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Enterprise(ish) Storage box

Aelita Sophie
By Aelita Sophie
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Since the help on the forum was wonderful the last few times, I would like some opinions.

In basic this machine will be used as a storage unit for the VPS'. Basically, we are using seperate boxes for the actual Processing power & RAM. And we will be using a ILO (or similar way) as storage, which will be this machine. Mainly because that makes it easy to scale.

Requirements:

  • High core/thread count CPU, though 8 threads will probably be plenty, I'd rather have 8x 1.7 Ghz instead of 4x 3 Ghz (hyperthreaded)
  • Quite a few PCIe 4x or bigger slots for RAID cards and PCIe 10Gbit cards.
  • Rack case between 2U to 3U. (smaller obviously better)
  • Atleast 6 hotswappable bays (RAID 6 support MUST)
  • 6x 1TB SSDs
  • Dependable hardware

The budget is roughly between €2000 (~$2300) to €3000 (~$3500) excluding 10Gbit cards. But lower is always welcome.

 

It does not require high core performance, though it will benefit from a lot of threads due the many requests it probably will get. Power consumption is something to keep an eye on. We currently have 10A on 220v available. As looking right now ~6A is being used for the other machines. ECC is not needed.

 

I was thinking about something in the line of a E52609 v4 with a consumer X99 board.

Main RIG: i7 4770k ~ 4.8Ghz | Intel HD Onboard (enough for my LoL gaming) | Samsung 960 Pro 256GB NVMe | 32GB (4x 8GB) Kingston Savage 2133Mhz DDR3 | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 | ThermalTake FrioOCK | MS-Tech (puke) 700W | Windows 10 64Bit

Mining RIG: AMD A6-9500 | ASRock AB350 Pro | 4GB DDR4 | 500GB 2.5 Inch HDD | 2x MSI AERO GTX 1060 6GB (Core/Memory/TDP/Avg Temp +160/+800/120%/45c) | 1x Asus Strix GTX 970 (+195/+400/125%/55c) | 1x KFA2 GTX 960 (+220/+500/120%/70c) | Corsair GS800 800W | HP HSTNS-PD05 1000W | (Modded) Inter-Tech IPC 4U-4129-N Rackmount Case

Guest RIG: FX6300 | AMD HD7870 | Kingston HyperX 128GB SSD | 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz DDR3 | Some ASRock 970 Mobo | Stock Heatsink | some left over PSU  | Windows 10 64Bit

VM Server: HP Proliant DL160 G6 | 2x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.4Ghz 4c/8t (8c/16t total) | 16GB (8x 2GB) HP 1066Mhz ECC DDR3 | 2x Western Digital Black 250GB HDD | VMWare ESXI

Storage Node: 2x Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27Ghz 4c/8t (8c/16t total) | Intel ServerBoard S5500HCV | 36GB (9x 4GB) 1333Mhz ECC DDR3 | 3x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM | 4x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($269.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Silverstone - NT07-115X 48.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($93.49 @ Adorama) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($93.49 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.09 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: NORCO RPC-2008 2U Rackmount Server Case  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $3479.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-10 20:44 EDT-0400

 

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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8 minutes ago, GDRRiley said:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1240 V5 3.5GHz Quad-Core OEM/Tray Processor  ($269.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Silverstone - NT07-115X 48.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($19.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-X150-PLUS WS ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($119.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($93.49 @ Adorama) 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($93.49 @ Adorama) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Storage: Samsung - 850 Pro Series 1TB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($428.00 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Platinum 650W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($124.09 @ SuperBiiz) 
Other: NORCO RPC-2008 2U Rackmount Server Case  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $3479.03
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-08-10 20:44 EDT-0400

 

Thank you for the reply, but the motherboard wont be sufficient. With only 2 16x slots I can only populate it with 1 RAID card and 1 10Gbit card. We will be using atleast 4 PCIe 4x slots.A 1x slot would heavily lower performance on either RAID or 10Gbit cards. And for the CPU the E5-2609 v4 feels like a better options due more threads. The rack enclosure seems only to support 3.5" bays, where the SSD's are 2.5"

Main RIG: i7 4770k ~ 4.8Ghz | Intel HD Onboard (enough for my LoL gaming) | Samsung 960 Pro 256GB NVMe | 32GB (4x 8GB) Kingston Savage 2133Mhz DDR3 | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 | ThermalTake FrioOCK | MS-Tech (puke) 700W | Windows 10 64Bit

Mining RIG: AMD A6-9500 | ASRock AB350 Pro | 4GB DDR4 | 500GB 2.5 Inch HDD | 2x MSI AERO GTX 1060 6GB (Core/Memory/TDP/Avg Temp +160/+800/120%/45c) | 1x Asus Strix GTX 970 (+195/+400/125%/55c) | 1x KFA2 GTX 960 (+220/+500/120%/70c) | Corsair GS800 800W | HP HSTNS-PD05 1000W | (Modded) Inter-Tech IPC 4U-4129-N Rackmount Case

Guest RIG: FX6300 | AMD HD7870 | Kingston HyperX 128GB SSD | 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz DDR3 | Some ASRock 970 Mobo | Stock Heatsink | some left over PSU  | Windows 10 64Bit

VM Server: HP Proliant DL160 G6 | 2x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.4Ghz 4c/8t (8c/16t total) | 16GB (8x 2GB) HP 1066Mhz ECC DDR3 | 2x Western Digital Black 250GB HDD | VMWare ESXI

Storage Node: 2x Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27Ghz 4c/8t (8c/16t total) | Intel ServerBoard S5500HCV | 36GB (9x 4GB) 1333Mhz ECC DDR3 | 3x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM | 4x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB

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12 minutes ago, Aelita Sophie said:

Thank you for the reply, but the motherboard wont be sufficient. With only 2 16x slots I can only populate it with 1 RAID card and 1 10Gbit card. We will be using atleast 4 PCIe 4x slots.A 1x slot would heavily lower performance on either RAID or 10Gbit cards. And for the CPU the E5-2609 v4 feels like a better options due more threads. The rack enclosure seems only to support 3.5" bays, where the SSD's are 2.5"

this mobo will work then https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RPX2FT/asus-p10s-ws-atx-lga1151-motherboard-p10s-ws the trays have holes to screw in the 2.5" drives

Good luck, Have fun, Build PC, and have a Wii and PS2 as your only consoles.

NightHawk 3.0: R7 5700x @, B550A vision D, H105, 2x32gb Oloy 3600, Asrock RX9070xt Steel Legends, Corsair RM750X, 500gb 850 evo, 2tb rocket and 5tb Toshiba x300, 3x 6TB WD Black W10 all in a Obsidian 750D airflow.
GF PC: (NightHawk 2.0): R7 2700x, B450m vision D, 4x8gb Geli 2933, Sapphire RX 6700XT  Nitro+, CX650M RGB, Obsidian 350D

Skunkworks: R5 3500U, 16gb, 500gb 860 evo, Vega 8. HP probook G455R G6 Ubuntu 20. LTS

Condor (MC server): 6600K, z170m plus, 16gb corsair vengeance LPX, samsung 750 evo, EVGA BR 450.

Spirt  (NAS) ASUS Z9PR-D12, 2x E5 2620V2, 8x4gb, 24 3tb HDD. F80 800gb cache, trueNAS, 2x12disk raid Z3 stripped

HP probook 445R G6 review

 

"Stupidity is like trying to find a limit of a constant. You are never truly smart in something, just less stupid."

Camera Gear: X-S10, 16-80 F4, 35mm F1.4, Helios 44

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Just now, GDRRiley said:

this mobo will work then https://pcpartpicker.com/product/RPX2FT/asus-p10s-ws-atx-lga1151-motherboard-p10s-ws the trays have holes to screw in the 2.5" drives

Alright will look into that then. I'll take this with me when my next meet with my employer is.

Main RIG: i7 4770k ~ 4.8Ghz | Intel HD Onboard (enough for my LoL gaming) | Samsung 960 Pro 256GB NVMe | 32GB (4x 8GB) Kingston Savage 2133Mhz DDR3 | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 | ThermalTake FrioOCK | MS-Tech (puke) 700W | Windows 10 64Bit

Mining RIG: AMD A6-9500 | ASRock AB350 Pro | 4GB DDR4 | 500GB 2.5 Inch HDD | 2x MSI AERO GTX 1060 6GB (Core/Memory/TDP/Avg Temp +160/+800/120%/45c) | 1x Asus Strix GTX 970 (+195/+400/125%/55c) | 1x KFA2 GTX 960 (+220/+500/120%/70c) | Corsair GS800 800W | HP HSTNS-PD05 1000W | (Modded) Inter-Tech IPC 4U-4129-N Rackmount Case

Guest RIG: FX6300 | AMD HD7870 | Kingston HyperX 128GB SSD | 16GB (2x 8GB) G.Skill Ripjaws 1600Mhz DDR3 | Some ASRock 970 Mobo | Stock Heatsink | some left over PSU  | Windows 10 64Bit

VM Server: HP Proliant DL160 G6 | 2x Intel Xeon E5620 @ 2.4Ghz 4c/8t (8c/16t total) | 16GB (8x 2GB) HP 1066Mhz ECC DDR3 | 2x Western Digital Black 250GB HDD | VMWare ESXI

Storage Node: 2x Intel Xeon E5520 @ 2.27Ghz 4c/8t (8c/16t total) | Intel ServerBoard S5500HCV | 36GB (9x 4GB) 1333Mhz ECC DDR3 | 3x Seagate 2TB 7200RPM | 4x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB

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