R710 with Linux for nas

[USAgData]

I’m looking for a cheap affordable solution for a large storage. We are trying to use tensorflow to analyze pictures and this would be a storage server for the cameras that are collecting our data. So I don’t need anything crazy fast for this machine, since I’ll need to physically move each drive between locations for collecting data and analysis. So we plan on only collecting photos with this and then ship the drives for further processing. 

 

Where we are collecting the data is remote and cell service / internet is not an option. 

 

My my thoughts have been to use a dell r710 since it seems like people are having a lot of success with them even though the are getting old. I’m just wondering if other people have found better solutions to hold more high capacity drives. The more drives the less often I’ll have to collect the data, but I’m also trying to keep as cheap as possible. 

 

Thanks for the suggestions. Ps. Love the tech tips on youtube! 

 

 

[Jarsky]

You might want to check out the Dell R510 - it default has 3.5" drive bays which will give you more expansion for high capacity drives. 

Dell R710's by default have 2.5" caddy's so the 3.5" variants are harder to find. 

 

Generally R710 is better for Processing/Memory scaling, while R510 is better for storage density.