funbubba Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 What's up y'all. It's been more than a year since my baby was built. Remember this? At 8 pounds TB, 6 ounces drives, it didn't take long to outgrow it. With the addition of new hardware, I figure I'll show off the update. OS at time of building: 4.5.6 (hey, if it ain't broke...) CPU: AMD Sempron 140 2.7GHz Motherboard: Asus M4A78L-M RAM: OCZ Gold 2x1GB AllComponents DDR2 800 2x2GB (upgraded to accommodate VM's) Case: Cooler Master Centurion 590 Drive Cage(s): (3) SNT-SAC3051TL 5in3 (fans removed) Power Supply: Corsair CMPSU-550VX SATA Expansion Card(s): SUPERMICRO AOC-SASLP-MV8 Cables: Yes, lots. Fans: COOLER MASTER R4-S2S-124K-GP Parity Drive: WD20EARS Data Drives: (1) WD20EARS (6) Seagate 1.5TB + Non Array [seagate 1.5TB (torrents) + WD 300GB (vbox)] Cache Drive: none Total Drive Capacity: Array = 11TB Primary Use: Media storage & file sharing Likes: Easy expandability - no need to take it apart to add storage, promotes Linux education and all around geekiness Dislikes: Hoarding achievement unlocked Add Ons Used: mysql, hamachi, CrashPlan, VBox, Transmission, ssh, screen Future Plans: Today: Try to take over the world I'm going to go ahead and blame Evernote for not saving my not-so-ever-note that contained my figures. User error? What's that? Boot (peak): Idle (avg): Active (avg): Light use (avg): So after the initial 6 SATA slots were taken, I needed to purchase an expansion card to accomodate more drives. I'm cheap *newsflash*, so the standard Supermicro it is. My previous and tasty blue color scheme was completely c-blocked by the red cables I had to use with the expansion card. I was like "Okay, okay, it doesn't seem so bad, I'll get used to--NOPE, this is unaccaptable." So I sleeved those mofos. Some of the color still creep through, but it's good enough to satiate my OCD. So I removed the fans in the drive cages cause they were LOUD and installed a total of 4 exhaust fans. Now the ugly outside :-/. Ugly cause I tried to cover up all extra holes (giggidy) to promote airflow through the drives. I probably could've gone with color sleeves, but I didn't want to have to sleeve the power supply cables either. "But you don't have to re-sleave the black power cables." No, no. I'd HAVE to. I'm currently cabled for 14 drives so I'm hoping I won't have to tinker with the insides for a long time. One of the main goals was to be able to expand the capacity quickly and easily, without breaking the bank. I think I'll mark this one a success. Quote Link to comment
B1G Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Nice cable work. You could of used blue sleeves. How are the temps on your drives? I would have though removing the fans on the cages wasn't a good idea. Quote Link to comment
funbubba Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 Thanks man. I actually tried to find blue sleeves, but I wanted a dense mesh that would provide cable coverage. Then I'd need color 3:1 shrink tubing as well, which was even harder to find. All on the cheap of course. So that's how I ended up with black. Temps are posted in this thread. The drives definitely run a little bit hotter since the fans were removed, but still adequate. The goal of covering all the "un-fanned" holes is to have the air flow solely through drive cage's intake, well, as much as possible anyway. Granted it's not completely air-tight but it's good enough I think. Most of the drives are idle anyway. Quote Link to comment
B1G Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 I ended up buying my blue sleeves and shrinks from FrozenCPU. I haven't used them yet. Probably in my next build. I checked your temps in the other thread. I'm impressed! During parity!? Great work in getting that case air tight. Quote Link to comment
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