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[craigr]

Never thought I would really care, but lately I've been dolling up the server.  The original build started in a different case around 14 years ago, but the server has resided in this Xigmatek Elysium for ~10 years.  Hardware changes all the time it seems.  My current hardware is below but is usually up to date in my signature. 

 

Server Hardware:  SuperMicro X11SCZ-F • Intel® Xeon® E-2288G • Micron 128GB ECC • Mellanox MCX311A • Seasonic SSR-1000TR • APC BR1350MS • Xigmatek Elysium • 4x Norco SS-500's Hard Drive PODs • 11x Noctura Fans.

 

Array Hardware: LSI 9305-24i • 190TB Dual Parity on WD Helium RED's • 5x 14TB, 9x 12TB, 5x 8TB • Cache: 1x 10TB • Pool1: 2x Samsung 1TB 850 PROs RAID1 • Pool2: 2x Samsung 4TB 860 EVOs RAID0.

 

Dedicated VM Hardware: Samsung 970 PRO 1TB NVMe • Inno3D Nvidia GTX 1650 Single Slot.

 

Forgot to add that I custom built all the power cables for all the hard drives and bays.  I use 16 AWG pure copper primary wire.  It's fun to keep all the black wires in the correct order and not fry anything, but I proved it doable 🙂.  Having a modular power supply is nice.  I was able to split 10x "spinners" per power cable in order to stay within the amperage limits of the modular power connectors and maintain wire runs without significant voltage drop.

 

Here are some pics...

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10GB fiber goes from the Mellanox MCX311A to a Brocade 6450 switch (finally ran the fiber after much procrastination).  That feeds the house and branches off.  5GB comes into the 6450 switch from my modem and I typically get around 3GB (+/-0.50GB) from my ISP.  It's a main line directly to my server from which I run VM's and use as my primary workstation.

 

I really love unRAID and how easy virtualization is.

 

craigr

Edited November 30, 2023 by craigr
RAM Upgrade; Hard drive upgrades

[craigr]

Forgot to add that I custom built all the power cables for all the hard drives and bays.  I use 16 AWG pure copper primary wire.  It's fun to keep all the black wires in the correct order and not fry anything, but I proved it doable 🙂.  Having a modular power supply is nice.  I was able to split 10x "spinners" per power cable in order to stay within the amperage limits of the modular power connectors and maintain wire runs without significant voltage drop.  Both power wires for the POD's are in one PET expandable braid sleeving finished off with shrink tube on both ends.  They breakout and split between the PODS and go up and down (look between PODs two and three in the pics and you can see).  They also breakout and split to two ports on the power supply.

 

The SATA power wires I braided for fun.  First time I ever did a four-wire braid.

Edited November 20, 2022 by craigr

[caynam]

Nice rig man! Really neat and tidy with tons of airflow 👍

[craigr]

On 11/17/2022 at 8:36 AM, caynam said:

Nice rig man! Really neat and tidy with tons of airflow 👍

Thanks man.  I've got the 200mm Noctua NF-A20 PWM chromax.black.swap in the side as well blowing air in.  I held out for two years waiting for Noctua to release a grey Redux version, but finally gave in several weeks back when my existing fan started failing.

 

I also can't believe I spent over $30 on red rubber bits, but I'm in the mood to bring joy to myself through consumerism 🤑

Edited November 19, 2022 by craigr