A very warm hello from Sweden, as this is my first post . As a developer myself, I'd humbly like to thank the developers of the OpenIndiana/Illumos, and those sponsoring it, for building great open source software! It is in fact what will enable my very first home NAS!
Without further ado, I'd like some input on my build idea from you, the storage experts.
The NAS should:
My budget: around/above 11000 SEK (with drives), which is roughly 1300 EUR. I'd imagine the same price in USD.
I already have:
My shopping list:
Pics and spec links here: NAS 2013-06-14
Notes:
[sup]*[/sup] 16-20 drive slots, can fit two ServeRAID cards in x8 for a total of 32 useable SATA ports, so the limiting factor would be heat and performance (hard RAM limit of 32 GB)?
[sup]**[/sup] The system will boot from this.
[sup]***[/sup] From what I've read, Ivy Bridge desktop CPUs (Celeron/Pentium/Core) in conjunction with Intel's Panther Point chipsets WILL support ECC.
TL;DR. My questions:
Oh, and thanks to anyone who bothered to read this far and double thanks for replies as well!
EDIT: updated with correct ECC modules, thanks Mike!
Without further ado, I'd like some input on my build idea from you, the storage experts.
The NAS should:
- be highly expandable, with as many drives as possible [sup]*[/sup]
- support hot-swapping
- run OpenIndiana, RAID-Z1
- consume power sparingly
My budget: around/above 11000 SEK (with drives), which is roughly 1300 EUR. I'd imagine the same price in USD.
I already have:
- Delicious 4 GB USB stick [sup]**[/sup]
- 1 x 4TB Seagate ST4000DM000
- Stock Core i7 HSF
- IBM ServeRAID M1015 flashed with 2118it.bin
My shopping list:
Pics and spec links here: NAS 2013-06-14
- Xigmatek Elysium Full-Tower Case (~120 EUR)
- ASUS P8C WS motherboard (~120 EUR)
- Intel Pentium G2020T 2.5GHz TDP 35W CPU (~60 EUR) [sup]***[/sup]
- Be-Quiet Straight Power BQT E9 CM 580W 80+ Gold PSU (~90 EUR)
- Kingston ValueRAM DDR3 PC10600/1333MHz ECC CL9 16GB (KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G) (~120 EUR)
- 4 x 5.25" 5in3 or 4in3 HDD hot swap racks (~240-320 EUR)
- 3 x 4TB Seagate ST4000DM000 (~480 EUR)
Notes:
[sup]*[/sup] 16-20 drive slots, can fit two ServeRAID cards in x8 for a total of 32 useable SATA ports, so the limiting factor would be heat and performance (hard RAM limit of 32 GB)?
[sup]**[/sup] The system will boot from this.
[sup]***[/sup] From what I've read, Ivy Bridge desktop CPUs (Celeron/Pentium/Core) in conjunction with Intel's Panther Point chipsets WILL support ECC.
TL;DR. My questions:
- What would you recommend in terms of affordable 5in3 or 4in3 HDD racks and where to buy them?
- I'm a noob, anything else I've overlooked?
Oh, and thanks to anyone who bothered to read this far and double thanks for replies as well!
EDIT: updated with correct ECC modules, thanks Mike!
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