I'm exploring the option of building an all-SSD NAS for as my home NAS after considering how much storage space my family will really need for our home LAN. (Thanks for the suggestion @Rand__ .) I'm MASSIVELY downsizing my hardware inventory and keeping only hardware that is useful to me and/or my family and friends.
So... I'm on the search for a silent chassis, that will be good for building a silent NAS using 2.5" SSD's.
I have a mixed selection of SSD's, but a rough idea is as follows. Quantities that are not already earmarked for use are in the rough amounts as follows (I'll be updating this inventory as my hardware downsizing progresses):
I need a silent NAS chassis. In the case of 24x 2.5" SATA and SAS SSD's, is Supermicro SC216 series possible to run silently?
I've got primary and secondary backup servers all good to go. They are a bit noisy but they will only be powered on when a backup is actively in progress, i.e., not more often than once per day. Each backup server is as follows:
** The other options to all of this is the U-NAS 810A that I'm still speccing out, but unless I can reduce the constant mechanical vibration noise, or depending on how bad it is, this might not be a good option.
I'm also researching this second option [**], to check feasibility of implementing an all-SSD silent SSD tier between the main "master" NAS and the application layer.
So... I'm on the search for a silent chassis, that will be good for building a silent NAS using 2.5" SSD's.
I have a mixed selection of SSD's, but a rough idea is as follows. Quantities that are not already earmarked for use are in the rough amounts as follows (I'll be updating this inventory as my hardware downsizing progresses):
- Intel DC S3XXX SATA 2.5" SSD's:
- 12x 400 GB
- 8x 800 GB
- 4x 1.6 TB
- HGST SAS 2.5" SSD's:
- 4x SLC 100 GB
- 4x SLC 200 GB
- 4x MLC 800 GB
I need a silent NAS chassis. In the case of 24x 2.5" SATA and SAS SSD's, is Supermicro SC216 series possible to run silently?
I've got primary and secondary backup servers all good to go. They are a bit noisy but they will only be powered on when a backup is actively in progress, i.e., not more often than once per day. Each backup server is as follows:
- 1U controller server with LSI 9300-8i (or something similar) for direct attachment to the DAS. This 1U controller will be either one the following:
- Supermicro X9SCM-F based SuperServer 5017C-TF with E3-1270 v2 CPU and 32 GB UDIMM RAM; or
- Supermicro A1SRi-2758F based SuperServer 5018A-FTN4 with (non-Erratum AVR.54, i.e., fixed) Atom C2758 SoC and 32 GB DDR3L SODIMM RAM.
- 2U Lenovo SA120 DAS with 12x 3.5" bays for HDD's.
** The other options to all of this is the U-NAS 810A that I'm still speccing out, but unless I can reduce the constant mechanical vibration noise, or depending on how bad it is, this might not be a good option.
I'm also researching this second option [**], to check feasibility of implementing an all-SSD silent SSD tier between the main "master" NAS and the application layer.