fr0stbyt3 Posted July 15, 2019 Share Posted July 15, 2019 On 5/9/2019 at 7:49 PM, interwebtech said: StarTech.com 12U Adjustable Depth Open Frame 4 Post Server Rack with Casters/Levelers and Cable Management Hooks 4POSTRACK12U Black 2x StarTech.com 1U Adjustable Mounting Depth Vented Rack Mount Shelf CyberPower OR1500LCDRM1U 1U Rackmount UPS System NORCO 4U Rack Mount 24 x Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS 6G Drive Bays Server Rack mount RPC-4224 EVGA Supernova 850 G3, 80 Plus Gold 850W Modular Power Supply 220-G3-0850-X1 ASRock EP2C612 WS Motherboard 2x Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3 Six-Core Haswell Processor 2.4GHz LGA 2011-3 CPU 2x Intel LGA 2011-3 Cooling Fan/Heatsink 8x Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 2133 MT/s (PC4-2133) CL15 SR x4 ECC Registered DIMM CT8G4RFS4213 (64GB) 2x Samsung 970 EVO 1TB - NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 SSD (MZ-V7E1T0BW) 2x QNINE M.2 NVME SSD to PCIe adapter LSI Logic LSI00244 SAS 9201-16i 16Port 6Gb/s SAS/SATA Controller Card 1x NORCO Computer Parallel (reverse breakout) Cable (C-SFF8087-4S) 4x 10Gtek Internal Mini SAS SFF-8087 Cable, 0.5 Meter 2x Gigabit network adapters bonding to single interface Unraid OS Pro 6.x 1TB RAID1 Cache Pool 2x 8TB parity 15x HDD array @100TB I dig your case choice . You should show us what it looks like inside. Quote Link to comment
Mattyfaz Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 3:29 PM, fr0stbyt3 said: This has been updated a little since these pictures were taken. I'll update here when I take new pictures. Mate that is stunning, I envy how good your server rack / case looks! Quote Link to comment
mytime34 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Threadripper 2920x (12core/24thread) 32GB ram 10TB NMVE Cache 33TB spinners (24 drive array and SAS HBA, 8ea 3tb, 6ea 2tb) 10GB Ethernet Watercooled CPU (and soon video cards) Soon to be added (2ea GTX1070 FTW cards for VMs and rendering) Quote Link to comment
HK-Steve Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 44 minutes ago, mytime34 said: Threadripper 2920x (12core/24thread) 32GB ram 10TB NMVE Cache 33TB spinners (24 drive array and SAS HBA, 8ea 3tb, 6ea 2tb) 10GB Ethernet Watercooled CPU (and soon video cards) Soon to be added (2ea GTX1070 FTW cards for VMs and rendering) I do LIKE your white Thermaltake X9 case. I have 2x Black for some Crunching Rigs, They are AWESOME.. Quote Link to comment
tential Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 (edited) On 3/12/2019 at 7:40 AM, fr0stbyt3 said: It's a custom wood frame build roughly based on this guide. https://tombuildsstuff.blogspot.com/2014/02/diy-server-rack-plans.html My build is a 16U instead of 20, I omitted a few of things like wheels (furniture movers work just fine on wood floors). I don't have a real use for a rear door either. I built something similar. Like if a 9 year old had tried to build what you built, that's what mine looks like. I used MDF. Is that safe to use? How do you know how much weight it holds? Maybe I'll have a larger friend sit in mine. I was going to put 2 servers in mine, but now I'm afraid it could break. I also wanted to add bracing in like you have built into your rack design but also braces the sides. How do you add brackets inside and have them sit flush with sides? I never could get it right and sanding it down to fit takes forever and then I feel like I'm either pushing the side walls out, or will be too small. My caster holes were not drilled into a 2 by 4 bracket inside like yours are. In how bad shape am I? Edited October 30, 2019 by tential Quote Link to comment
johnwhicker Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Why build one when you can build 2 Quote Link to comment
ezhik Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 On 6/27/2020 at 3:41 PM, johnwhicker said: Why build one when you can build 2 -- What is inside? I like the case. Can you break it down into parts ? Much appreciated. Quote Link to comment
johnwhicker Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, ezhik said: -- What is inside? I like the case. Can you break it down into parts ? Much appreciated. Absolutely Sir. Here it is for both unraids: UNRAID -1 - Case: U-NAS NSC-800 Server Chassis - Power: Model: KW-3011F-1M1 - Mobo: Supermicro A1SRi-2758F - Mini ITX - Intel Atom C2758 - CPU: Intel Atom C2758 4 cores / 8 threads - built in motherboard - 4 Ethernet ports + IPMI Management Port with license - RAM: Samsung 32GB ECC (2 x 16) - USB Drive Sandisk 64G - on the motherboard - 2 X SSD Drives - Kingston 480GB - cache drives - SATA: LSI 9220-8i IBM M1015 SAS P20 IT Mode For ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 6Gbps SAS HBA US - Pcie Riser Cable PCI-e PCI Express 8X Extension pci-e 8X Card - 8 X 8 TB SATA Segate drives 5200 RPM UNRAID -2 - Case: U-NAS NSC-800 Server Chassis - Power: Model: KW-3011F-1M1 - Mobo: Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F - Mini ITX - Intel Atom C3558 - CPU: Intel Atom C3558 4 cores / 4 threads - built in motherboard - 4 Ethernet ports + IPMI Management Port with license - RAM: Supermicro 64GB ECC (2 x 32) - USB Drive Sandisk 64G - on the motherboard - 2 X SSD Drives - Kingston 480GB - cache drives - 1 X NVME Drive - Samsung 960 - 256 GB - FreeNAS dual boot or cache drive - SATA: LSI 9220-8i IBM M1015 SAS P20 IT Mode For ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 6Gbps SAS HBA US - Pcie Riser Cable PCI-e PCI Express 8X Extension pci-e 8X Card - 4 X 5TB SATA Segate drives 5400 RPM - 4 X 4TB SATA Segate drives 5400 RPM Edited June 29, 2020 by johnwhicker 1 Quote Link to comment
ezhik Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 23 minutes ago, johnwhicker said: Absolutely Sir. Here it is for both unraids: UNRAID -1 - Case: U-NAS NSC-800 Server Chassis - Power: Model: KW-3011F-1M1 - Mobo: Supermicro A1SRi-2758F - Mini ITX - Intel Atom C2758 - CPU: Intel Atom C2758 4 cores / 8 threads - built in motherboard - 4 Ethernet ports + IPMI Management Port with license - RAM: Samsung 32GB ECC (2 x 16) - USB Drive Sandisk 64G - on the motherboard - 2 X SSD Drives - Kingston 480GB - cache drives - SATA: LSI 9220-8i IBM M1015 SAS P20 IT Mode For ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 6Gbps SAS HBA US - Pcie Riser Cable PCI-e PCI Express 8X Extension pci-e 8X Card - 8 X 8 TB SATA Segate drives 5200 RPM UNRAID -2 - Case: U-NAS NSC-800 Server Chassis - Power: Model: KW-3011F-1M1 - Mobo: Supermicro A2SDi-4C-HLN4F - Mini ITX - Intel Atom C3558 - CPU: Intel Atom C3558 4 cores / 4 threads - built in motherboard - 4 Ethernet ports + IPMI Management Port with license - RAM: Supermicro 64GB ECC (2 x 32) - USB Drive Sandisk 64G - on the motherboard - 2 X SSD Drives - Kingston 480GB - cache drives - 1 X NVME Drive - Samsung 960 - 256 GB - FreeNAS dual boot or cache drive - SATA: LSI 9220-8i IBM M1015 SAS P20 IT Mode For ZFS FreeNAS unRAID 6Gbps SAS HBA US - Pcie Riser Cable PCI-e PCI Express 8X Extension pci-e 8X Card - 4 X 5TB SATA Segate drives 5400 RPM - 4 X 4TB SATA Segate drives 5400 RPM -- Very Nice! Quote Link to comment
roncamaro Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 (edited) UNRAID Fanless & Silent Case: Streacom DB4 Fanless Chassis Power: Streacom ST-NANO120 Pico Mobo: Supermicro X11SCL-IF CPU: Intel Xeon E-2236 6 Cores | 12 Threads @ 3,4 GHz RAM: 2x Kingston 16GB DDR4 NET: 2x 1GB Bond (Onboard), 1x Gigabit IPMI USB-Drive for UnRAID: 16GB Verbatim Store'n'Go USB 3.0 NVME-SSD (VMs & Cache): Samsung 980 Pro 512GB HDDs: 3x Seagate ST12000VN0007 12TB VMs: Windows 10 22H2 Windows Server 2019 & Exchange 2019 Proxmox Mailgateway DOCKERs: swag piHole mariaDB Nextcloud vaultwarden photoprism airsonic jellyfin quake 3 server unifi controller jetc... Build this little beauty in the beginning of last year and i am still loving it. The chassis is a bit expensive but the best case i have ever laid my hands on: well designed and thought out: simply fantastic! Edited December 1, 2022 by roncamaro Downdate :-) 4 Quote Link to comment
ezhik Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 On 8/28/2020 at 7:30 PM, roncamaro said: UNRAID Fanless & Silent Case: Streacom DB4 Fanless Chassis Power: Streacom ST-NANO120 Pico Mobo: Supermicro X11SCL-IF CPU: Intel Xeon E-2134 4 Cores | 8 Threads @ 3,4 GHz RAM: 2x Kingston 32GB DDR4 ECC NET: 2x Gigabit (bond; fault tollerence), 1x IPMI USB-Drive: 16GB Verbatim Store'n'Go USB 3.0 NVME-SSD (VMs & Cache): Samsung 970 Pro 512GB HDDs: 3x Seagate ST12000VN0007 12TB VMs: Windows 10 2004 Windows Server 2019 & Exchange 2019 Proxmox Mailgateway DOCKERs: letsencrypt piHole mariaDB Nextcloud bitwarden photoprism airsonic jellyfin dokuwiki calibre quake 3 server unifi controller jitsi (in planing ...) Build this little beauty in the beginning of last year and i am still loving it. The chassis is a bit expensive but the best case i have ever had my hands on: well designed and thought out: simply fantastic! A huge shoutout to "spaceinvader one" and everybody in this community introducing me to docker (which i completely neglected since its implementation in UnRaid) what makes this build more versatile than i could have ever dreamed of. What do your temps look like? Considering things can get pretty hot when parity check kicks in, i am curious. This definitely looks great! Quote Link to comment
roncamaro Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 (edited) Hi ezhik, Temps are fine! I have given the WS2019 & Exchange2019 VM all Cores and sometimes when a CU needs to be applied while theres plus 30° C in my office., the MoBo realizes that the CPU is getting to hot (above 80° C), beeps and cycles the CPU down until the reboot. That happened as well when the missus put arround 5000+ 4K-Photos in the PhotoPrism-Share after our vacation, letting it render thumbnails in various resolutions until <BEEP> 🙂 Despite that: Wether the CPU nor the Seagate Hdds ever got too hot during patity check, but unfortunatly for me, tests indicate that they don't last very long: HDD reliability test The Samsung nvme never exceeded its temperature limit. Nonetheless i would love to have a CPU-threshold for VMs and Dockers in percentage instead of simply reducing cores in UnRaid but that belongs somwhere else 🙂 But anywho: When the cube gets too hot for a few minutes: Cold blow of a Hairdryer will do 🙂 Best, Ron Edited September 2, 2020 by roncamaro 1 Quote Link to comment
JustOverride Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) It was my older gaming computer. How it all began....... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let me know what you guys think. Edited November 21, 2020 by XiuzSu Arranging pictures. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Dropkick Murphy Posted February 9, 2021 Share Posted February 9, 2021 I just built a new rack style server to replace my 10 year old tower and did a server closet upgrade at the same time. before After 5 Quote Link to comment
Energen Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 That's clean AF, very nice. I don't have power near my closet or I would totally think about redoing it... Quote Link to comment
Dropkick Murphy Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 On 2/10/2021 at 8:13 PM, Energen said: That's clean AF, very nice. I don't have power near my closet or I would totally think about redoing it... I had power on the other side of the wall in the living room so I jumped off that and installed a new outlet behind the rack. Unless your closet is on an exterior wall you probably have one close by. Quote Link to comment
jbartlett Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 I missed the word "before" and was only seeing the before pic since I hadn't scrolled far enough before. I was like "uhhhh" 1 Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 10 hours ago, Dropkick Murphy said: I had power on the other side of the wall in the living room so I jumped off that and installed a new outlet behind the rack. Unless your closet is on an exterior wall you probably have one close by. How are you dealing with ventilation? 1 Quote Link to comment
Dropkick Murphy Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 On 2/12/2021 at 7:15 AM, jonathanm said: How are you dealing with ventilation? The bottom 1RU space is a vent. I also have a 3"x6" hole on the right side of the cabinet space towards the back to let air in (I can also reach the back of the server if need be). the the whole enclosed unit idles between 76f to 78f. I have the thermo controlled fan set to come on at 85f. This thing is brand new so I am in the process of moving about 38TB's of data from my old machine to this new one and with multiple disks spun up or while doing a parity check I can hear the fans come on occasionally but it cools back down to 80f within a minute or so. This closet is in my home office so I usually leave the door cracked open an inch or two. The one heat issue I am having is with my cache drive. I used a motherboard mounted Nvme drive and it gets very hot. I get multiple warnings from the unRAID dashboard while it's in use. Have any of you had this same issue or know if a heat sink would help? Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Dropkick Murphy said: This closet is in my home office so I usually leave the door cracked open an inch or two. If you shave the top and bottom of the door so there is a 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap when it's closed, convection should take care of any heat buildup. 2 hours ago, Dropkick Murphy said: The one heat issue I am having is with my cache drive. I used a motherboard mounted Nvme drive and it gets very hot. I get multiple warnings from the unRAID dashboard while it's in use. Have any of you had this same issue or know if a heat sink would help? If the drive is actually outside the manufacturers recommended range, then yes, I'd put a heatsink on it. Otherwise, change the global disk alarm temp to match the manufacturer guidelines for the hottest drive, and bump all your spinner drives down to the range you want to see. Ideally you should only get an alarm when something is truly wrong, like a fan gone bad or somebody blocked the closet door. Quote Link to comment
BWS001 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Guess it's time to update my signature too... Quote Link to comment
Dropkick Murphy Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 2/13/2021 at 11:43 PM, jonathanm said: If you shave the top and bottom of the door so there is a 1/2 to 3/4 inch gap when it's closed, convection should take care of any heat buildup. If the drive is actually outside the manufacturers recommended range, then yes, I'd put a heatsink on it. Otherwise, change the global disk alarm temp to match the manufacturer guidelines for the hottest drive, and bump all your spinner drives down to the range you want to see. Ideally you should only get an alarm when something is truly wrong, like a fan gone bad or somebody blocked the closet door. I decided to try a heatsink and a fan which dropped the temps about 10C. I will have to test it under load next time I have something to transfer. Thanks for the tips. Quote Link to comment
SPOautos Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 (edited) First computer I've ever built from scratch with parts I bought used and cheap lol....its a bit flashy but my kids like it. I love that I cant see any wires behind the glass. It's very quiet, especially to be air cooled. Sits in the living room with hdmi to the tv Xeon E5 2960v3 Asus Deluxe II mb 32GB ram 36TB HDD Radeon RX580 Two nic's bonded together Edited March 2, 2021 by SPOautos Quote Link to comment
Userpaul Posted November 24, 2021 Share Posted November 24, 2021 Built in 2008 😀 still doing its job. 1 Quote Link to comment
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