So far I've just had a bunch of random disks in my desktop pc and migrated them/the data around with me. No raid, no redundancy/backups except for important projects. That had to change. When a PC at work died it was the perfect host for my new project: Oscar.
Oscar is going to be comprised of
Motherboard: MSI Z77A GD65
CPU: 3570k (4 x 3.4GHZ)
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Case: And old one from work
Drive Cage(s): Icy Dock ExpressCage 6 x 2.5" & Icy Dock ExpressCage 5 x 3.5"
Power Supply: Enermax Platimax 600w
SATA Expansion Card(s): No
Cables: Yes
Fans:
1 x 120mm Case fan Front
1 x 120mm CPU fan
2 x 40mm Small drive cage
1 x 80 mm large drive cage
1 x 120mm PSU
Parity Drives:
WD Blue 4TB
Seagate IronWolf 4TB
Data Drives:
WD Blue 4TB
Seagate IronWolf 4TB
Cache Drives:
Kingston A400 250GB
Crucial BX500 240GB
Total Drive Capacity:
RAW: 16.5TB
Usable: 8.25TB
Primary Use: NAS
Likes: The 6x2.5" drive cage is absolutely adorable
Dislikes: The fan on the 5x3 is amazingly noisy.. but it cools well sooo..
Add Ons Used: Community Applications
Future Plans: Some
Boot (peak):
Idle (avg):
Active (avg):
Light use (avg):
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I'm quite happy with everything except for the Cruical SSD (runs quite hot) and the noisy 80mm fan on the 5x3 drive cage.