My current setup:
Rosewill 4U chassis (yes I learned my lesson, will never do again)
SuperMicro 2011 mobo, dual E-2670, 32gb (specs not important for this thread)
Hard drives: 14x6tb Seagate 7200rpm in a Raid6 (mdadm)
The hard drives are in 4 water cooling blocks (server is in my garage, it gets pretty warm)
I'm thinking about the future and I'm seeing BackupPods and 45Drives insane HDD farms and I think I really do like the vertically seated hard drives rather than horizontal, however these 2 companies are the only ones I've seen with vertically seated drives.
I've seen the cheaper SuperMicro and Norco 24/36 bay servers and think they may suffice for the next 5 years or so. And I'm looking for a dedicated linux/raid box and keeping my current server to act as the application server.
The prebuilt SuperMicro's I'm seeing on ebay for almost $1200 and it's probably a good deal. I'm on the lookout for options.
Rosewill 4U chassis (yes I learned my lesson, will never do again)
SuperMicro 2011 mobo, dual E-2670, 32gb (specs not important for this thread)
Hard drives: 14x6tb Seagate 7200rpm in a Raid6 (mdadm)
The hard drives are in 4 water cooling blocks (server is in my garage, it gets pretty warm)
I'm thinking about the future and I'm seeing BackupPods and 45Drives insane HDD farms and I think I really do like the vertically seated hard drives rather than horizontal, however these 2 companies are the only ones I've seen with vertically seated drives.
I've seen the cheaper SuperMicro and Norco 24/36 bay servers and think they may suffice for the next 5 years or so. And I'm looking for a dedicated linux/raid box and keeping my current server to act as the application server.
The prebuilt SuperMicro's I'm seeing on ebay for almost $1200 and it's probably a good deal. I'm on the lookout for options.