Build Name: r2
Chassis 1:
Operating System/ Storage Platform: Windows Server 2008 R2
CPU: Intel Q6600
Motherboard: ASUS P5W64 975X
Chassis: Norco RPC-4020
Drives: 16 x Hitachi 7k2000 in RAID6, Vertex 30GB as system drive
RAM: 6 GB DDR2
Add-in Cards: Areca ARC-1680LP, HP SAS Expander, Intel dual gigabit LAN card
Power Supply: Thermaltake W0143RU 550W
Chassis 2:
Operating System/ Storage Platform: n/a
CPU: n/a
Motherboard: ASUS P5G41-M LX2
Chassis: Norco RPC-4220
Drives: TBD
RAM: n/a
Add-in Cards: HP SAS Expander
Power Supply: Corsair TX650
Other Bits: Going to connect the second chassis to the first using a standard SFF-8088<>SFF-8088 cable.
System requirements: something that presents a single volume with easily managed ACL via CIFS/SMB with some sort of protection for the data. also has to host some VMs.
Power is $0.209 a KWH here so I'm trying to lower overall power consumption as I add disks. Probably going to shift towards FlexRAID Tx / FlexRAID Live with all JBOD disks. Going to be very interesting when time comes to dismantle the 16 drive RAID6 and shift data onto individual drives.
I was thinking of buying a X8SIL or X8SI6 to replace the socket 775 system for more RAM capacity, IPMI and possibly lower power consumption. System sits relatively idle most of the time, the most strenuous thing it does is verify par2 checksums and unrar archives for a few minutes a day. Need to take a kill-a-watt down there one day and see how much power is drawn.
