Posted August 4, 20213 yr Hi, I have a unraid running currently with 4x8tb + 8 tb + 512gb (cache ) drive configuration on a very old antec tower with drives attached to a 500w power supply. I am looking to move this to rack mounted chassis and was looking for super micro ones. I dont run much ( plex / piehole / fileservers/ cloud backups and such ) is all my use..Would like to get something which will run good or the next 5 or so years before i need to upgrade.. Details Below in the requested format What is your budget? - $500 Drives - 4x8 TB ( currently running ) + 8tb Parity + 512GB Cache - ( repurposing from current ) Is expandability important to you? If so, what's your long term goal?- Maybe go to 8-10 drives in future.. nothing more Do you want to run green/low power drives or faster 7200 rpm drives? - Repurposing current western digital black / white label drives What do you plan to run for hard drives? - I am not sure what this question entails Just the drives 5x8 Tb ( from WD easystore 8tb - shucked ) - Various connectors / CPU heatsinks - 500w psu ( evga) / various cables - I found this one on ebay..(Supermicro CSE-836TQ-R1200B X8DTH) Recommendations would be great.. Its missing a heat shroud / heat sinks ( which I think i can easily procure ).. Edited August 4, 20213 yr by JBa Added details in requested format..
August 9, 20213 yr Author What am I not asking correctly ? Can someone suggest if I can use the above case ?
August 9, 20213 yr The SM 836TQ is a great chassis, and the only chassis that I use. You will want to get some SQ power supplies, if you care about noise. However, the X8DTH is ancient and inefficient. You would be better off finding a barebones chassis, and adding your own motherboard, or finding something more modern. As soon as prices and availability are better, Im dumping the rest of my X9s.
August 9, 20213 yr On 8/4/2021 at 10:05 PM, JBa said: Hi, I dont run much... ...what's your long term goal?- Maybe go to 8-10 drives in future.. nothing more Are you really sure you wanna go the rack-mounted server setup?
August 12, 20213 yr Author Yes, I have a nice rack where I would like to consolidate all my networking / av stuff.. Right now i have an ancient ( <12 year old ) antec tower, which I would like to retire
August 12, 20213 yr Author On 8/8/2021 at 9:30 PM, StevenD said: The SM 836TQ is a great chassis, and the only chassis that I use. You will want to get some SQ power supplies, if you care about noise. However, the X8DTH is ancient and inefficient. You would be better off finding a barebones chassis, and adding your own motherboard, or finding something more modern. As soon as prices and availability are better, Im dumping the rest of my X9s. Thank you.. I will start looking for a chasis only option.. I already started looking for the SQ power supplies and will need to figure out how to have quieter fans..
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