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[JohnnyGrey]

Hardware

CASE: Fractal Design Node 804

PSU: Antec Earthwatts EA-380D

MB: SuperMicro MBD-X11SSH-F-O

CPU: Intel Core i3 6100T

HS: Stock

RAM: 1x16gb Kingston ValueRAM 2133mhz DDR ECC

O/S Drive: 2x 64gb Sandisk Cruzer Ultra Fit 64gb (Mirrored)

HDD 1: 7x Seagate IronWolf 2TB

HDD 2: 1x WD Red 2TB

FANS: 6x Corsair ML120 + Swiftech 8-way PWM splitter.

UPS: CyberPower CST1300ALU

Software and Configuration:

My NAS is running Freenas 11.2-U3. The drives are configured as a single RaidZ3 pool, so I can suffer up to three HDD failures. I have two jails set up. The first is Plex, which serves all my movies and shows. The second is a Transmission, which runs Transmission, OpenVPN, as well as IPFW rules to only allow Transmission to send and receive data via the tun0 device.

 

I have a fan control script which is setup as a post-init script that controls all six fans via a single header. I also have a script that runs every ten minutes to check whether the tun0 device exists inside the Transmission jail. If it doesn't, it restarts OpenVPN.

Usage:

Media, general file server.

Backup:

I have no backups set up. Shame on me.

Additional info:

I intentionally built this NAS to sip as little power as possible. I probably could have used fewer drives, but I wanted the redundancy. Th 8th Seagate Ironwolf is currently being RMA'd.

Photos:

(Most pictures are from 2017 when I built this)

[SakuraChan]

On 5/10/2019 at 10:54 AM, Brian Furious said:

@SakuraChan What's the power consumption?

hard to really say this is not the only server in my rack so yeah, i just pay alot for power

[MariusJS]

On 4/17/2019 at 10:38 PM, timdine said:

Updated the repo with systems up to now.  I'll generate some new lists from that.

Wanna update again?

[Velcade]

My system:
MB: Supermicro X9SRL-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 V2 2.50GHz 10C/20T
HSF: Noctua NH-D9D i4 3U
Memory: Samsung 64GB (4x16GB) 1600MHz ECC DDR3 1.35V
HBA: Dell H310 6Gb/s SAS LSI 9211-8i P20 (IT mode)
PSU: Seasonic Focus Plus 750 Platinum 750w 80+ platinum
Boot Drives: 2 - Intel 320 series 2.5" 40GB SATA II MLC Internal SSD (mirrored)
Jail Drive: 1 - Crucial MX500 500GB 3D NAND SATA 2.5" Internal SSD
Storage Drives: 4- WD Red 6TB NAS Hard Disk Drive - 5400 RPM Class SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch (in Raidz2)
Case: Fractal Design R6 black 
OS Version: FreeNAS-11.2-U4

 

[paddy-stone]

On 4/18/2019 at 2:34 AM, jonesbooned said:

Cache drive: 1x512TB Crucial SSD

WOW - that is one big ass cache drive  /s

[sh4z]

On 6/21/2019 at 1:01 AM, paddy-stone said:

WOW - that is one big ass cache drive  /s

If it's legit I want one!

[NoxOps]

Hardware:
SERVER: IBM System x3650 M4 v2
CPU: 2 x Intel Xeon CPU E5-2680 @ 2.70GHz
RAM: 384GB
NIC: 3 x Intel X540-T2 10GB Dual Port Ethernet Adapter
RAID CARD 01: LSI SAS9207-8e 8-Port External HBA with "IT" firmware
RAID CARD 02: LSI SAS9207-8e 8-Port External HBA with "IT" firmware
RAID CARD 03: IBM M1015 with "IT" firmware
STORAGE: 3 x 36 Bay SuperMicro CSE-847E26-R1400LPB
SSD 01: 2 x 960GB ScanDisk Ultra II (SDSSDHI-960G)
SSD 02: 6 x 1TB Samsung SSD 860 EVO (MZ-76E1T0B/AM)
HHD 01: 66 x 5TB Toshiba X300 (HDWE150XZSTA)
HHD 02: 18 x 8TB WD 8TB My Book (WDBBGB0080HBK-NESN) shucked Ultrastar He10-8 SATA (WD80EZAZ)

SSD total capacity: 7.920TB (raw)
HHD total capacity: 474TB (raw)

 

Software and Configurations:
My IBM server is running FreeNAS 11.1-U7, the IBM backplane is connected to the internal IBM M1015 with the six SSD drives. In freenas it's setup with four vdevs (mirrored) with two drives per vdev, which is used for the virtual machines.

 

Next I have two LSI SAS9207-8e cards that connect externally with three SAS cables to the three 36 Bay SuperMicro CSE-847E26-R1400LPB which have a total of 84 drives. The 84 drives are setup in RAID-Z2, with 14 vdev's with six drives per vdev.

 

I present both zpools to vmware using iscsi, and the RAID-Z2 pool is setup for SMB.

 

Usage:
I use the storage to run all my virtual machines in vmware and to hold my large media, basically I run my own personal dropbox (seafile), email, game servers etc.
 

Backup:
I backup all the virtual machines to my RAID-Z2 pool, external qnap device, gdrive and LTO-6 tape drive.

 

Additonal info:
I currently have three esxi hosts connected to this storage, each esxi hosts has two Intel X540-T2 10GB cards to give me 40GB throughput for each hosts. My ISP provides 10G internet connect to the house.

 

Photo's/FreeNAS Info:

  pool: Raidz_2_SATA
 state: ONLINE
  scan: scrub repaired 0 in 1 days 19:02:24 with 0 errors on Tue Jul 16 19:02:30 2019
config:

        NAME                                            STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        Raidz_2_SATA                                    ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-0                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/c0d5e371-15a7-11e8-ab59-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/731d04df-9fd7-11e7-8ebe-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/25c4fcf6-9283-11e7-8ebe-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e078d3f2-1bee-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/707e7c41-891c-11e7-8d2a-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/dd4e684f-9f14-11e7-8ebe-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-1                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/cf88ceb0-165c-11e8-ab59-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/08c08b57-1724-11e8-ab59-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/f57817a3-17f3-11e8-ab59-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/c266fc1a-18c9-11e8-ab59-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/a1d42969-193e-11e8-b2bc-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/ce9ac33c-19a5-11e8-b2bc-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-2                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/8a305bc3-b5fd-11e8-bc7a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/7e1eadaa-b64c-11e8-bc7a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/fafc4062-b6d7-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/41a15fff-0a22-11e9-890f-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/bdd63c8a-b77e-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/a4449699-b7d1-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-3                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/58a70f71-b763-11e6-9118-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/8769c8e0-c325-11e6-9118-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e190fb70-c29e-11e6-9118-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b4313200-c0a8-11e6-9118-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/bfe5c8f8-a796-11e6-9118-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/eb24c94c-1d82-11e8-b2bc-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-4                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/0ebeae35-d9f5-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/5c9b81c3-e50b-11e7-a57a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e1738310-daf0-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e2c55c3f-d8cb-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/62de80ff-d79d-11e7-a3c8-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/ca314311-d62e-11e7-a3c8-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-5                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/c55c76b7-d9f4-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/beacf4e9-dbf8-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/6297aa25-daf0-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/9f689504-d8cb-11e7-b15a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/722cf68d-d71e-11e7-a3c8-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/85d6f320-d62e-11e7-a3c8-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-6                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/2a5228d8-8a12-11e5-9905-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/2b8c0b23-8a12-11e5-9905-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/2cc53e86-8a12-11e5-9905-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/2e0403b9-8a12-11e5-9905-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/2f3e74bf-8a12-11e5-9905-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3076d876-8a12-11e5-9905-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-7                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/70c3d74e-b33a-11e5-83e2-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/72c3e734-b33a-11e5-83e2-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/74c1d3e1-b33a-11e5-83e2-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/76a320ea-b33a-11e5-83e2-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/787028e4-b33a-11e5-83e2-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/7a4744e8-b33a-11e5-83e2-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-8                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/df118278-ed2e-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e00ae5d7-ed2e-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e10dc1c8-ed2e-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e2121190-ed2e-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e306c84f-ed2e-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e3f9b4dc-ed2e-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-9                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/456df18a-ed2f-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/465657e6-ed2f-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/47418cad-ed2f-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/4826457b-ed2f-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/490ee34f-ed2f-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/4a01eb1f-ed2f-11e5-aaaf-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-10                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/39be88a8-1beb-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3b34d341-1beb-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3c5d28df-1beb-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3d7920e3-1beb-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3edca0cf-1beb-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3ff30819-1beb-11e7-a096-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-11                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/fa7ec530-b64c-11e8-bc7a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/6e60fc6e-b6d8-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e2265afd-b77f-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b8ed3d10-b724-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/162c05d7-b7d3-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/f4ed5ea8-b5fc-11e8-bc7a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-12                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/71c4646d-b77f-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/444ad7d3-b725-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/f952906a-b6d8-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/85674958-b64d-11e8-bc7a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/8788fd86-b5fc-11e8-bc7a-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/1d9eb7c6-b7d2-11e8-b121-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz2-13                                     ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/af9f90f6-9069-11e8-b9d5-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b12bb3dd-9069-11e8-b9d5-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b2c15ad1-9069-11e8-b9d5-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b44ffec6-9069-11e8-b9d5-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b5ebeadd-9069-11e8-b9d5-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/b7aa1120-9069-11e8-b9d5-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0

  pool: Raidz_VMware_SSD
 state: ONLINE
  scan: resilvered 467G in 0 days 00:24:06 with 0 errors on Fri Jul 19 19:45:32 2019
config:

        NAME                                            STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        Raidz_VMware_SSD                                ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-0                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/e4a59571-aa7e-11e9-80cf-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/4584cc52-aa84-11e9-80cf-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-1                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/4dfca7d9-8da5-11e9-b1aa-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/799d7a4c-8e7a-11e9-b1aa-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-2                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/00ae5d7e-ec99-11e5-a41c-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/02072c05-ec99-11e5-a41c-3440b5b0233c  ONLINE       0     0     0
          mirror-3                                      ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3a47f312-a266-11e8-826f-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0
            gptid/3b4a66a9-a266-11e8-826f-a0369f484a68  ONLINE       0     0     0

 

[timdine]

http://timdine.ca/linstore/rankings.html

 

Some change at the top, and I got bumped out of the top 30.  I don't think I'm ok with that.  Time for an upgrade, or at least an expansion...

 

 

 

[Mattias Edeslatt]

That is some serious stat-porn 

[ITGuy1024]

Do we have to post our home / personal storage or can we post storage systems from our jobs. Asking for a friend...

[brwainer]

22 minutes ago, ITGuy1024 said:

Do we have to post our home / personal storage or can we post storage systems from our jobs. Asking for a friend...

Kind of cheating to post work systems. I don’t remember if the rules for this specifically prevent it, I know the Network Layout Showoff thread does.

[iJarda]

14 hours ago, ITGuy1024 said:

Do we have to post our home / personal storage or can we post storage systems from our jobs. Asking for a friend...

On first page, first post:

Quote

• Do not post your company server (except the ones from Linus Media Group ;)), this is for private systems.

But I would like to see enterprise stuff from companies here on forums, maybe you can start new thread like "Company infra showcase" and if someone would pin it? it would be awesome.

[timdine]

I believe this particular thread is to see what sort of crazy contraptions people come up with for home storage.  

 

While the massive rack mounts are impressive and I'm totally jealous of them, I personally like to flip through and examine a lot of the odd ones where people come up with unique solutions to stretch what is possible.

[jlficken]

Hardware

• Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRi-F
• Backplane: BPN-SAS2-846EL1 24-port 4U SAS2 6Gbps single-expander backplane
• HBA: LSI 9211-8i (IT Mode)
• CPU: 2x Intel Xeon E5-2630L V2 (Low Power) Hex (6) Core 2.4Ghz
• CPU coolers: Supermicro stock
• Network: Mellanox MNPH29D-XTR ConnectX Dual Port SFP+ 10Gb
• GPU: None
• RAM: 64GB DDR3 (8 x 8GB - DDR3 - REG PC3-10600R (1333MHZ))
• PSU: 2x 920Watt Power Supply PWS-920P-SQ Platinum
• Boot drive: Samsung MUF-32AB/AM FIT Plus 32GB
• Parity drives: 2x 10TB WD Gold
• Storage drives: 5x 8TB HGST Ultrastar HE8
• Storage drives: 1x 10TB WD Gold
• Cache drives: 2x 240GB Intel S3520 SSD
• Unassigned Devices drives: 2x 1TB Seagate Constellation.2 2.5" SAS (VM's) in RAID 1 using BTRFS
• Case: Supermicro CSE-846

Total capacity: 70TB (raw), 50TB useable, Score: 50 * ln (6) = 89.5879734614

 

Software and Configuration:

UnRAID for about 2 months now which I moved to from a ReadyNAS RN516.  Nextcloud, Emby, LetsEncrypt w/ NGINX reverse proxy, and a couple of VM's.

 

Usage:

Personal/Family/Friends NAS, Media Storage, Emby, Docker Host.

 

Backup:

Backing up to the RN516 that was replaced.  RN516 is in JBOD mode with 3x10TB Easystore and 3x12TB Easystore drives.  I also backup offsite to work and have 3x8TB WD Red's for the important data.  Having 1000/250 FTTH internet helps with the offsite backups.

 

I also have a spare 12TB Easystore, 10TB Easystore, and 10TB WD UltraStar in case of drive failures that are cleared and ready to go.

 

Photos:

[inquam]

On 11/9/2014 at 7:06 PM, Danny91 said:

33  Danny91           22.0 TB Logic Case SC-4324 

 

Just an update i'm up to 26 TB now

 

 

7 x 3 TB

2 x 2 TB

1 x 1 TB

A quick question. I'm considering this case. How much clearence for coolers are there when things are mounted? The case claims to be 17.5cm in height and the be quiet pure rock I currently have are 15.5cm, so feels close. But even close could work

[GDRRiley]

On 12/9/2019 at 7:24 AM, inquam said:

A quick question. I'm considering this case. How much clearence for coolers are there when things are mounted? The case claims to be 17.5cm in height and the be quiet pure rock I currently have are 15.5cm, so feels close. But even close could work

the dude hasn't posted in 4 years. he isn't going to get back to you

[jakkuh_t]

Didn't even realize this thread existed, but I figured I'd throw my hat in the ring!  

 

Hardware

CASE: Rosewill RSV-L4412

PSU: Corsair RM1000i

MB: ASUS C422 PRO/SE

CPU: Intel Xeon-W 2195

HS: Noctua L9i

RAM: 64GB of SK Hynix 2133MHz DDR4 ECC

RAID CARD 1: LSI 9202-16e

SSD: 1x 512GB Samsung 850 Evo

HDD 1: 4x 12TB Seagate Ironwolf Pro (ST12000NE0007)

HDD 2: 2x 8TB Seagate Barracuda (ST8000DM004)

HDD 3: 2x 4TB Seagate Barracuda (ST4000DM004)

HDD 4: 1x 4TB WD Black (WD4003FZEX)

 

This results in 76TB of raw capacity, and ~64TB of usable when configured with a single 12TB parity drive in Unraid.

 

Software and Configuration:

The server is running Unraid because of it's flexibility in terms of the drives installed and excellent data resilience. 

I have the array configured with 1 of the 12TB drives as parity, giving me ~64 TB of usable capacity.

 

Usage:

- Backup server for all the devices in my house, and for some friends.

- Runs VMs for Hass.io, Unifi Controller, and some Linux test environments.

- Media (Plex server)

 

Backup:

The entire array is backed up to Google drive weekly via rclone (I have a gigabit connection)

 

Additional info:

n/a

 

Photo's:

 

adding soon tm

[Jarsky]

I should really update my storage server as well!

 

Hardware

• Motherboard: ASRock X570 Taichi
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3950x
• Cooling: Fractal Design Celsius S36 Triple AIO, 7 x Fractal Design Silent Series 120mm fans. 
• Case: Fractal Design Define R6
• Network: Built in NIC
• GPU: EVGA GTX1070 FTW
• RAM: 64GB DDR3 (4 x 16GB DDR4-3000 Corsair Vengeance LPX)
• PSU: Corsair RM750x v2
• HBA: LSI 9211-8i (IT Mode)
• Boot drive: Kingston 32GB USB DataTraveler SE9
• Storage drives: 8 x 8TB HGST Ultrastar HE10
• Parity drives: 2 x 8TB HGST Ultrastar HE10
• Cache drives: 1 x 500GB Gigabyte Aorus 500GB NVMe Gen4 SSD
• VM Datastore drives: 2 x 1TB Crucial P1 1TB NVMe Gen3 SSD

Total capacity: 82.5TB (raw), 64TB useable space

 

Software and Configuration:

UnRAID for primary storage

ZFS installed for VM drives in a mirror raid which hold Dockers & VM's

Ubuntu 19.04 VM with Docker running Portainer, Plex, qBitTorrent, NZBGet, Sonarr, Radarr, Jackett, FileBot, Ombi, & Organizr v2

Ubuntu 18.04 VM as an Nginx Reverse Proxy for various services

Windows Server 2019 VM running various automation scripts i've created over time and as an RDP jumphost (via SSH tunnel) into my network for management. 

 

Usage:

Media storage, Plex server, Download automation, Machine backup & VM testlab. 

 

This replaced my other 4 server machines which have been powered off.

Compute VM Servers were 2 x Dell R710 & 1 x Dell R610 w/ 2xXeon X5650, 64GB ECC DDR3 Ram & 5 x 500GB Samsung 850 EVOs each.

Storage Server was Asus Z8NA-D6C motherboard, 2 x Xeon X5650, 48GB ECC DDR3, 2 x 500GB Samsung 850 EVO's, 5 x 8TB Seagate Archives, 10 x 3TB WD Red, LSI 9271-8i Raid card w Intel RES240SV SAS expander, Corsair 400R case, Seasonic Focus Plus PSU & IcyDock hotswap bays. 

 

Backup:

None 

 

Photos:

[scupostreake]

Hardware

• Motherboard: Gigabyte H370 Aorus Gaming 3 WiFi
• CPU: Intel Core i5 8400
• Cooling: Noctua NH-U12S, 3 x Fractal Design 140mm fans. 
• Case: Fractal Design Define R5
• Network: Built in NIC
• RAM: 16GB DDR4 (2 x 8GB DDR4-2666 Crucial Ballistix Sport)
• PSU: NZXT C Series C650
• HBA: Vantec UGT-ST622
• Boot drive: Apacer AS330 120GB (Planning to upgrade to a 256GB NVME drive as this one is filling up)
• Storage drives: 2 x 4TB Seagate ST4000VN000, 2 x 8TB Seagate Ironwolf ST8000VN004, 1 x 8TB Seagate Archive ST8000AS0002
• Parity drives: 1 x 8TB WD Red WD80EFAX

Total capacity: 40TB (raw), 32TB useable space

 

Software and Configuration:

Bare metal Ubuntu 16.04 (dreading the impending upgrade to 21.04 as it'll no doubt break a couple of things)

SnapRAID with mergerfs for storage

Docker services:

• Bitwarden-rs
• Unbound
• Boinc
• Searx
• Huginn
• Folding@Home
• Gitea
• Postgres
• Portainer
• Watchtower

Bare metal services:

• Heimdall
• Organizr
• Plex
• Ampache
• Sonarr
• Radarr
• Lidarr
• Bazarr
• TVHeadend
• Ombi
• ruTorrent/rTorrent
• Tautulli
• Jackett
• Calibre
• Dokuwiki
• FreshRSS
• Kanboard
• InvoiceNinja
• Nextcloud
• Snipe-IT
• Paperless
• Firefly-iii

Usage:

NAS, Download automation, Plex server, Cloud service replacement (Nextcloud), productivity and personal documentation (Kanboard, Dokuwiki etc.)

 

Some of the component choices are not optimal. This build was put together in a hurry because my previous server (an ancient Xeon 3050 system bought used for $40) was crashing due to faulty hardware (I suspect RAM), and giving me errors like these:

 

Cue me frantically shutting it down to prevent data loss and trying to gather the parts for a new system as quickly as possible. The 140mm rear fan and Noctua CPU cooler were also added later due to parts availability.

Backup:

Monthly encrypted offsite backup of essential data to Google Drive (Unlimited).

 

Photos:

 

[butre]

Hardware

• Motherboard: MSI Z77a1-G41
• CPU: Intel Core i3-2120
• Cooling: intel stock for an i5 3330 with kryonaut under it, plus some delta afb1212h fans 
• Case: Cooler Master Stacker 830 + 2x Startech HSB430SATBK hot swap enclosures
• Network: integrated
• GPU: whatever the igpu on a 2120 is
• RAM: 16gb g.skill ddr3 1600
• PSU: Antec neo eco 500w?  the psu is as old as some of the people on this forum.  technically meets 80+, but predates it, so it's not certified.
• HBA: 6x onboard sata plus 6x off a generic sata 3.0 card I got cheap at a garage sale
• Boot drive: Apacer 16gb SSD (salvaged from a ticketmaster thin client)
• Drives: 8 x 2TB HP MB2000GCEHK (used drives from a proliant)
• Hot Spares: 2 x 2TB HP MB2000GCEHK (same as above)

Total capacity: 20TB (Raw) 11.2 (Usable)

score: 33.2710646669 OR 46.0517018599 depending on whether hot spares count

 

Software and Configuration:

freenas.  4+4 drive raid z1 (2 vdevs, 4 drives each), a couple hot spares, and a dream

 

Usage:

stores music, movies, adult videos, backups, and downloads.

 

Backup:

this is my backup

 

Photos:

 

I cleaned up the cables in here since I took this picture, and the keyboard is no longer plugged in because it really doesn't need to be.  this was from while I was setting it back up

 

the used drives have been dead reliable for quite a while by the way.  also if you think that case is ugly now, you should've seen it when I pulled it out of storage.  thing was filled to the brim with hantavirus 

[klemm]

Bootlegged Storinator - https://pcpartpicker.com/b/8K3tt6

 

Hardware

• Motherboard: ASRock E3C224-V+
• CPU: Intel Core i3-4170
• Cooling: ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro
• Case: Rosewill RSV-L4411
• Network: integrated
• RAM: Crucial 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR3-1600 CL11 Memory
• PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 850
• HBA: 3x LSI SAS 9211-8i IT Mode
• Boot drive: 32GB USB 2X
• Drives: 6 x 10TB WD Element (Shucked)
• Drives: 12 x 4TB Seagate ST4000DM004
• Drives: 1 x 256GB Samsung 850 Pro (arccache)

Total capacity: 108TB (Raw) 77 TB (Usable)

 

Software and Configuration:

ubuntu server w/ zfs. pools are 6x raid z.

 

Usage:

stores VMs, music, movies, TV, backups (family too), and other random downloads.

 

[Jarsky]

30 minutes ago, klemm said:

Bootlegged Storinator - https://pcpartpicker.com/b/8K3tt6

 

 

That case though! Nice ingenuity....I can't see that well but are those 3d printed trays holding your drives?

[klemm]

On 6/12/2020 at 5:07 PM, Jarsky said:

 

That case though! Nice ingenuity....I can't see that well but are those 3d printed trays holding your drives?

Yea, there are more photos on the PCpartpicker link. I'm not very good at designing 3D parts though so it's scuffed fit and finish.

[sh4z]

@klemm what sort of temps you get with that case setup? the drives look pretty close together. do you control the fans manually ?

[klemm]

On 7/8/2020 at 9:15 PM, sh4z said:

@klemm what sort of temps you get with that case setup? the drives look pretty close together. do you control the fans manually ?

The HDDs have been around 32-36C, room is probably 29C since its summer. I dont control the fans they are just on 100% case fans. They were definitely hotter in my old case.