Hello all! I found myself coming back to these forums time and time again trying to research about these SuperMicro chassis that I have. So, I thought why not just sign up and participate. I own an electronics salvage business, usually getting mostly consumer grade things, but sometimes stuff like this...
I have a cryptocurrency hobby. I already mine Burstcoin (Proof of Capacity), and Storj. You can look those up if you want to know more about them (or ask me), but basically the more space I have available, the better. I currently am mining with a few SFF desktops with mostly external drives totaling about 100TB. These server chassis I have seemed to be the right fit for me. I have about 30 3TB and 2TB drives to be put to work right now. I am very glad to have found this forum!
The first picture below is a SC836 Chassis that I'm wanting to put together. It's unused, but only has the SAS836TQ backplane for it. There is no PDU or PSU, motherboard, extra cabling...nothing. The second is much older, as is Silicon Mechanics branded with a SuperMicro H8DAE motherboard, and 3 x GIN-3650P power supplies.
So, the first order of business was for me to get power supplies into the first chassis. I was about to buy a power distribution unit, and power supplies, but thought perhaps I should ask if anyone has any input on if I am choosing the wrong ones. I have picked the PDB-PT825-8824 and two PWS-801-1R . I normally use what I have lying around, but these need parts purchased...noise is not a factor, just going for cheap parts to get this running. Are these going to fit into my chassis?
Thank you all for reading.
Ryan
Edit - Of course, I think I put this post into the wrong section...please move if necessary.
I have a cryptocurrency hobby. I already mine Burstcoin (Proof of Capacity), and Storj. You can look those up if you want to know more about them (or ask me), but basically the more space I have available, the better. I currently am mining with a few SFF desktops with mostly external drives totaling about 100TB. These server chassis I have seemed to be the right fit for me. I have about 30 3TB and 2TB drives to be put to work right now. I am very glad to have found this forum!
The first picture below is a SC836 Chassis that I'm wanting to put together. It's unused, but only has the SAS836TQ backplane for it. There is no PDU or PSU, motherboard, extra cabling...nothing. The second is much older, as is Silicon Mechanics branded with a SuperMicro H8DAE motherboard, and 3 x GIN-3650P power supplies.
So, the first order of business was for me to get power supplies into the first chassis. I was about to buy a power distribution unit, and power supplies, but thought perhaps I should ask if anyone has any input on if I am choosing the wrong ones. I have picked the PDB-PT825-8824 and two PWS-801-1R . I normally use what I have lying around, but these need parts purchased...noise is not a factor, just going for cheap parts to get this running. Are these going to fit into my chassis?
Thank you all for reading.
Ryan
Edit - Of course, I think I put this post into the wrong section...please move if necessary.
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