My current build:
This build has morphed over time and I want to branch out.
My goal is to find a solution that can house a large amount of drives.
I thought I found a chassis solution, which was the LianLi D8000 with 20x3.5 but my order ended up getting cancelled.
Next solution I was looking at was the Norco 4224, but I don't think I feel comfortable using it based on some reviews.
I'd love to pick up a SuperMicro chassis with a SAS2 backplane so I can use my >3TB drives but I can't find anything for <$700 (at least not right now). It also seems like these all come with mobo/cpu already, which I don't necessarily need.
On eBay there are plenty of other SuperMicro 4U 24bay chassis available, but they only support up to 2TB drives with SAS1, at least that's how I understand it.. I'm pretty new to this. Maybe the backplane can be swapped, I don't know.
So now I'm thinking, maybe I should just pick up a couple NZXT Source 210 cases for cheap. They can fit 12x HDDs. I have the spare parts to put a working computer together with that.
If I did do this, what would be the optimal way to connect what I currently have to this 2nd computer?
I'm thinking 1Gb Ethernet and mount a share on my main server. Or maybe I can pick up a pair of 10GbE cards.
It would hold data for Plex if that matters (direct play / transcoding).
There's probably a better way, or another solution I'm not thinking of and that's what I'm hoping to find here.
I appreciate any help, please and thank you.
- SuperMicro X9DRL-IF (ATX Form Factor)
- 2x Xeon 2660
- Ubuntu Server 16.04.2
- 3x8TB
- 6x6TB
- (I also have a spare 6x3TB I want to use again)
- This is stuffed into a full ATX tower with no more room to grow.
This build has morphed over time and I want to branch out.
My goal is to find a solution that can house a large amount of drives.
I thought I found a chassis solution, which was the LianLi D8000 with 20x3.5 but my order ended up getting cancelled.
Next solution I was looking at was the Norco 4224, but I don't think I feel comfortable using it based on some reviews.
I'd love to pick up a SuperMicro chassis with a SAS2 backplane so I can use my >3TB drives but I can't find anything for <$700 (at least not right now). It also seems like these all come with mobo/cpu already, which I don't necessarily need.
On eBay there are plenty of other SuperMicro 4U 24bay chassis available, but they only support up to 2TB drives with SAS1, at least that's how I understand it.. I'm pretty new to this. Maybe the backplane can be swapped, I don't know.
So now I'm thinking, maybe I should just pick up a couple NZXT Source 210 cases for cheap. They can fit 12x HDDs. I have the spare parts to put a working computer together with that.
If I did do this, what would be the optimal way to connect what I currently have to this 2nd computer?
I'm thinking 1Gb Ethernet and mount a share on my main server. Or maybe I can pick up a pair of 10GbE cards.
It would hold data for Plex if that matters (direct play / transcoding).
There's probably a better way, or another solution I'm not thinking of and that's what I'm hoping to find here.
I appreciate any help, please and thank you.