Posted November 29, 2016 On 11/26/2016 at 0:11 PM, alpenwasser said: I'm not saying you can't post pics though. You know, for science, or stuffs. I'm pretty sure my contract forbids that. Plus, it sounds way more exciting than it is looks. Imagine a full height server rack with a couple SAS boxes and (I think) four servers. There, you're done. The software is amazing though (GPFS). 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 December 2, 2016 On 11/30/2016 at 8:41 AM, MG2R said: I'm pretty sure my contract forbids that. Plus, it sounds way more exciting than it is looks. Imagine a full height server rack with a couple SAS boxes and (I think) four servers. There, you're done. The software is amazing though (GPFS). How does GPFS compare to say Lustre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 4, 2016 Hardware CASE: Norcotek RPC4224 PSU: Corsair RM-550 MB: Asus X99-A CPU: Intel Xeon E5 2620 v4 HS: Noctua NH-U9DX i4 RAM: 32GB DDR4 2400 RAID CARD 1: Adaptec RAID 81605ZQ RAID CARD 2: HPT Rocket Raid 2720SGL SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD HDD: 12x 4TB WD Red Software and Configuration: My server is running Windows Server 2016 (thanks to Microsoft Imagine). I have 2 arrays running, the primary consists of 8x 4TB drives in RAID 6 totaling 21.8TB usable. The secondary array is for my old 4x 4TB drives that have some minor errors stopping them being used in the primary array. Usage: My server has 3 main functions: nightly backups for all the PC's in my home Plex server for all my movies and TV series Minecraft server for a few of my friends Backup: The data is backed up to a few 4TB and 5TB external drives that are only connected during the backup. Photo's: Desktop Spoiler CPU: Intel i7 6800k @ 4.2GHz Mobo: Asus X99 Strix GPU: 2x Asus Strix 970 RAM: 32GB Corsair vengeance 2400MHz, SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB, 2x Intel 520 256GB HDD: 2TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv atx Tempered Glass Monitor: Asus PG278Q, Asus PB278 Laptop Spoiler Microsoft Surface Pro 4 256GB 8GB RAM Server Spoiler CPU: Intel Xeon E5 2620 v4 Mobo: Asus X99-A RAM: 32GB Corsair vengeance 2400MHz SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (boot) RAID Controller: Adaptec RAID 81605ZQ, HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL HDD: 12x WD 4TB Red Case: Norcotek RPC4224 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 4, 2016 36 minutes ago, Green_man_5 said: 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. I'm confused - what AMD processor? Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 4, 2016 1 hour ago, brwainer said: I'm confused - what AMD processor? oh that was from looney's post. i copied and then edited the post but i guess i forgot to remove that part. (I have removed it now) Desktop Spoiler CPU: Intel i7 6800k @ 4.2GHz Mobo: Asus X99 Strix GPU: 2x Asus Strix 970 RAM: 32GB Corsair vengeance 2400MHz, SSD: Samsung 960 Pro 512GB, 2x Intel 520 256GB HDD: 2TB WD Black, 2TB WD Green Case: Phanteks Enthoo Evolv atx Tempered Glass Monitor: Asus PG278Q, Asus PB278 Laptop Spoiler Microsoft Surface Pro 4 256GB 8GB RAM Server Spoiler CPU: Intel Xeon E5 2620 v4 Mobo: Asus X99-A RAM: 32GB Corsair vengeance 2400MHz SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (boot) RAID Controller: Adaptec RAID 81605ZQ, HighPoint RocketRAID 2720SGL HDD: 12x WD 4TB Red Case: Norcotek RPC4224 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 5, 2016 On 12/2/2016 at 1:30 AM, leadeater said: How does GPFS compare to say Lustre? Have no experience with Lustre, sorry. 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 December 12, 2016 My Plex Server plus future expansion of home security cameras.HardwareCase: Rosewill Server rackmount 4U 15 bayCPU: Intel Xeon E5-2670 v3Mobo: Asrock Extreme4 Ram: HyperX DDR4 2133PSU: Fractal 650WRaid C: LSI Megaraid 9261-8iHDD: 6x HGST NAS 4TB (just put my 7th one in but haven't figured out how to add it to the raid yet)http://valid.x86.fr/c59yt3SoftwareOS: Windows 10 Pro x64RAID config: RAID 6PicturesI am moving to my house soon so it is a work in progress for my server rack More pictures are inbound. Spoiler Computer and other things (My Phanteks Enthoo Elite build is done) Spoiler Main Computer Spoiler Processor: Intel Core i7 6850k @4.5GHzMotherboard: Asus Rampage V ROG Edition 10Heatsink: Custom HardlineMemory: Corsaor Dominator 16GB (4GB x2) DDR4 3000MHz Video Card: EVGA GTX 1080 FTWHard Drive: x2 OCZ ARC 100 240GB RAID 0 (Boot), Western Digital 4TB SSHD (Steam), x2 Adata 512GB (Steam)Main GUI: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit All That Extra Stuff Spoiler Monitor: x2 Dell U2414HKeyboard: Ducky Shine 5 RGB (Cherry MX Blue)Mouse: Logitech G502Headset: AKG K553 Pro Studio HeadphonesSpeakers: Boston Accustics Home Media Theater 2.1 + Boston Accustics SoundbarMicrophone: Audio Technica AT-2035 w/ Focusrite Scarlett SoloSound: Creative Sound Blaster E5 DAC Server Spoiler Case: Rosewill 4U Rackmount RSV-L4500 Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 V3 12C/24T Motherboard: Asrock x99 Extreme 4 Ram: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 4x4GB Video Card: Nvidia GT520 OS Drive: Kingston Hyperx 240GB SSD Raid Card: LSI MegaRaid 9261-8i 8-port Hard Drives: x7 HGST 4TB Nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2016 On 11/19/2016 at 6:36 AM, alpenwasser said: @Ziggidy Nope, rankings are not dead, but yes, it does usually take me a while to get around to them. Added your system to the list. Thanks for the entry! Thank you kind sir!! Gaming Rig - ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (stock), ND-D15 Chromax Black, MSI Gaming Gaming X Trio RTX 3070, Corsair Vengeance LPX 32Gig (2 x 16G) DDR4 3600 (stock), Phanteks Eclipse P500A, 5x Noctua NF-P14 redux-1500, Seasonic FOCUS PX-850, Samsung 870 QVO 2TB (boot), 2x XPG SX8200 Pro 2 TB NVMe (game libraries), 2x Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 8TB (storage), 2x Dell (27") S2721DGF, 2x Asus (24") VP249QGR, Windows 10 Pro, SteelSeries Arctis 1 Wireless, Vive Pro 2, Valve Index NAS /Plex Server - Supermicro SC826TQ-R800LPB (2U), X8DTN+, 2x E5620 (Stock), 72GB DDR3 ECC, 2x Samsung 860 EVO (500GB) (OS & Backup), 6x WD40EFRX (4TB) in RaidZ2, 2x WD 10TB white label (Easy Store shucks), 2x Q Series HDTS225XZSTA (256GB) ZIL & L2ARC mirrored, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Other Servers -2x Supermicro CSE-813M ABC-03 (1U), X9SCL, i3-2120 (stock), 8 Gigs DDR3, 4x Patriot Burst 120GB SSD (Raid10 OS array), Mushkin MKNSSDHL250GB-D8 NVMe (game drive), Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - RAID 10 failed after a power outage... dang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 19, 2016 On 12/12/2016 at 1:12 AM, Poohy14 said: Hide contents Engineering sample CPU.... How did you get a hold of that? 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 December 22, 2016 On 12/19/2016 at 4:59 AM, MG2R said: Engineering sample CPU.... How did you get a hold of that? I know some people who knows some people. Computer and other things (My Phanteks Enthoo Elite build is done) Spoiler Main Computer Spoiler Processor: Intel Core i7 6850k @4.5GHzMotherboard: Asus Rampage V ROG Edition 10Heatsink: Custom HardlineMemory: Corsaor Dominator 16GB (4GB x2) DDR4 3000MHz Video Card: EVGA GTX 1080 FTWHard Drive: x2 OCZ ARC 100 240GB RAID 0 (Boot), Western Digital 4TB SSHD (Steam), x2 Adata 512GB (Steam)Main GUI: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit All That Extra Stuff Spoiler Monitor: x2 Dell U2414HKeyboard: Ducky Shine 5 RGB (Cherry MX Blue)Mouse: Logitech G502Headset: AKG K553 Pro Studio HeadphonesSpeakers: Boston Accustics Home Media Theater 2.1 + Boston Accustics SoundbarMicrophone: Audio Technica AT-2035 w/ Focusrite Scarlett SoloSound: Creative Sound Blaster E5 DAC Server Spoiler Case: Rosewill 4U Rackmount RSV-L4500 Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2670 V3 12C/24T Motherboard: Asrock x99 Extreme 4 Ram: Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 4x4GB Video Card: Nvidia GT520 OS Drive: Kingston Hyperx 240GB SSD Raid Card: LSI MegaRaid 9261-8i 8-port Hard Drives: x7 HGST 4TB Nas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 23, 2016 On 12/19/2016 at 9:59 AM, MG2R said: Engineering sample CPU.... How did you get a hold of that? You can buy them on ebay for cheaper than the official releases once a product has launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 23, 2016 Please remove the entry in the listing that is currently attributed to me. It is not a correct/complete entry. I have 3 systems to submit: System #1: RPC2304 Hardware CASE: Norcotek RPC2304 (plus ICY DOCK MB324SP-B 4x2.5" hotswap) PSU: Corsair RM450 MB: Supermicro X10SLM-F CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230v3 HS: Stock Intel heatsink RAM: 32GB ECC DDR3L 1600 HBA: LSI 9207-4i4e and Vantec UGT‑MST644R OS USB: 128GB Samsung Fit HDD 1: 4x 4TB HGST HDN724040AL (NAS) SSD 1: 6x Samsung 850 Evo 250GB (4x 2.5", 2x mSata) SSD 2: 2x Crucial MX100 512GB SSD 3: 2x Samsung 850 Pro 128GB SSD 4: 2x Hitachi HRLP0400S5xnNMLC 400GB (SAS) HDD Total: 16TB SSD Total: 3580GB Software and Configuration: OS is HyperV Server 2016 and storage system is Storage Spaces. The RPC2304's 4x3.5" drive bays attached to the LSI HBA, the 2x Crucial and the 2.5" 850 Evos connect to the motherboard, the 2x mSata 850 Evos and the 2x 850 Pros connect to the Vantec. The two SAS SSDs are in a SAS JBOD connect via the LSI HBA (they are lonely with 14 empty bays!). I was basically limited to this chassis because the rack it has to fit into only has a 26" internal depth. Adding the Icydock 4x2.5" bay was a snap, I took the front bezel off the case and dremeled out a hole. Usage: This system is in my house. Bulk data storage, Plex server, VM host for Linux VMs (Hyper-V), backup target for computers in the house (in VMs) Backup: Nothing runs directly on the server, everything is in VMs. All VMs are replicated every 5 minutes to System #3 (813MTQ), which then replicates them all to System #2 (DS380). Both 813MTQ and DS280 are doing daily backups of all VMs, those that they run and those that they have replicated to them. Additional info: My usage of the twelve Pool SSDs is mainly for Storage Spaces Tiering, which means they actually are data drives not cache drives. Storage Spaces does not keep a copy on the Cold tier of data in the Hot tier - a virtual disk created with 100GB on HDD and 10GB on SSD shows as 110GB capacity. Therefore I have 16 drives of raw space. If I make a Simple virtual disk across all the SSDs, I can get 1000MB/s writes. If I make a Mirror virtual disk across all the SSDs, I can get 1700MB/s reads. These numbers were collected from within a VM, meaning that there was some degradation to the performance. Photo's: http://imgur.com/a/ldnjq System #2: DS380 Hardware CASE: Silverstone DS380 PSU: FSP400-60FGGBA MB: AsrockRack E3C224D4I-14S CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220v3 HS: Stock Intel heatsink RAM: 32GB ECC DDR3L 1600 HBA: LSI 2308 (on mobo) OS SSD: 120GB OCZ Trion 100 HDD 1: 2x 3TB WD WD30EFRX-68E (Red) HDD 2: 1x 2TB WD WD20EFRX-68E (Red) HDD 3: 2x 3TB HGST HDN724030AL (NAS) HDD 4: 1x 3TB Seagate ST3000DM001-1E61 (Desktop) SSD 1: 2x 240GB OCZ Trion 100 SSD 2: 2x 480GB Corsair Force LE HDD Total: 17TB SSD Total: 1440GB Software and Configuration: OS is HyperV Server 2016 and storage system is Storage Spaces. The DS380's 8x3.5" drive bays attached to the LSI HBA, all SSDs connect directly to the mobo. Usage: This system is at my grandparents/uncle's house. Bulk data storage, Plex server, VM host for Linux VMs (Hyper-V), backup target for computers in the house (in VMs). Backup: Nothing runs directly on the server, everything is in VMs. All VMs are replicated every 5 minutes to System #3 (813MTQ), which then does daily backups. This system also does daily backups of itself, and of VMs replicated from System #1 (via System #3), to a virtual disk on the Storage Spaces pool. Additional info: My usage of the four Pool SSDs is mainly for Storage Spaces Tiering, which means they actually are data drives not cache drives. Storage Spaces does not keep a copy on the Cold tier of data in the Hot tier - a virtual disk created with 100GB on HDD and 10GB on SSD shows as 110GB capacity. Therefore I have 10 drives of raw space. Photo's: http://imgur.com/a/VfA8U System #3: 813MTQ Hardware CASE: Supermicro 813MTQ-350CB PSU: Came with Chassis, 350W MB: AsrockRack E3C224D2I CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1220v3 HS: Stock Intel heatsink RAM: 16GB ECC DDR3L 1600 HBA: none (mobo ports only) OS USB: 128GB Sandisk Ultra Fit HDD 1: 2x 5TB HGST HDN726050ALE610 (NAS) HDD 2: 2x 1TB WD WD10JFCX-68N6GN0 (Red, 2.5") SSD 1: 2x 120GB Intel 520 Series HDD Total: 12TB SSD Total: 240GB Software and Configuration: OS is HyperV Server 2016 and storage system is Storage Spaces. The 813MTQ's 4x3.5" drive bays connect directly to the mobo. Usage: This system is at my house. It's sole purpose is to back up all the VMs from both houses (the VMs handle backing up the computers and doing all other server-y tasks) Backup: Nothing runs directly on the server, everything is in VMs. All VMs from both System #1 and System #2 are replicated every 5 minutes to this system. This system does daily backups, to a virtual disk on the Storage Spaces pool. Additional info: My usage of the two Pool SSDs is mainly for Storage Spaces Tiering, which means they actually are data drives not cache drives. Storage Spaces does not keep a copy on the Cold tier of data in the Hot tier - a virtual disk created with 100GB on HDD and 10GB on SSD shows as 110GB capacity. Therefore I have 6 drives of raw space. Photo's: http://imgur.com/a/nP43m (The SSDs were not in the pool at the time of the screenshot) Summary: HDDs: 14 (45TB) SSDs: 18 (5.26TB) Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 24, 2016 Someone is incredibly close to looney on those graphs... It may take time, but there may be a small surprise on looney's setup, I think all he needs is a little motivation. Comb it with a brick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2016 On 12/24/2016 at 2:48 AM, .:MARK:. said: Someone is incredibly close to looney on those graphs... It may take time, but there may be a small surprise on looney's setup, I think all he needs is a little motivation. Once I figure out a couple more components I may be surpassing looney for a short amount of time until he adds more storage. I just placed an order on 18 x 6TB drives today to go with my 12 x 4TB (156 TB total)...I'll post the config once I can figure out a few more parts. :-) Workstation 1: Intel i7 4790K | Thermalright MUX-120 | Asus Maximus VII Hero | 32GB RAM Crucial Ballistix Elite 1866 9-9-9-27 ( 4 x 8GB) | 2 x EVGA GTX 980 SC | Samsung 850 Pro 512GB | Samsung 840 EVO 500GB | HGST 4TB NAS 7.2KRPM | 2 x HGST 6TB NAS 7.2KRPM | 1 x Samsung 1TB 7.2KRPM | Seasonic 1050W 80+ Gold | Fractal Design Define R4 | Win 8.1 64-bitNAS 1: Intel Intel Xeon E3-1270V3 | SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SL7-F-O | 32GB RAM DDR3L ECC (8GBx4) | 12 x HGST 4TB Deskstar NAS | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB (boot/OS) | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 128GB (ZIL + L2ARC) | Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold | Rosewill RSV-L4411 | Xubuntu 14.10 Notebook: Lenovo T500 | Intel T9600 | 8GB RAM | Crucial M4 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2016 I haven't added more drives yet (soon), but I did update the OS to Windows Server 2016 (for the second time...I somehow screwed up the first install). I also have the OS drive as a 480GB instead of a 240GB Sandisk Extreme Pro. I don't it matters much here, but my server GPU is now a 980 Ti instead of a FirePro V7900. My goal for 2017 is to slowly add in one 4TB drive every few months or so. @handruin Best of luck to you. I hope someone is able to get the #1 spot, even for a little while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2016 Even if I don't surpass him, it's fun trying. In true LTT fashion I made a sad HDD christmas tree from the first delivery of my drives. :-) Workstation 1: Intel i7 4790K | Thermalright MUX-120 | Asus Maximus VII Hero | 32GB RAM Crucial Ballistix Elite 1866 9-9-9-27 ( 4 x 8GB) | 2 x EVGA GTX 980 SC | Samsung 850 Pro 512GB | Samsung 840 EVO 500GB | HGST 4TB NAS 7.2KRPM | 2 x HGST 6TB NAS 7.2KRPM | 1 x Samsung 1TB 7.2KRPM | Seasonic 1050W 80+ Gold | Fractal Design Define R4 | Win 8.1 64-bitNAS 1: Intel Intel Xeon E3-1270V3 | SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SL7-F-O | 32GB RAM DDR3L ECC (8GBx4) | 12 x HGST 4TB Deskstar NAS | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB (boot/OS) | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 128GB (ZIL + L2ARC) | Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold | Rosewill RSV-L4411 | Xubuntu 14.10 Notebook: Lenovo T500 | Intel T9600 | 8GB RAM | Crucial M4 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 29, 2016 2 minutes ago, handruin said: Even if I don't surpass him, it's fun trying. In true LTT fashion I made a sad HDD christmas tree from the first delivery of my drives. :-) Your tree has more storage capacity, even if it's cheaper and slower Looks great to see! Looking to buy GTX690, other multi-GPU cards, or single-slot graphics cards: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 30, 2016 Author On 12/29/2016 at 5:38 AM, handruin said: Once I figure out a couple more components I may be surpassing looney for a short amount of time until he adds more storage. I just placed an order on 18 x 6TB drives today to go with my 12 x 4TB (156 TB total)...I'll post the config once I can figure out a few more parts. :-) Hate to break it to ya but I'm also planning a little update. ESX will stay the same. Current NAS node will also become ESX, I have just bought 2x 2660 v2 for that and 128GB of ram As for the NAS, I bought a 1U supermicro, I'm not sure which CPU's I'll run on them, probably 2x E5-2630 with 192GB of ram. Also buying 8 more 4TB drives. Respect the Code of Conduct! >> Feel free to join the unofficial LTT teamspeak 3 server TS3.schnitzel.team << >>LTT 10TB+ Topic<< | >>FlexRAID Tutorial<< | >>LTT Speed wave<< | >>LTT Communies and Servers<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 30, 2016 1 hour ago, looney said: -snip- Hmm, curious, how loud is that 1U supermicro? But wow, amazed at how many drives are being bought by both you and @handruin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 30, 2016 Orion Server: Storage: 24x5TB WD Red drives RAM: 256GB of DDR3 CPU: 2x E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz Mobo: ASRock EP2C602-4L/D16 SSI EEB OS: Ubuntu Linux Network: 2x 10Gb Ports Case: SuperMicro 4RU (can't find exact model right now) RAID: 10 Controller: 2x LSI LSI00244 (9201-16i) (Sorry about the mess, picture was taken while I was adjusting some networking gear) Current Network Layout: Current Build Log/PC: Prior Build Log/PC: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2016 Author 37 minutes ago, scottyseng said: Hmm, curious, how loud is that 1U supermicro? But wow, amazed at how many drives are being bought by both you and @handruin not that loud really, I mean, its in the basement for a reason but not bad. Respect the Code of Conduct! >> Feel free to join the unofficial LTT teamspeak 3 server TS3.schnitzel.team << >>LTT 10TB+ Topic<< | >>FlexRAID Tutorial<< | >>LTT Speed wave<< | >>LTT Communies and Servers<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted December 31, 2016 23 hours ago, looney said: Hate to break it to ya but I'm also planning a little update. ESX will stay the same. Current NAS node will also become ESX, I have just bought 2x 2660 v2 for that and 128GB of ram As for the NAS, I bought a 1U supermicro, I'm not sure which CPU's I'll run on them, probably 2x E5-2630 with 192GB of ram. Also buying 8 more 4TB drives. On 12/29/2016 at 0:55 PM, handruin said: Even if I don't surpass him, it's fun trying. In true LTT fashion I made a sad HDD christmas tree from the first delivery of my drives. :-) Buy more, more, more! Bonuses should be good this quarter! SSD Firmware Engineer | Dual Boot Linux Mint and W8.1 Pro x64 with rEFInd Boot Manager | Intel Core i7-4770k | Corsair H100i | ASRock Z87 Extreme4 | 32 GB (4x8gb) 1600MHz CL8 | EVGA GTX970 FTW+ | EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 P2 | 500GB Samsung 850 Evo |250GB Samsung 840 Evo | 3x1Tb HDD | 4 LG UH12NS30 BD Drives | LSI HBA | Corsair Carbide 500R Case | Das Keyboard 4 Ultimate | Logitech M510 Mouse | Corsair Vengeance 2100 Wireless Headset | 4 Monoprice Displays - 3x27"4k bottom, 27" 1440p top | Logitech Z-2300 Speakers | Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 1, 2017 Author Just ordered all the materials for the upgrade, so new system will be running this hardware: Server: Supermicro Server 6017R-NRF4+ CPU: 2x Intel XEON E5-2650v1 RAM: 24x 8GB 1600 DDR3 ECC RDIMM (192GB) SSD: 2x 512GB Samsung 850 Pro HBA: SAS 9200-8E HBA NIC: Dual port 10G SFP+ NIC JBOD: SC847 E16-RJBOD1 HDD1: 37x 4TB ST4000DM000 Seagate Desktop Drive HDD2: 8x 4TB ST4000NM0033 Seagate Constellation ES Drive The new server will run EXSi of USB. The 2 SSD's will be set up in RAID 1 to server as the ESXi datastore. I will be running a FreeNAS VM with 8 cores and 160GB RAM allocated to it with the HBA in passthrough mode. There will be 2 pools, one with the desktop drives and one with the enterprise drives The desktop drive pool will be 3 vdev's of 12 drives each in RAID-Z2. The enterprise drive pool will be 1 vdev of 8 drives in RAID-Z2 The remaining 4TB desktop will be a hot-spare. I may still buy a extra small SSD for the ZIL. This will bring the ranking TB's to 176TB excluding hot-spare with 44 drives giving me 666 storage ranking points! Server of the Beast! Respect the Code of Conduct! >> Feel free to join the unofficial LTT teamspeak 3 server TS3.schnitzel.team << >>LTT 10TB+ Topic<< | >>FlexRAID Tutorial<< | >>LTT Speed wave<< | >>LTT Communies and Servers<< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 1, 2017 I liked your post...but I really didn't want to. ;-) I got all my drives in. I had to ask friends and family to help ordering since Newegg has limits of 5 per customer in a 48-hour window. I'm still working on getting the rest of the parts but it is looking like it will be the following: Supermicro SC846E16-R1200B chassis, dual PWS-1K21P-1R PSU, 24x hot swap 3.5" drive carriers, 3x 80mm mid plane fans, 2x 80mm rear fans. Supermicro X9DRi-LN4F+ dual socket LGA2011 motherboard 2x E5-2670 (SR0H8) 192GB Memory ( 24x 8GB PC3-10600R DIMM) 1x Supermicro SAS2308 (pcie 3.0) SAS2 HBA (flashed to IT mode, fw 20.00.04.00) 18 x 6TB HGST NAS HDDs I'm still working out the SSDs I'll use for L2ARC and OS boot. This will put me at 156TB via 12 x 4TB and 18 x 6TB using 30 drives total. While I wait on the chassis, I'm testing my drives inside another system to make sure they're all healthy. Workstation 1: Intel i7 4790K | Thermalright MUX-120 | Asus Maximus VII Hero | 32GB RAM Crucial Ballistix Elite 1866 9-9-9-27 ( 4 x 8GB) | 2 x EVGA GTX 980 SC | Samsung 850 Pro 512GB | Samsung 840 EVO 500GB | HGST 4TB NAS 7.2KRPM | 2 x HGST 6TB NAS 7.2KRPM | 1 x Samsung 1TB 7.2KRPM | Seasonic 1050W 80+ Gold | Fractal Design Define R4 | Win 8.1 64-bitNAS 1: Intel Intel Xeon E3-1270V3 | SUPERMICRO MBD-X10SL7-F-O | 32GB RAM DDR3L ECC (8GBx4) | 12 x HGST 4TB Deskstar NAS | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 256GB (boot/OS) | SAMSUNG 850 Pro 128GB (ZIL + L2ARC) | Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold | Rosewill RSV-L4411 | Xubuntu 14.10 Notebook: Lenovo T500 | Intel T9600 | 8GB RAM | Crucial M4 256GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted January 2, 2017 1 hour ago, looney said: Just ordered all the materials for the upgrade, so new system will be running this hardware: Server: Supermicro Server 6017R-NRF4+ CPU: 2x Intel XEON E5-2650v1 RAM: 24x 8GB 1600 DDR3 ECC RDIMM (192GB) SSD: 2x 512GB Samsung 850 Pro HBA: SAS 9200-8E HBA NIC: Dual port 10G SFP+ NIC JBOD: SC847 E16-RJBOD1 HDD1: 37x 4TB ST4000DM000 Seagate Desktop Drive HDD2: 8x 4TB ST4000NM0033 Seagate Constellation ES Drive The new server will run EXSi of USB. The 2 SSD's will be set up in RAID 1 to server as the ESXi datastore. I will be running a FreeNAS VM with 8 cores and 160GB RAM allocated to it with the HBA in passthrough mode. There will be 2 pools, one with the desktop drives and one with the enterprise drives The desktop drive pool will be 3 vdev's of 12 drives each in RAID-Z2. The enterprise drive pool will be 1 vdev of 8 drives in RAID-Z2 The remaining 4TB desktop will be a hot-spare. I may still buy a extra small SSD for the ZIL. This will bring the ranking TB's to 176TB excluding hot-spare with 44 drives giving me 666 storage ranking points! Server of the Beast! What do you run on these servers? Thats alot of $$$£££ Our Lord and Saviour Chunt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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