Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:
DL> I'm looking at creating a large home use storage machine. Budget is a
DL> concern, but size and reliability are also a priority. Noise is also a
DL> concern, since this will be at home, in the basement. That, and cost,
DL> pretty much rules out a commercial case, such as a 3U case. It would be
DL> nice, but it greatly inflates the budget. This pretty much restricts me to
DL> a tower case.
[snip]
We use the following at work, but it's still pretty cheap and pretty silent:
Chieftec WH-02B-B (9x5.25 bays)
$130 http://www.ncixus.com/products/33591/WH-02B-B-OP/Chieftec/ but not
available
$87.96 at http://www.xpcgear.com/chieftec-wh-02b-b-mid-tower-case.html
http://www.chieftec.com/wh02b-b.html
filled with
2 x Supermicro CSE-MT35T
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/accessories/mobilerack/CSE-M35T-1.cfm
for regular storage, 2 x raidz1
I could not find a price on that, but guessing at $100 each
1 x Promise SuperSwap 1600
http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=169
for changeable external backups
$100 from
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Promise-SuperSwap-1600-Drive-Enclosure/2639699/product.html
So that's $390. Not bad.
Still need RAM, M/B, PSU, and possibly video.
and still have 2 5.25 bays for anything interesting ;-)
I'd be filling those three with DVD-RW and two SATA drives in a gmirror
configuration.
other parts are regular SocketAM2+ motherboard, Athlon X4, 8G ram,
FreeBSD/amd64
Let's say $150 for the M/B, $150 for the CPU, and $200 for the RAM.
Total is $890. Nice.
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