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2015-04-18 - Building The NAS

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  • SilverStone DS380 Enclosure

    SilverStone DS380 Enclosure

  • 400W PSU, 16 GB ECC RAM

    400W PSU, 16 GB ECC RAM

  • It's a very nicely built case

    It's a very nicely built case

  • Dimpled fans for low noise

    Dimpled fans for low noise

  • Hot-swap backplane

    Hot-swap backplane

  • 8x 3.5" hot-swap drive caddies

    8x 3.5" hot-swap drive caddies

  • 4x 2.5" internal drive cage

    4x 2.5" internal drive cage

  • Small but well-laid-out internals

    Small but well-laid-out internals

  • ASRock Rack C2550D4I motherboard

    ASRock Rack C2550D4I motherboard

  • ASRock Rack C2550D4I motherboard

    ASRock Rack C2550D4I motherboard

  • Installing the RAM

    Installing the RAM

  • Untitled photo

  • Installing drive cage

    Installing drive cage

  • Drive cage installed

    Drive cage installed

  • Mounting drives in caddies

    Mounting drives in caddies

  • Installing the 8 drives

    Installing the 8 drives

  • All buttoned up

    All buttoned up

  • Untitled photo

  • Mounting the 2x mirrored 2.5" drives (home dirs, logs, etc)

    Mounting the 2x mirrored 2.5" drives (home dirs, logs, etc)

  • 2.5" drive cage installed

    2.5" drive cage installed

  • The OS will live on my beloved Hello Kitty flash drive

    The OS will live on my beloved Hello Kitty flash drive

  • Good job, Hello Kitty flash drive

    Good job, Hello Kitty flash drive

  • I get silly and start thinking about turning an old PC case into an external eSATA enclosure for more HDs

    I get silly and start thinking about turning an old PC case into an external eSATA enclosure for more HDs

  • eSATA -> SATA adapter

    eSATA -> SATA adapter

  • Untitled photo

  • Sticking 4x old drives in the external enclosure

    Sticking 4x old drives in the external enclosure

  • Shorting the PSU so it will run without a motherboard

    Shorting the PSU so it will run without a motherboard

  • The external enclosure

    The external enclosure

    The motheboard isn't connected, it's just there from the PC's former life

  • The external enclosure installed and connected

    The external enclosure installed and connected

    This external enclosure setup didn't work reliably and so was retired

  • Upgrading the first of the 3TB drives to 6TB

    Upgrading the first of the 3TB drives to 6TB

  • Cooling was an issue

    Cooling was an issue

    Drives should be kept below 40C for longevity, but with the stock fans, they were climbing to 47C under load. This was the temporary solution - I took the fan meant to cool the whole rack and placed it right on the case. It certainly worked

  • Permanent solution

    Permanent solution

    3x SilverStone FM121 fans. 110CFM each

  • New fans installed

    New fans installed

  • They were loud, but the drives sat at 34C

    They were loud, but the drives sat at 34C

  • Stepping up - SuperMicro 4U rackmount enclosure

    Stepping up - SuperMicro 4U rackmount enclosure

    A used SuperMicro 846E16-R1200B from eBay

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  • With 24-bay SAS2 backplane

    With 24-bay SAS2 backplane

  • Dual redundant 1200W power supplies

    Dual redundant 1200W power supplies

  • SuperMicro X10SL7-F motherboard

    SuperMicro X10SL7-F motherboard

  • Motherboard installed

    Motherboard installed

  • Intel G3258 Pentium 4 3.2GHz CPI

    Intel G3258 Pentium 4 3.2GHz CPI

  • CPU Installed

    CPU Installed

  • CPU cooler installed

    CPU cooler installed

  • SSD drive for OS

    SSD drive for OS

  • SSD drive installed

    SSD drive installed

  • 2x SAS2->SATA backplane cables installed

    2x SAS2->SATA backplane cables installed

  • SAS2->SATA cables connected to motherboard

    SAS2->SATA cables connected to motherboard

  • All wired up. So much room for activities!

    All wired up. So much room for activities!

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