Cactus' Storage/Media Rig

[cactus]

Operating System: ESXi, Ubuntu 11.04 Server VM, Windows 7 VM
CPU: i7-930
Motherboard: Asus P6X58D-E
Chassis: Norco RPC-470
Drives: ESXi on flash, 2x Maxtor 160GB VM pool, Storage 4x 7k2000 2TB MDRAID5, 1x 2TB WD Green, 3x Samsung 500GB MDRAID0
RAM: 3x 4GB G.Skill DDR1600 1.25V
NICs: 10GbE Intel AT, 2x 2 Port Intel ET
HBA: M1015 flashed to IT mode
Power Supply: Corsair 750TX
UPS: CyberPower 600W
Rack: IKEA Lack Coffee Table
Core Switch: Dell 2724
Other Network Devices: WRT54G as AP, DIR-655 as AP, 2x Linksys 8port Unmanaged, VZ Router for MoCA

Usage Profile: Backup of desktop, Subsonic, local media storage. Currently ~1.5TB of music and 1TB of movies. 10GbE point to point to a windows desktop.

Cards (Top to Bottom): M1015, Intel Dual ET, Intel 10GbE AT, Intel Dual ET in PCI-e 1x
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I have a pfSense router also.

 

[nitrobass24]

Hope you are backing up that RAID0

 

[cactus]

Edit: OS drives are in MDRAID1

@nitro no faith in old, well used maxtors

I haven't backed it up which is just asking for trouble. It has no data on it but redoing everything does sound like a pain.
All irreplaceable data on the RAID5 is on at least two RAIDs so that is "backed up"

 

[PigLover]

Not a matter of "no faith in old maxtors". All electronics fail. Electro-mechanical is even more likely.

Buy yourself a copy of Norton Ghost. Get a cheap external drive. Set up Ghost auto-imaging to run every night when you are asleep. When (not if) that raid-0 system drive fails you'll be back up and running in less than an hour.

 

[cactus]

I moved around some parts. Im still working on getting 10GbE to work the way I want it.

 

[Patrick]

Pictures!!!