Posted November 2, 2013 Author Ah, have I been promoted to the status of "friend"? I'm not sure if my mommy will agree on me being friends with an Evil Overlord Well, you know, I'm the good kind of evil overlord. if you change that to (Mrs. >= PC)==trueI'll concur Well, I don't have a Mrs. anway, but my fluffy friend will always come before PCs. But I shall allow you your own priorities. :lol: EDIT: Aaand we're on page 40. BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 2, 2013 Well, you know, I'm the good kind of evil overlord. I shall allow you your own priorities. :lol: Oh, you just made it to the best Evil Overlord available PRODIGY -- SMALL TORRENT -- K'NEX SERVER -- NOCTUA PSU Community Standards -- Moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 2, 2013 Author Oh, you just made it to the best Evil Overlord available Best Evil Overlord Available. Hm, I like that. BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Damn it, Alpenwasser, I need me some computer pr0n! Y U NO work faster?! Just kidding, how is life? PRODIGY -- SMALL TORRENT -- K'NEX SERVER -- NOCTUA PSU Community Standards -- Moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Author Damn it, Alpenwasser, I need me some computer pr0n! Y U NO work faster?! Just kidding, how is life? Wallet, Y U SO empty?! Anyway, as said I most likely will need to wait until January to continue with this. Other than that I can't complain. Doctor's given me the thumbs up with my health, so that finally seems to be fixed (at least for now, I'm still a bit of a skeptic when it comes to that, but the doc seems to be optimistic). As for hardware pr0n, how about a teaser for something else that's coming up and which should be completed sooner than HELIOS: (click image for full res) BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Wallet, Y U SO empty?! Anyway, as said I most likely will need to wait until January to continue with this. Other than that I can't complain. Doctor's given me the thumbs up with my health, so that finally seems to be fixed (at least for now, I'm still a bit of a skeptic when it comes to that, but the doc seems to be optimistic). As for hardware pr0n, how about a teaser for something else that's coming up and which should be completed sooner than HELIOS: (click image for full res) <IMPOSTER> THAT ISN'T HELIOS!!!! Andres "Bluejay" Alejandro Montefusco - The Forums Favorite Bird!!! Top Clock: 7.889 Ghz Cooled by: Liquid Helium #ChocolateRAM #OatmealFans #ScratchItHarder #WorstcardBestoverclocker #CrazySexStories #SchnitzelQuest TS3 SERVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Author THAT ISN'T HELIOS!!!! Nope, that's APOLLO (or it's going to be, at least). BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Nope, that's APOLLO (or it's going to be, at least). OK.....just checking....go back to work! I need new update! Andres "Bluejay" Alejandro Montefusco - The Forums Favorite Bird!!! Top Clock: 7.889 Ghz Cooled by: Liquid Helium #ChocolateRAM #OatmealFans #ScratchItHarder #WorstcardBestoverclocker #CrazySexStories #SchnitzelQuest TS3 SERVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Author OK.....just checking....go back to work! I need new update! Still waiting for most of the parts, only the case and PSU have arrived so far. I convinced my dad we need another server (we actually do, but some convincing was of course required since he was going to pay for it because it's for our entire household/office and also because I don't have any PC cash at the moment). Ordered a few server parts off eBay, so I first need to get those and they still need to work (so, here's top hope ). BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Still waiting for most of the parts, only the case and PSU have arrived so far. I convinced my dad we need another server (we actually do, but some convincing was of course required since he was going to pay for it because it's for our entire household/office and also because I don't have any PC cash at the moment). Ordered a few server parts off eBay, so I first need to get those and they still need to work (so, here's top hope ). w00t!!! Andres "Bluejay" Alejandro Montefusco - The Forums Favorite Bird!!! Top Clock: 7.889 Ghz Cooled by: Liquid Helium #ChocolateRAM #OatmealFans #ScratchItHarder #WorstcardBestoverclocker #CrazySexStories #SchnitzelQuest TS3 SERVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Author w00t!!! Yup, if all goes well (knock on wood), it will be another dual socket LGA1366 build: Case: InWin PP689 M/B: Supermicro X8DT3-LN4F CPU: 2 x Intel L5630 (40 W, 4C/8T) RAM: 6 x Hynix 2 GB ECC unbuffered modules (more would have been cool, but not really necessary while very costly) PSU: Enermax Platimax 600 W Rest: TBD But, as said, first the components need to get here, and since I bought them used (well, the M/B, RAM and CPUs), they still need to be in working order before I take any celebratory measures. BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 I convinced my dad we need another server (we actually do, but some convincing was of course required since he was going to pay for it because it's for our entire household/office and also because I don't have any PC cash at the moment). May I ask what the purpose of this server will be? PRODIGY -- SMALL TORRENT -- K'NEX SERVER -- NOCTUA PSU Community Standards -- Moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 7, 2013 Author May I ask what the purpose of this server will be? Primarily two things: Firstly, since ZEUS was planned (and the parts ordered) mostly when ZFS was not yet production-ready on Linux and since I had not yet done much research on the topic of long-term data integrity in general, I did not tailor the machine specifically to ZFS, namely the system is not ECC-memory capable. APOLLO should fix that, so I will be transferring most of ZEUS' storage capacity into APOLLO while retaining some limited space in ZEUS for making backups of important data on other machines. Secondly, ZEUS is only expandable insofar as I can place larger disks in it, but not more drives. I will mod the PP689 so that it can fit plenty of disks for future expansion. I'm already running rather low on space on ZEUS (~750 GB free space). This is also mostly due to ZFS. When I did not plan on using ZFS, I had no redundancy in mind, it was just going to be 17 TB of raw disk space, which was going to be plenty enough for quite a while. The important data would of course have been backed up properly. Most of it is media files however, and losing some of that due to a single disk failure would have been acceptable as long as I had an index of the data and could re-acquire it. ZFS enticed me to add some redundancy, which has cost me 5 TB of usable space that I'm now missing. Had I known what I know now, I would have made ZEUS smaller and cheaper, purely an HTPC with some very limited HDD space for backing up absolutely critical data. APOLLO would probably have been more or less as it will be now. But, this is a learning process, even for me, and luckily my dad cares enough about this to let me fix my sub-optimal planning of our first server. Live and learn, so to speak. EDIT: I just noticed I blabbered on without actually directly answering your question. Purpose will be to take over server duties for all our data (business, personal, media) from ZEUS, thus making a pure HTPC out of ZEUS (maybe it will still do some BOINC-ing, there's still a 2600k in there, after all ). BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 8, 2013 <wall of interesting text /> So basically you needed an other server instead of another server? PRODIGY -- SMALL TORRENT -- K'NEX SERVER -- NOCTUA PSU Community Standards -- Moderators Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 8, 2013 Y U NO do single socket?!?!? LULJK exited for that too i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 8, 2013 Yup, if all goes well (knock on wood), it will be another dual socket LGA1366 build: Case: InWin PP689 M/B: Supermicro X8DT3-LN4F CPU: 2 x Intel L5630 (40 W, 4C/8T) RAM: 6 x Hynix 2 GB ECC unbuffered modules (more would have been cool, but not really necessary while very costly) PSU: Enermax Platimax 600 W Rest: TBD But, as said, first the components need to get here, and since I bought themused (well, the M/B, RAM and CPUs), they still need to be in working order before I take any celebratory measures. Oh wow. I can't wait for APOLLO and HELIOS. Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850 Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 8, 2013 looks good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 8, 2013 Author So basically you needed an other server instead of another server? Yeah, something like that. :rolleyes: Y U NO do single socket?!?!? LULJK exited for that too Because 2>1? Seriously though, it mostly came down to the following factors: price of available M/B price of available CPU(s) number of SAS/SATA ports integrated on M/B number of LAN ports integrated on M/B possible cost of additional HDD controller and/or LAN controller Prices refer to prices for used server parts on eBay. There are quite a few companies that sell old-ish server components on eBay when they upgrade large client server farms, and you will usually get some pretty good prices on those. The L5630's for example cost me 60 USD a pop plus 20 USD shipping. The M/B was 200 USD plus 50 USD shipping. Probably there will be VAT and processing fees added to that once it arrives, but still, that's pretty decent considering the CPUs were once 550 USD a piece and the M/B was once ~600 USD. Taking all of this into account, this was overall the most cost efficient solution, provided I haven't bought a dud and all the components are still in good working order when they arrive here. Then it will of course become more expensive and unnerving. But, with a bit of luck, you can put together a pretty nice machine like this for a very decent price IMO, so long as you don't need the absolute most high-performance rig (and two quad-core Westmeres, even if low-clocked, still provide some pretty adequate horsepower for most tasks). Also, having two additional LGA1366 dual-QPI Xeons will keep our infrastructure homogeneous, having two machines that run 1155 Sandy Bridge and two machines that run dual-QPI LGA1366 Xeons. So, in an emergency I could swap out parts between machines for troubleshooting and whatever else that needed to be done in such a situation. Oh wow. I can't wait for APOLLO and HELIOS. Me neither. EDIT: looks goodThanks! BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 15, 2013 I just looked back at all the updates because I need MOAR lol I wish my build log was this good i5 4670k| Asrock H81M-ITX| EVGA Nex 650g| WD Black 500Gb| H100 with SP120s| ASUS Matrix 7970 Platinum (just sold)| Patriot Venom 1600Mhz 8Gb| Bitfenix Prodigy. Build log in progress Build Log here: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/119926-yin-yang-prodigy-update-2-26-14/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 15, 2013 Author I just looked back at all the updates because I need MOAR lol I wish my build log was this good Thanks for the kind words mate, I appreciate that. Sadly I'm still in the process of saving up money to continue, but I'll get there eventually. Also: I get post #800! BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 15, 2013 awesome build! keep up the good work! G3258 - Sabertooth Mk. I - 560 Ti - 530 240GB - R4 - 750 G2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 16, 2013 Author awesome build! keep up the good work! Thanks! I see our forum names are somewhat geographically related. BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 16, 2013 Thanks! I see our forum names are somewhat geographically related. The rise of the wassers! Andres "Bluejay" Alejandro Montefusco - The Forums Favorite Bird!!! Top Clock: 7.889 Ghz Cooled by: Liquid Helium #ChocolateRAM #OatmealFans #ScratchItHarder #WorstcardBestoverclocker #CrazySexStories #SchnitzelQuest TS3 SERVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 16, 2013 Author The rise of the wassers! Beware of the flood! (dear lord I hope not, leaks are terribly annoying in W/C :lol: ) BUILD LOGS: HELIOS - Latest Update: 2015-SEP-06 ::: ZEUS - BOTW 2013-JUN-28 ::: APOLLO - Complete: 2014-MAY-10OTHER STUFF: Cable Lacing Tutorial ::: What Is ZFS? ::: mincss Primer ::: LSI RAID Card Flashing TutorialFORUM INFO: Community Standards ::: The Moderating Team ::: 10TB+ Storage Showoff Topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 16, 2013 Beware of the flood! (dear lord I hope not, leaks are terribly annoying in W/C :lol: ) Oh the Mayems Coolant rain! Andres "Bluejay" Alejandro Montefusco - The Forums Favorite Bird!!! Top Clock: 7.889 Ghz Cooled by: Liquid Helium #ChocolateRAM #OatmealFans #ScratchItHarder #WorstcardBestoverclocker #CrazySexStories #SchnitzelQuest TS3 SERVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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