.81
	Dell R510		Capacity	41.0
	WS 2012R2, HwRD		Drives	10
33	looney		Points	88.92
	Norcotek RPC4220	1	Capacity	32.0
	WS 2012, FlexRAID		Drives	16
34	Hellboy		Points	87.88
	Fractal Design Array R2		Capacity	38.0
	WS 2008R2, JBOD		Drives	10
35	Kiades		Points	79.50
	HP Proliant		Capacity	36.0
	WS 2012, HwRD		Drives	9
36	Captain Chaos		Points	75.16
	Fractal Design R5		Capacity	32.5
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	10
37	username6465		Points	74.02
	unknown	1	Capacity	25.6
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	18
38	MrSmoke		Points	69.81
	Norcotek RPC4224		Capacity	28.0
	Ubuntu, mdadm		Drives	12
39	Cheatdeath		Points	69.38
	Fractal Design R5	1	Capacity	30.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	10
40	Morgo_mpx		Points	69.38
	Norcotek 4224		Capacity	30.0
	ESXi, ZFS		Drives	10
41	Benjamin		Points	67.39
	Fractal Design R4		Capacity	28.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	11
42	kev507		Points	66.94
	Corsair 750D		Capacity	32.0
	Win 7, HwRD		Drives	8
43	Prisoner627		Points	66.94
	Rosewill RSV-L4500		Capacity	32.0
	Win 7, HwRD		Drives	8
44	alex75871		Points	66.94
	Fractal Define R5		Capacity	32.0
	WS 2012R2, HwRD		Drives	8
45	b3nno		Points	66.94
	Norco RPC4308		Capacity	32.0
	ESXi, ZFS		Drives	8
46	unijab		Points	66.69
	Fractal Define R5		Capacity	24.0
	CentOS, mdadm		Drives	16
47	pyromaniac		Points	61.71
	Synology DS1813+		Capacity	29.5
	Synology, SHR		Drives	8
48	d33g33		Points	60.13
	Synology DS1511+, DX510		Capacity	26.0
	Synology, SHR		Drives	10
49	TJStamp		Points	59.84
	Sharkoon T9 Value		Capacity	24.0
	OpenIndiana, ZFS		Drives	12
50	Gronnie		Points	58.57
	Corsair 500R	1	Capacity	28.0
	Win 7, FlexRAID		Drives	8
51	Robbo600		Points	58.57
	Synology DS1813+		Capacity	28.0
	Synology, SHR		Drives	8
52	Jarsky		Points	57.77
	Silverstone Lascala LC17B HTPC		Capacity	24.0
	WS 2012, SwRD, JBOD		Drives	11
53	FattyDave		Points	54.39
	MS-Tech CA-0210 rev. b		Capacity	26.0
	WS 2012R2, SwRD		Drives	8
54	overflowsc		Points	51.25
	Fractal Design Node 804		Capacity	24.5
	Linux Mint, mdadm		Drives	8
55	atv127		Points	51.11
	CM Storm Trooper		Capacity	20.5
	Win 7, JBOD		Drives	12
56	electrostatic		Points	50.55
	Cooler Master HAF 912		Capacity	21.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	11
57	SanMadJack		Points	50.20
	Rosewill RSV-R4000		Capacity	24.0
	Linux, ZFS		Drives	8
58	Stakacs		Points	50.20
	Fractal Design R5	1	Capacity	24.0
	unRAID, unRAID		Drives	8
59	RabidPancakes		Points	50.20
	Fractal Design Node 804		Capacity	24.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	8
60	kkpatel87		Points	50.20
	Silverstone DS380B		Capacity	24.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	8
61	b348xyz		Points	49.60
	HP Z800 Workstation		Capacity	19.3
	Win 10, SwRD		Drives	13
62	paps511		Points	48.88
	Fractal Design Node 804		Capacity	30.0
	Synology, SwRD		Drives	5
63	Galxy		Points	48.11
	Antec 1200		Capacity	23.0
	WS 2012, FlexRAID		Drives	8
64	algoat		Points	48.11
	Silverstone GD07 HTPC		Capacity	23.0
	Win 7, FlexRAID		Drives	8
65	unknownkwita		Points	46.02
	Silverstone GD08		Capacity	22.0
	Win 8.1, StSp		Drives	8
66	falsedell		Points	44.17
	Cooler Master Cosmos II		Capacity	20.0
	Win 8.1, JBOD		Drives	9
67	Tomasu		Points	43.94
	Antec 900		Capacity	19.0
	Debian, SwRD		Drives	10
68	Hobobo		Points	43.40
	Fractal Design Define Mini		Capacity	24.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	6
69	stevv		Points	43.40
	LIAN LI PC-V700X	1	Capacity	24.0
	Win 7, HwRD		Drives	6
70	untamed		Points	43.40
	Midi Tower		Capacity	24.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	6
71	weeandykidd		Points	43.40
	Silverstone Milo ML04B	1, 2	Capacity	24.0
	WS 2008R2, JBOD		Drives	6
72	Brandonberg		Points	43.40
	Fractal Node 304		Capacity	24.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	6
73	Eric The Tech Guru		Points	43.40
	Fractal R5		Capacity	24.0
	Ubuntu, mdadm		Drives	6
74	Ziggidy		Points	43.40
	Supermicro SC826TQ-R800LPB		Capacity	24.0
	Ubuntu, ZFS		Drives	6
75	bigross123		Points	41.84
	Fractal Arc Midi R2		Capacity	20.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	8
76	Jonny		Points	41.84
	Zalman	1	Capacity	20.0
	Ubuntu, ZFS		Drives	8
77	cushy91		Points	41.63
	XClio Nighthawk		Capacity	18.0
	unRAID, unRAID		Drives	10
78	mb2k		Points	41.63
	Cooler Master CM 690		Capacity	18.0
	WHS 2011, JBOD		Drives	10
79	bobert		Points	41.16
	Bitfenix Shinobi		Capacity	21.0
	Win 7, FlexRAID		Drives	7
80	VictorB		Points	39.75
	Fractal Design ARC Midi		Capacity	19.0
	ZFSGuru, ZFS		Drives	8
81	mr_pants66		Points	37.24
	Silverstone DS380		Capacity	19.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	7
82	darkey1991		Points	34.90
	MS-Tech CA-0210 Midi Tower		Capacity	14.0
	Debian, HwRD		Drives	12
83	Appleby		Points	34.69
	Norco RPC4220		Capacity	15.0
	WS 2012, HwRD		Drives	10
84	tycheleto		Points	34.36
	Fractal Design Define Mini	1, 2	Capacity	19.0
	Win 8, FlexRAID		Drives	6
85	swizzle90		Points	33.47
	NZXT Source 210 Elite		Capacity	16.0
	unRAID, unRAID		Drives	8
86	Chris230291		Points	33.47
	unknown		Capacity	16.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	8
87	AntarticCrash		Points	33.12
	NZXT Phantom		Capacity	15.0
	Win 7, JBOD		Drives	9
88	Shaqalac		Points	32.58
	Lian Li Q25B		Capacity	20.0
	Debian, mdadm		Drives	5
89	Eric1024		Points	32.55
	Supermicro CSE-822T-400LPB		Capacity	18.0
	Linux Mint, ZFS		Drives	6
90	andi1455		Points	32.55
	Fractal Design R4		Capacity	18.0
	WS 2008R2, HwRD		Drives	6
91	siaran		Points	32.55
	NZXT Tempest 210		Capacity	18.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	6
92	Saku		Points	32.55
	Norco 2U Case		Capacity	18.0
	Win 8.1, HwRD		Drives	6
93	AidanJMessenger		Points	32.55
	Zalman Z1	1	Capacity	18.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	6
94	rudel		Points	32.55
	Corsair 760T		Capacity	18.0
	Win 10, HwRD		Drives	6
95	dalekphalm		Points	29.81
	Lian Li + SAS Expander Case	1	Capacity	12.9
	WHS 2011, FlexRAID		Drives	10
96	Tomasu		Points	27.44
	Lian Li PC-Q25B		Capacity	14.0
	OpenMediaVault, SwRD		Drives	7
97	Hellboy		Points	27.12
	Coolermaster HAF-X		Capacity	15.0
	Win 7, JBOD		Drives	6
98	djdwosk97		Points	27.12
	NZXT Source 210	1	Capacity	15.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	6
99	algoat		Points	24.44
	Silverstone Precision PS08		Capacity	15.0
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	5
100	Jimstah87		Points	24.44
	Bitfenix Prodigy		Capacity	15.0
	Win 8, HwRD		Drives	5
101	X1XNobleX1X		Points	24.44
	Synology DS1513+		Capacity	15.0
	Synology, SHR		Drives	5
102	Night_Rider0		Points	24.44
	Corsair 400R		Capacity	15.0
	Win 8.1, HwRD		Drives	5
103	Jeepman		Points	24.44
	Micron Cube Server		Capacity	15.0
	Win 7, JBOD		Drives	5
104	Pancake		Points	24.44
	SGI Rackable Omnistore 3016		Capacity	15.0
	WS 2012R2, StableBit		Drives	5
105	maxtch		Points	24.44
	unknown		Capacity	15.0
	Ubuntu, HwRD		Drives	5
106	nik96		Points	23.52
	Fractal Define R5		Capacity	10.7
	FreeNAS, ZFS		Drives	9
107	Mkvarner		Points	21.88
	Fractal Design R4		Capacity	12.1
	WS 2012R2, JBOD		Drives	6
108	draxer03		Points	21.70
	Fractal Design Mini		Capacity	12.0
	WHS 2011, JBOD		Drives	6
109	maxtch		Points	21.70
	unknown	1	Capacity	12.0
	Ubuntu, HwRD		Drives	6
110	Blade of Grass		Points	21.18
	Corsair C70	1	Capacity	13.0
	Debian, mdadm		Drives	5
111	Whiskers		Points	20.92
	Fractal Design R4		Capacity	10.0
	Win 8.1, FlexRAID		Drives	8
112	Hellboy		Points	19.55
	unknown		Capacity	12.0
	Win 7, JBOD		Drives	5
113	Patrick3D		Points	19.55
	Raidmax Seiran	1	Capacity	12.0
	Win 10, SwRD		Drives	5
114	Doowstados		Points	17.92
	Antec 300		Capacity	11.0
	WS 2012R2, SwRD		Drives	5
115	5lay3r		Points	16.29
	Midi Tower		Capacity	10.0
	Win 8, StSp		Drives	5
116	MoonSpot		Points	16.29
	Drobo		Capacity	10.0
	Drobo, Drobo		Drives	5
117	Woodypc		Points	16.29
	Antec One Hundred		Capacity	10.0
	Win 7, StableBit		Drives	5
118	Pidagad		Points	16.29
	Bitfenix Prodigy		Capacity	10.0
	Arch Linux, mdadm		Drives	5
119	jmannik		Points	16.29
	Silverstone DS380		Capacity	10.0
	WS 2012R2, HwRD		Drives	5
120	brwainer		Points	16.29
	Fractal Design Node 804		Capacity	10.0
	WS 2012R2, SwRD		Drives	5

Abbreviations Key

• WS: Windows Server
• WHS: Windows Home Server
• SHR: Synology Hybrid RAID
• StSp: Storage Spaces
• RD: RAID (unspecified if hardware or software)
• HwRD: Hardware RAID
• SwRD: Software RAID
• FlRD: FlexRAID

Plots

Rankings

The plots in this section are intended for easier comparison of ranking points, system capacity and drive count. The order is identical to the ranking table above, allowing to see where somebody with more drives overtook somebody with fewer drives but more capacity.

Rankings Points

Ranking List with Ranking Points, ordered by Ranking points descending, then post date ascending

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Capacities

Ranking List with Capacities, ordered by Ranking points descending, then post date ascending

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Drive Count

Ranking List with Drive Count, Ordered by Ranking Points Descending, then Post Date Ascending

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Drive Statistics

This section contains various plots regarding the drives used in the systems.

• Total Drives: 1337
• Total Capacity: 3769.0820000000003 TB
• Average Capacity per System: 31.4 TB
• Average Drive Size: 2.8 TB

How Often Is Each Type of Drive Used?

How Many of a Certain Type of Drive Are Used?

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How Many Terabytes Does a Certain Type of Drive Contribute to the Total Capacity?

How Much Does a Certain Type of Drive Contribute to the Total Capacity?

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How Many Systems Use a Certain Type of Drive?

How Many Systems Use a Certain Type of Drive?

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Which Storage System Is Used How Often?

Which Storage System Is Used How Often?

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Operating System Statistics

Which OS Is Used How Often?

OS Count

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Which OS Manages How Many Terabytes?

Capacity by OS

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Which OS Manages How Many Drives?

Drive Count by OS

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Timeline

Number of systems, number of total capacity, number of total drives tracked over time. As can be expected, they track each other quite closely.

System Count Timeline

System Count Timeline

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Total Capacity Timeline

Total Capacity Timeline

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Total Drive Count Timeline

Total Drive Count Timeline

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Noteworthy and Decommissioned Builds

Decommissioned builds, and builds which don't meet the criteria for the main list can be found here.

Drive Count by OS

Username	Case	OS	Storage System	Capacity	Drives
ElfFriend	unknown	FreeNAS	ZFS	15.0	5
cushy91	HP Proliant MicroServer N40L	unRAID	unRAID	2.0	3
{EAC} Shoot em UP	Custom Wood Case	OpenMediaVault	SwRD	24.0	8
dzintars	Open Air	Ubuntu Srv	JBOD	1.0	1
unijab	Rosewill Blackbone	CentOS	mdadm	18.5	11
lekro	Fractal Design Arc Midi R2	FreeNAS	ZFS	16.0	4
Green_man_5	Fractal Node 304	WHS 2011	HwRD	16.0	4
Sousuke	Netgear ReadyNAS 104	ReadyNAS	SwRD	12.0	4
MariusJS	Custom Case	WS 2012R2	SwRD	15.0	6
mGrytbak	Supermicro 846BA-R920B	WS 2012	SwRD	38.0	15
PhantomWarz	Acer R380F2 + Chembro 24 Bay	NAS4Free	ZFS	28.0	22
thebennyboy	Phanteks Enthoo Pro	Win 10	HwRD	12.0	4
Dr_Frankenstein	Synology DS412+	Synology	SHR	13.0	4
kichilron	NZXT H630	Win 8.1	SwRD, JBOD	8.0	3
Zerreth	K'nex Custom Case	Win 8.1	JBOD	11.5	4
Graveworm	Lian Li PC-Q35	WS 2012	HwRD	16.0	4
alpenwasser	Fractal Design R4 (custom)	Arch Linux	ZFS	1.0	2
adamsir2	HP Microserver	FreeNAS	ZFS	12.0	4
Eric The Tech Guru	Fractal Design R4	Ubuntu	JBOD	16.0	4
Saku	Supermicro 846E1-R900B	Debian	HwRD	24.0	4
EmeraldFlame	Fractal Node 804	WS 2012R2	HwRD	12.0	4
sidiox	IBM x3400 Server Chassis	Lubuntu	mdadm	12.0	3
2sysel2	Bitfenix Prodigy mITX	Win 8	JBOD	9.0	3
NWArkGuy	Antec 900	Win 7	JBOD	10.0	4
kichilron	Lian Li PC-7FN	WS 2008R2	JBOD	6.0	4
MG2R	K'nex Custom Case	Debian	mdadm	8.0	4
Hoppa	Bitfenix Phenom M	FreeNAS	ZFS	16.0	4

Edited November 19, 2016 by alpenwasser
Big Fall Update

[looney]

Hardware

CASE: Norcotek RPC4220

PSU: Corsair HX850

MB: Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3

CPU: AMD Phenom II 965

HS: Stock AMD heatsink

RAM: 16GB DDR3 1333

RAID CARD 1: IBM M1015, Flashed with "IT" firmware

RAID CARD 2: HPT Rocket Raid 2680

SSD: Crucial C300 120GB SSD

HDD 1: 9x 2TB Seagete ST2000DM001

HDD 2: 5x 2TB Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632

HDD 3: 2x 2TB Seagate ST32000542AS

HDD 4: 4x 4TB Seagete ST4000DM000

Software and Configuration:

My server is running windows server 2008R2 and im using FlexRAID to make my array.

My main array consists of 15 2TB and 4 4TB drives in RAID 6, so I end up with 34.5TB actual storage space on that array.

The remaining drives are used as iSCSI target's and one 2TB drive is for active torrents and usenet download's /uploads.

Usage:

I use the storage for movies and series, i have media players around the house that access it.

Its also for backing up my computers.

Backup:

The is arrays backed up to LiveDrive, this is a online cloud backup service. (i have 100/100 Mbps connection)

Additional info:

I'm using the AMD processor because it was a leftover from my previous server, i will upgrade it eventually because of its high power consumption.

Photo's:

Hotswappable drive bays of the Norco case.

Internal shot of the server.

Drives as listed in Disk Management.

Drives as listen on Computer.

My Rack, in the basement, right next to our water main, and the main power line... SAFETY FIRST!!! :D :D (The bottom 4 HP servers are not in use)

I have since added a second super-micro server on the top as a backup router.

[Samskip]

You have 35TB of storage?? I always wonder how people can fill up such huge amount of space. I'm not even able to fill up a 1TB drive...

[legopc]

You have 35TB of storage?? I always wonder how people can fill up such huge amount of space. I'm not even able to fill up a 1TB drive...

i can only think of one way to fill up 35tb.... 

[looney]

You have 35TB of storage?? I always wonder how people can fill up such huge amount of space. I'm not even able to fill up a 1TB drive...

this is a remake of a topic i made on the old forum, the old one used BBcode tables which this forum does not support.

 

the number one on that topic (mod whaler_99) had 42TB! (hoping to see him post soon)

[RandomNOOB]

The RandomFileServer (Im just that good at naming stuff)

 

 

Hardware:
CASE: NorcoTek RPC-4224

PSU: Chieftec A-135 APS-850C

MB: Asus Crosshair IV Formula

CPU: AMD Phenom II 965 BE

HS: Some heatsink I had lying around

RAM: 16GB Kingston ValueR. DDR3

Network: Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port

RAID CARD: IBM M1015 converted to LSI9211-IT mode

HBA: HP SAS Expander

SSD: 1 x 60GB Corsair Force 3

HDD 1: 19 x 2TB WDC WD20EARX-00P

HDD 2: 3 x 2TB WDC WD20EARX-008

HDD 3: 1 x 2TB WDC WD20EARS-00M

HDD 4: 1 x 2TB WDC WD20EZRX-00D

UPS: 2 x MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 1500C 2U Rack (Power Rating 1500VA/1050W)

Rack: Eton 22U Open Rack

Power: Idel usage: 250W

Power: Disk activity: 340W

Power: High CPU usage+High Disk activity: 380W

 

 

Software and Configuration:
OS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

RAID config: mdadm with 22 x 2TB in RAID6

RAID hot spare: 2 x 2TB

File system: XFS for the RAID, and ext4 for the OS
File system capacity: Advertised: 48TB, RAID Advertised: 44TB, RAID6 Advertised 38TB.

 

Usage:
Storing stuff, you know, it is a storage server.

Backup:
LoL, ain't nobody got time for that, or space.

 

Photo's:

 

 

[looney]

This is my baby!

 

Case______________________: NorcoTek RPC-4224CPU_______________________: AMD Phenom II 965 BERAM_______________________: 16GB Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHzGPU_______________________: Club 3d GeForce GT 520 PCI-E 1xMotherboard_______________: Asus Crosshair IV FormulaOperating system__________: Ubuntu 12.04Controller________________: IBM M1015 converted to LSI9211-IT modeHBA_______________________: HP SAS ExpanderHard drive 1______________: 19 x 2TB WDC WD20EARXHard drive 2______________: 1 x 2TB WDC WD20EARSSSD 1_____________________: 1 x 60GB Corsair Force 3RAID array configuration__: mdadm 20 x 2TB Raid6Storage array capacity____: Raw: 40TB Raid6: 36TBNetwork___________________: Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad PortUPS_______________________: APC Polarextreme 1500VA 2U RackFile system_______________: XFS (Raid) ext4 (OS)Idle power usage__________: Idk, less then load

 

 

lol i see you added some new drive's since the last topic, i guess ill have to buy some new ones too! 

[bradscoolio]

This is all the sort of stuff I'm excited for for when I'm able to have an income. Right now I'm still in school and I'm stuck drooling over majority of what goes on here.

Very cool!

[looney]

This is all the sort of stuff I'm excited for for when I'm able to have an income. Right now I'm still in school and I'm stuck drooling over majority of what goes on here.

Very cool!

im still going to school :p

[RandomNOOB]

This is all the sort of stuff I'm excited for for when I'm able to have an income. Right now I'm still in school and I'm stuck drooling over majority of what goes on here.

Very cool!

 

<-- Is a student :P

[Hellboy]

i've got about 15 TB + about 10TB in a second server

 

server 1

case -  cooloermaster haf-X

cpu - amd Phenom X6 1090T

ram - 16GB DDR3

motherboard - asus crosshair V formula

OS - windows 7

controller - internal

Raid - nothing yet, but coming

network - internal

 

server 2

cpu - AMD sempron 145

Ram - 4GB DDR3

motherboard - asus M5A78L-M LX

OS - windows 7

controller - internal

Raid - nothing yet, but coming

network - internal

 

 

its a job on putting these 2 servers into 1, as soon as i have bouht the right parts

so work in progress ;)

 

 

 

 

 

[Rudde]

So my good friend RandomNOOB told me to post here and beat him :wub:

 

My Home Server

Total Theoretical Storage: 50 TB

Rack Chassie: Supermicro SC846TQ-R1200B, 4U 24-bay Hot-swappable Drive Bays, Redundant PSU, 1200W gold certified (Supermicro MCP-210-84601-0B front panel for physical security.)
Motherboard: Supermicro X8ST3-F Rev 2.0 (BTW, don't use the SAS controller at that board, it fucking sucks)
CPU: Intel Xeon UP W3670 3.20 GHz Hexacore.
Memory: KINGSTON 24GB 1333MHZ DDR3 ECC CL9 DIMM
SATA Handeling: IBM ServeRAID M1015 flashed to LSI9211-IT mode and a HP SAS Expander (green edition) for distrubution.
Hard drives:

For OS I use SAMSUNG Spinpoint MP4 HM250HJ 250GB 7200 RPM

Storage: XFS RAID6 10x Samsung 2TB F4EG (5400 rpm)
XFS RAID6 10x Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB S-ATA3 (7200 rpm)

The systems runs Debian 5.0 at the moment and I am planning too do a fresh install soon, since I've made it so messy since I'm a noob and stuff :P

No battery backup (yet, any recommendations?)

 

Also have CX4 10 GbE on it running to mainswitch and I have a 2x 10 GbE LC Fiber card in it aswell, I only use one of these ports with a private lane to my gaming rig, I don't connect the gaming rig to the mainswitch with 10 GbE CX4 because it's too far away for a CX4 cable to hold, also the cables are way to thick and I would get problems getting the cable there.

 

Also have a DVB-C card in it and I'm planning to use it as a IPTV server in the future, I just haven't had the time to set it up yet.

 

 

[Bengali]

OP, one suggestion. Make sure it takes you to the corresponding post when you click on someone's name. 

[looney]

OP, one suggestion. Make sure it takes you to the corresponding post when you click on someone's name. 

it should do that already (at least it does for me)

[looney]

i've got about 15 TB + about 10TB in a second server

 

server 1

case -  cooloermaster haf-X

cpu - amd Phenom X6 1090T

ram - 16GB DDR3

motherboard - asus crosshair V formula

OS - windows 7

controller - internal

Raid - nothing yet, but coming

network - internal

 

server 2

cpu - AMD sempron 145

Ram - 4GB DDR3

motherboard - asus M5A78L-M LX

OS - windows 7

controller - internal

Raid - nothing yet, but coming

network - internal

 

 

its a job on putting these 2 servers into 1, as soon as i have bouht the right parts

so work in progress ;)

First off all welcome to the LTT forum!

And i cant wait to see you put those 2 server together, for now i put you in the list twice (15 and 10TB)

 

Also could you maybe make a picture of the hardware itself?

 

 

 

So my good friend RandomNOOB told me to post here and beat him :wub:

 

My Home Server

Total Theoretical Storage: 50 TB

Rack Chassie: Supermicro SC846TQ-R1200B, 4U 24-bay Hot-swappable Drive Bays, Redundant PSU, 1200W gold certified (Supermicro MCP-210-84601-0B front panel for physical security.)

Motherboard: Supermicro X8ST3-F Rev 2.0 (BTW, don't use the SAS controller at that board, it fucking sucks)

CPU: Intel Xeon UP W3670 3.20 GHz Hexacore.

Memory: KINGSTON 24GB 1333MHZ DDR3 ECC CL9 DIMM

SATA Handeling: IBM ServeRAID M1015 flashed to LSI9211-IT mode and a HP SAS Expander (green edition) for distrubution.

Hard drives:

For OS I use SAMSUNG Spinpoint MP4 HM250HJ 250GB 7200 RPM

Storage: XFS RAID6 10x Samsung 2TB F4EG (5400 rpm)

XFS RAID6 10x Seagate Barracuda ST3000DM001 3TB S-ATA3 (7200 rpm)

The systems runs Debian 5.0 at the moment and I am planning too do a fresh install soon, since I've made it so messy since I'm a noob and stuff :P

No battery backup (yet, any recommendations?)

 

Also have CX4 10 GbE on it running to mainswitch and I have a 2x 10 GbE LC Fiber card in it aswell, I only use one of these ports with a private lane to my gaming rig, I don't connect the gaming rig to the mainswitch with 10 GbE CX4 because it's too far away for a CX4 cable to hold, also the cables are way to thick and I would get problems getting the cable there.

 

Also have a DVB-C card in it and I'm planning to use it as a IPTV server in the future, I just haven't had the time to set it up yet.

 

 

You to, welcome to the LTT forum

 

And a very nice build, very jealous indeed :D

Especially the 10GBe LAN you have going on! (i need to get that too, 2GB isn't enough anymore)

[Eric1024]

This is my baby!

 

Case________________: NorcoTek RPC-4224CPU_________________: AMD Phenom II 965 BERAM_________________: 16GB Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHzGPU_________________: Club 3d GeForce GT 520 PCI-E 1xMotherboard_________: Asus Crosshair IV FormulaPSU_________________: Chieftec A-135 APS-850COS__________________: Ubuntu 12.04 LTSController__________: IBM M1015 converted to LSI9211-IT modeHBA_________________: HP SAS ExpanderHDD1________________: 19 x 2TB WDC WD20EARXHDD2________________: 1 x 2TB WDC WD20EARSSSD_________________: 1 x 60GB Corsair Force 3RAID configuration__: mdadm 20 x 2TB Raid6RAID capacity_______: Raw: 40TB Raid6: 36TBFile system_________: XFS (Raid) ext4 (OS)Network_____________: Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad PortUPS 1_______________: MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 1500C 2U Rack (Power Rating 1500VA/1050W)UPS 2_______________: MGE Pulsar EXtreme C 1500C 2U Rack (Power Rating 1500VA/1050W)Idle power usage____: Idk, less then load

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So I have a question... where does one get a little rack on wheels like the one you have?

 

Also, I'll be able to make the list soon hopefully, I'm looking at getting a sas expander and 2-4 more 3tb wd reds to expand my raid 6 array, as well as an entirely separate rig to house it all in. 

[looney]

Also, I'll be able to make the list soon hopefully, I'm looking at getting a sas expander and 2-4 more 3tb wd reds to expand my raid 6 array, as well as an entirely separate rig to house it all in.

Feel free to post what you have so far, i wont put you on the list but i want this to be a nice topic for people to get inspiration for their own builds.

The 10TB+ limit is only there to make sure the list doesn't go over 9000 or something :)

[Eric1024]

Feel free to post what you have so far, i wont put you on the list but i want this to be a nice topic for people to get inspiration for their own builds.

The 10TB+ limit is only there to make sure the list doesn't go over 9000 or something :)

 

I think I've posted in this thread before :P But my 6tb raid 6 array is filling up quickly so I have an excuse to go over the 10TB mark :D

 

I get as excited about hard drives as most 5 year olds get about about Christmas  :lol:

[MG2R]

I don't have 10+TB yet, but I still want to show off my home made NAS :D

 

You can find the full build log here.

 

Hardware

• Motherboard: ASUS P8H77-I
• CPU: Pentium G1620
• CPU cooler: Noctua NH-D14
• GPU: Radeon HD 6450
• RAM: 2GB no brand DDR3 1066MHz
• PSU: Corsair CX430M
• Boot drive: Kinston SSDNow V+200 60GB
• Storage drives: 2x2TB WDC Green (WD20EARX)
• Storage drive: 1x2TB WDC Green (WD20EARS)
• Storage drive: 1x2TB Seagate Barracuda (ST2000DM001)
• Case: K'nex revision 3.0

Total capacity: 8TB (raw), 6TB useable

 

 

Software and Configuration:

Running Debian Squeeze headless. I have the drives configured as a software RAID5. mdadm serves as the software RAID controller.

 

Usage:

Personal NAS, web server, cloud storage server, linux experiment box, [any other use cases I might end up trying]...

Right now, I have about 1.5TB of data on it (mostly media).

I'm going to start mining LiteCoins as an experiment at the end of this month (hence the GPU).

This thing sits in my bedroom and needs to be absolutely SILENT at night. That's why I put the giant Noctua cooler on there and that's why I put a Noctua fan inside my PSU. (link in signature)

 

 

Backup:

All documents (so no media) are being synced to a rented VPS in Amsterdam. I use Bittorrent Sync to achieve this. All documents are also synced to my laptop. Even if my house catches on fire and I lose my laptop, desktop and server; all the important files are still secure.

 

 

Photos:

Edited October 23, 2013 by MG2R

[looney]

I think I've posted in this thread before :P But my 6tb raid 6 array is filling up quickly so I have an excuse to go over the 10TB mark :D

 

I get as excited about hard drives as most 5 year olds get about about Christmas  :lol:

 

You posted in the old threat that was made on the old vBulletin forum (that had like 125 posts), but that used BBcode tables, which IPB doesn't support so i remade it.

[looney]

I don't have 10+TB yet, but I still want to show off my home made NAS :D

 

You can find the full build log here.

NICE, i saw the build log a few days ago, love it (and that's coming from a LEGO guy :p)

 

Thx for posting, like its says, you wont be in the list but it's nice for people to see what's possible all in one big topic.

 

 

PS: I might make a second list for unusual / weird / out of the box / cool stuff (yours will fit right in), no promises though.

[MG2R]

NICE, i saw the build log a few days ago, love it (and that's coming from a LEGO guy :P)

Thanks!

 

I'm actually a LEGO guy myself ;) never really played with K'nex. It is far more suited as a material for computer cases, though... LEGO would have way less ventilation for the same structural integrity.

[looney]

Thanks!

 

I'm actually a LEGO guy myself ;) never really played with K'nex. It is far more suited as a material for computer cases, though... LEGO would have way less ventilation for the same structural integrity.

Yes, and to be honest, this K'nex build looks so much better then a LEGO build could ever be :) very nice indeed!

[Eric1024]

You posted in the old threat that was made on the old vBulletin forum (that had like 125 posts), but that used BBcode tables, which IPB doesn't support so i remade it.

Ah, gotchya. Makes sense why this is only two pages then :P