October 21, 201015 yr This is storage related, and nutty. http://basanovich.livejournal.com/163813.html
October 21, 201015 yr :EEK: ZOMG... thats a thing of beauty raj its a crazy wooden built 90TB 45 WD20ears creation. -=Jason=- English version: "I made this Gravicapa for home using. The Hards are collected in the raids, mostly raid5, from time to time I also make experiments with raid 50. The Hardware report you can get from file report.txt. This is not the first experience of creating such big data arrays and using plywood for it. This system has been working for 2.5 years, and nothing has caught fire, and could not ... The hard disks’ temperature doesn’t go higher than 35C. Why did I use plywood? There are several reasons for it. First of all, it’s the matter of price. One sheet of plywood at cost 17$, was enough for it. Secondly, plywood better than iron absorbs the vibration from the hard. Thirdly, it is easy to make at home. The door is made from Plexiglas (it’s almost invisible on photo), it means that the blow from bottom to top goes pretty strong through the hards. Top. The fans are made as doors, providing access to the interior in case of need. The box has not been fully completed yet, the bottom will have dust filters. Hhdd mostly Westerns Green to 2TB, is quiet, cold, and quite reliable. The Hards sometimes die, but raid 5 saves the situation. It’s been working for more than a year and only 3 of 48 hdds were passed under warranty. Some people are worried about UPS, it still has up to 3.000Vt, its loading - 40-45%%. Almost half of the volume is occupied by images of blur discs and DVD disks with movies of different years. “So much! What for?” – you can ask. And I’ll answer: “Why not? But then it is optional on my part what to watch”. It doesn’t make much noise. Sitting next to it you can communicate almost in a whisper. Coolers on 1200 are spinning even more slowly as they plow on 9 volts. Any professional solution of this volume will be much more expensive and many times more noisy. Your CrazyHandMader. Sorry for bad english."
October 21, 201015 yr English version: "I made this Gravicapa for home using. The Hards are collected in the raids, mostly raid5, from time to time I also make experiments with raid 50. The Hardware report you can get from file report.txt. This is not the first experience of creating such big data arrays and using plywood for it. This system has been working for 2.5 years, and nothing has caught fire, and could not ... The hard disks’ temperature doesn’t go higher than 35C. Why did I use plywood? There are several reasons for it. First of all, it’s the matter of price. One sheet of plywood at cost 17$, was enough for it. Secondly, plywood better than iron absorbs the vibration from the hard. Thirdly, it is easy to make at home. The door is made from Plexiglas (it’s almost invisible on photo), it means that the blow from bottom to top goes pretty strong through the hards. Top. The fans are made as doors, providing access to the interior in case of need. The box has not been fully completed yet, the bottom will have dust filters. Hhdd mostly Westerns Green to 2TB, is quiet, cold, and quite reliable. The Hards sometimes die, but raid 5 saves the situation. It’s been working for more than a year and only 3 of 48 hdds were passed under warranty. Some people are worried about UPS, it still has up to 3.000Vt, its loading - 40-45%%. Almost half of the volume is occupied by images of blur discs and DVD disks with movies of different years. “So much! What for?” – you can ask. And I’ll answer: “Why not? But then it is optional on my part what to watch”. It doesn’t make much noise. Sitting next to it you can communicate almost in a whisper. Coolers on 1200 are spinning even more slowly as they plow on 9 volts. Any professional solution of this volume will be much more expensive and many times more noisy. Your CrazyHandMader. Sorry for bad english." I dont know how to put the pics up for you to see it but the bottom and top lid i guess you would say has 20 fans each....lol like his story says it def looks hand made but its a beast
October 21, 201015 yr LOL - Did you catch the leaning tower of HDDs on the desk in the 5th picture? Gotta run - I'm on my way to Home Depot ....
October 21, 201015 yr LOL - Did you catch the leaning tower of HDDs on the desk in the 5th picture? I chuckled at that, maybe why his failure rate seems high
October 21, 201015 yr I like that the HDDs are all trayless and screwless. Norco could learn something from this guy!
October 21, 201015 yr I'd give this guy an A+ for creativity. I don't need a $250+ case, I'll make mine from a $17 sheet of plywood and it'll be sweet. It's a good thing he dialed the fan voltage back to 9v. A few more volts and he'd have to file a flight plan for that thing.
October 21, 201015 yr plywood + skill saw +liquid nails = Success -=Jason=- All it's missing is Duct Tape and Bailing Wire
October 22, 201015 yr LOL - Did you catch the leaning tower of HDDs on the desk in the 5th picture? Gotta run - I'm on my way to Home Depot .... That and the other stacks sitting directly on the carpet.
October 25, 201015 yr My server rack is made from plywood but I used standard rack rails front and rear so it looks like a normal rack painted black. Has a 1.5 kva UPS, a old 4U server, and old 1U server and a 3U unRaid system plus some other assorted rack mounted things. Cost a hell of a lot less than an equvalent steel rack and looks just as good. One sheet of MDO is what I used. Big casters on the bottom. MDO is a 5 or 7 ply plywood with one or both sides coverd in a film of paper which takes paint perfectly. Normally used to make signs.
October 25, 201015 yr If a guy has $4500 worth of hard drives and has to resort to building a case out of plywood to save money, I can't help but wonder where did he get the hard drives and what is he doing with 96TB of space? And why is it so dang big? ...but I can't help but love the simplicity. Removable motherboard tray? Why would I need that?
October 25, 201015 yr If a guy has $4500 worth of hard drives and has to resort to building a case out of plywood to save money, I can't help but wonder where did he get the hard drives and what is he doing with 96TB of space? http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/10/01/10000-hard-drives-stolen-craigslist-hard-drive-market-crashes/
October 28, 201015 yr My server rack is made from plywood but I used standard rack rails front and rear so it looks like a normal rack painted black. Has a 1.5 kva UPS, a old 4U server, and old 1U server and a 3U unRaid system plus some other assorted rack mounted things. Cost a hell of a lot less than an equvalent steel rack and looks just as good. One sheet of MDO is what I used. Big casters on the bottom. MDO is a 5 or 7 ply plywood with one or both sides coverd in a film of paper which takes paint perfectly. Normally used to make signs. Why don't you post some pics?
October 29, 201015 yr If a guy has $4500 worth of hard drives and has to resort to building a case out of plywood to save money, I can't help but wonder where did he get the hard drives and what is he doing with 96TB of space? http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/10/01/10000-hard-drives-stolen-craigslist-hard-drive-market-crashes/ They're gonna need a lot of plywood.
October 30, 201015 yr Impressive in a strange way I'd have been more impressed if he'd have used some old wooden pallets he found lying around. Still the questions remains, what to do with 90TB of storage? What in god's name do you put on that setup for *home* usage?
October 30, 201015 yr Still the questions remains, what to do with 90TB of storage? What in god's name do you put on that setup for *home* usage? Blu-ray rips. There's a fella on these forums with 2x 40TB unRAID servers.
October 31, 201015 yr re my Plywood rack: If I can ever figure out how to post pics I will do that, (Post pics of the plywood rack) I work only in MDO plywoof as the film covering is perfect for paint and takes wood veneers perfectly for making furniture. It is dimensionally very stable and extremely strong. Probably should have covered the wood with teak veneer instead of black paint. Then visitors could ask why if it is in a closet.
October 31, 201015 yr re my Plywood rack: If I can ever figure out how to post pics I will do that, (Post pics of the plywood rack) I work only in MDO plywoof as the film covering is perfect for paint and takes wood veneers perfectly for making furniture. It is dimensionally very stable and extremely strong. Probably should have covered the wood with teak veneer instead of black paint. Then visitors could ask why if it is in a closet. i havent ever posted pics but you can do what is done in the post of the previous page: upload to http://imgur.com/ and paste the link (you dont even need an account, although i dont know if they erase it after some time without an account)
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