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1 hour ago, TheWeemy27 said:

 Im Looking to start a Data Server for Media (Movies, Shows, Pictures) so im just looking for a place what sells just the server tray and and server towers i cant find any one got any

Your terminology is a little strange, Can you clarify what you mean by server tray and server tower? Do you mean motherboard and case?

 

(and I assume you mean a NAS when you say Data server?)

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1 hour ago, TheWeemy27 said:

 Im Looking to start a Data Server for Media (Movies, Shows, Pictures) so im just looking for a place what sells just the server tray and and server towers i cant find any one got any

A home NAS is not usually special server hardware, just any PC with the right case (for enough drives) and enough SATA ports on the motherboard is what most of us use.

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Unless you plan to use it commercially you would be better off using standard hardware, as another user mentioned you can use a standard has that has the number of drive bays that you are looking for. Fractal makes a good case for this, I don't recall the model but it has something like 10x 3.5 bays with plenty of airflow. I have two servers running standard consumer hardware that has been up for around six years already with no issues. With consumer boards don't focus too much on the number of SATA ports. You can easily add an LSI HBA card to connect more. On both my servers I use one to handle up to 8 drives and keep the onboard sata for the SSD Cache or for an unassigned drive. Both of my machines run unraid. The first is a ryzen 2700x, 32gb ram, 24tb usable, 2x 500gb ssd for cache, LSI 9207 HBA, Quadro k2200 for plex transcoding, gt430 passed into a VM. The second is a ryzen 2600x, 16gb ram, gtx950, gt710, 24tb usable, 2x 500gb ssd for cache, LSI 9207 HBA. Both systems run corsair power supplies. Nothing in them is commercial hardware but they both run various tasks/Vms with no issues.

 

If you are planning to use it for commercial use we may need more info to try and help you out. You can definitely get a server rack and chassis if you prefer to rack mount them. I picked up a used rack on marketplace for around $100 and use Rosewill cases. They are a good enough quality for home use and can be purchased in different configurations. The fans they come with are garbage though... I ended up swapping all to Noctua fans.

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17 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

Your terminology is a little strange, Can you clarify what you mean by server tray and server tower? Do you mean motherboard and case?

 

(and I assume you mean a NAS when you say Data server?)

when i say server i mean the literal server frame and tray 

 

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4 hours ago, TheWeemy27 said:

Doesn't matter i found a service https://www.racksolutions.co.uk

Why do you need a rack..? If it’s just for a single machine, no need to rack it. 

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9 minutes ago, TheWeemy27 said:

HDD Space 

How much storage space do you need? And how many drives do you plan on needing? Even if you go with a 4U rack, you don’t actually need to rack it. Racks are useful if you have multiple things that are rackable, and network gear, etc. 

 

But, again, how much storage do you actually need? My server lives in a Corsair case that easily fits 11 harddrives in it, 9 harddrive bays plus 2 DVD to hdd adapters. 11 drives with 2 dedicated for redundancy, if you use large capacity drives, puts you well past 100TB of usable space……..

Rig: i7 13700k +Contact Frame - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Crucial P3 2TB NVMe for photo work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - PTM 7950 - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads externally mounted - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - DellAlienware AW3423DWF 34" -- Logitech Pro X Superlight - - Logitech G710+ - - LTT Northern Lights Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x8TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - 2x 800 GB SAS SSD’s (1 SLOG, 1 L2Arc) - - 45 HomeLab HL15 15 Drive 4U - - Corsair RM650i - - LSI 9305-16i HBA - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

Unifi UDM Pro in front of full unifi network infrastructure

 

iPhone 17 Pro - - MacBook Air M3

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1 hour ago, TheWeemy27 said:

im going to need more than 100TB much more

How much is much much more..? Are you trying to run your own personal Netflix? 
 

In a 45 drives 4U (which can just sit on the ground, doesn’t need to be in a rack), you can get ~ 1PB. I really, really doubt you need that. 
 

Sure, if your going to drop upwards of 25 grand just on harddrives, I suppose you can afford a nice rack to put the server in… but, what is this actually for? Do you actually have a plan in mind to successfully roll out a multi-hundred TB storage pool? Do you have any more details about what you plan to be doing, what OS, what chassis/s will be used, and what the use case is exactly? 

Rig: i7 13700k +Contact Frame - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Crucial P3 2TB NVMe for photo work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - PTM 7950 - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads externally mounted - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - DellAlienware AW3423DWF 34" -- Logitech Pro X Superlight - - Logitech G710+ - - LTT Northern Lights Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x8TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - 2x 800 GB SAS SSD’s (1 SLOG, 1 L2Arc) - - 45 HomeLab HL15 15 Drive 4U - - Corsair RM650i - - LSI 9305-16i HBA - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

Unifi UDM Pro in front of full unifi network infrastructure

 

iPhone 17 Pro - - MacBook Air M3

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18 minutes ago, TheWeemy27 said:

its still in works but yes multiple Hundreds of Tbs and ye basically my own netflix

1 45 drives chassis can do this. But the much more important question is how are you going to configure it. If you have any questions, we can certainly help. 
 

Id recommend fully understanding what the deployment will be before you purchase anything…

Rig: i7 13700k +Contact Frame - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Crucial P3 2TB NVMe for photo work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - PTM 7950 - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads externally mounted - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - DellAlienware AW3423DWF 34" -- Logitech Pro X Superlight - - Logitech G710+ - - LTT Northern Lights Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x8TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - 2x 800 GB SAS SSD’s (1 SLOG, 1 L2Arc) - - 45 HomeLab HL15 15 Drive 4U - - Corsair RM650i - - LSI 9305-16i HBA - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

Unifi UDM Pro in front of full unifi network infrastructure

 

iPhone 17 Pro - - MacBook Air M3

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