project: trinity (updating this so that it doesnt look stupid)

[thehardwarehacker]

so, this is my first real project, as well as my first time in this LTT sub-forum. the other day i got the first part of what im tentatively calling project F.E.M. standing for File (nas, and personal cloud use) Encoding (handbreak) minecraft (server for myself, and nephews to play on)

 

side note, if anyone that reads this thread has a better name to suggest for the project, im all ears.

 

moving on, this is what i received from ebay, a xeon E5-2640V2.

 

im slated to get the mobo next week, so ill post another update then.

[aries757]

2 minutes ago, thehardwarehacker said:

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the hentai saver

 

the cookbook recipe drive

 

the server saver

 

the pp puncher

 

the falafel NAS 

 

the rainy cloud

 

Aries757

 

the reason i live

[thehardwarehacker]

8 minutes ago, aries757 said:

the hentai saver

 

the cookbook recipe drive

 

the server saver

 

the pp puncher

 

the falafel NAS 

 

the rainy cloud

 

Aries757

 

the reason i live

i actually like 'the rainy cloud' as a name idea.

[thehardwarehacker]

next big part of the build has arrived.

it felt like i was waiting for forever for this to get to my doorstep, but its finally here and intact. no i didnt put the xeon in it already, it came with a 3820 included, that ill find a way to flip.

 

so now that this is out of the way, the next update will be in...maybe a week and a half, or 2 weeks, i have yet to get/ order the last few parts, but im not to that point yet.

 

i also came up with a name for it on sunday, which is a little ironic, considering im a Christian, and this word is significant to us, also it works because the machine obviously has 3 main uses. 

 

introducing: project, trinity.

[thehardwarehacker]

i now have a proper case. a roomy 750D airflow ED. with this out of the way, the only parts missing are the parts i have to order online. if all goes to plan, those will be ordered by end of next week.

[thehardwarehacker]

update, i ordered the rest of the parts i need off newegg. those should be here by mid-week.

[thehardwarehacker]

i finally got the 'last 3' parts for the server in. but, im actually not ready to build just yet. the keen eyed out there may have seen already, but the cooler says 'AM4', and the motherboard/ CPU are LGA 2011. so yes, i ordered a D15 the wrong mounting hardware, but as im typing this, the 2011 kit has already been ordered, and im hoping, shipped, and delivered by the end of this week, or start of next week. silver lining, if i switch to an AM4 build at some point, i already have the proper mounting hardware.

 

that all aside, i can now test to make sure the used parts all work, and possibly work on setting it up OS, and software/service wise.

 

that should do it for this update, back again next week. (i think)

 

[thehardwarehacker]

2 worthy updates.

 

1st, its test bench style assembled, and working stably.

2nd, i ended up installing ubuntu on it.

i originally wanted to put linux mint on it, but, getting minecraft server up and running on it turned out to be more of a headache than i anticipated. plus all the how-to's, and other tutorials were done on ubuntu anyway.

 

now that minecraft server works, im trying to get tonido to launch. i dont know what is preventing it, but the start command doesn't seem to launch the application. ill just have to continue working on that later, because for now, success.

[thehardwarehacker]

Only update I have for now. The 2011 mounting hardware for the D15 has been shipped, it should be here in a few days.

[thehardwarehacker]

time for the next update. the P9 motherboard just refused to take a bios update, no matter what voodoo i tried, even asus support was stumped trying to figure it out. because of this, the 8core xeon, wouldn't work in the board. so i ended up ordering and X79 sabertooth, which coincidentally, came with a 6 core xeon. after a  quick test boot to confirm it works, to my surprise, and a lot of delight, i see that it has an up to date BIOS. one less thing to worry about doing.

 

one swap to the E5-2640, install the D15, and reattach erevyth9ing later, and.....

 

booop. she lives!

 

now, its just a matter of getting it into the case, and getting all the things to work.

[thehardwarehacker]

just realized, i havent updated in a while. the hardware is now, id say 95% in place, i still need drives for the 'NAS' part of this.

 

so, after much, much, and much more testing, i had to switch over to windows 7 to get this to work, at least in an OS i understand

 

that all said, my minecraft server works, handbreak can operate really fast, and local file (and personal cloud, mostly) is setup.

 

the next update should be LOTS of drive storage, but thats not for a while still.

[thehardwarehacker]

so, after about 5 months, i have remembered to update this.

i got the drives:

 

got the drive pool maid, after MUCH testing of doing and undoing

 

i got it moved to a more convenient location

 

AND, retired a long serving 2TB seagate drive for a new 6TB drive

 

 

[thehardwarehacker]

this is arguably the second most important part of this, i got a qnap box

 

that i plan to fill with 4 of these

 

 

to act as my giant active backup pool. and believe me, these drive do look mega enterprise, and industrial grade.