Stu Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 cool in a totally geek kind of way - you should have had a hot spare configured in your old server Not an option due to the space required and the case used. The issue was the controller not alerting me of the failed disks and poor administration by me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caled Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 How much you reckon it's gonna cost in electricity to keep this running 24/7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 How much you reckon it's gonna cost in electricity to keep this running 24/7? I'd hope it idles at less than 400W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted March 18, 2010 Share Posted March 18, 2010 How much you reckon it's gonna cost in electricity to keep this running 24/7? I'd hope it idles at less than 400W. Wake on LAN? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 18, 2010 Author Share Posted March 18, 2010 Wake on LAN? No it'll be running 24/7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 BTTT. Hows the build coming along? id be interested to see how you find the SSD drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 BTTT. Hows the build coming along? id be interested to see how you find the SSD drives. Haven't started yet due to being busy with other house-moving stuff. I'll update this thread as soon as there's something to update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 So finally got around to starting the build.. here's a couple of progress pics... http://di.cx/gallery/d/21635-1/2010-05-31%2016_46_15.jpg http://di.cx/gallery/d/21644-1/2010-05-31%2016_46_58.jpg http://di.cx/gallery/d/21665-1/2010-05-31%2017_06_33.jpg http://di.cx/gallery/d/21668-1/2010-05-31%2017_06_58.jpg Still got all the wiring to do.. going to build a custom wiring loom for the power to drives and fans to keep it all neat and tidy.. for obvious reasons! Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 very very nice, looking forward to you powering this bad boy up. Is that 650W PSU going to be enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 Should be.. it has a single 54 amp 12v rail.. I may need to hook something up to stagger the spin-up if it has issues.. very very nice, looking forward to you powering this bad boy up. Is that 650W PSU going to be enough? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eetaylog Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 Should be.. it has a single 54 amp 12v rail.. I may need to hook something up to stagger the spin-up if it has issues.. very very nice, looking forward to you powering this bad boy up. Is that 650W PSU going to be enough? haha, yeah that should be fine then. I count 16 drives? Even with them all at full load, youre only looking at around 100W (~8A) on the 12V rail in that case. If it did have issues though, wouldnt staggering the spin up of discs mean sacrificing read/write speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 31, 2010 Author Share Posted May 31, 2010 Drives can draw up to about 3 amps each on spin-up, so it's a lot more than 8 amps. There will be about 20 disks in this box, so that's a potential for 60 amps at power on, plus the several amps the other components in the box will be using. A workaround may simply be to hold in the reset button during power-up to effectively disable the motherboard and reduce the initial surge load. IIRC my calculation was about 45 amps for spinup for the drives i've got which puts it fairly borderline with what the PSU claims it can sustain. We will see! haha, yeah that should be fine then. I count 16 drives? Even with them all at full load, youre only looking at around 100W (~8A) on the 12V rail in that case. If it did have issues though, wouldnt staggering the spin up of discs mean sacrificing read/write speeds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hezz Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 theres a lot of drives there stu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 Yeah. I'm trying to find some (proper) round sata cables that don't cost the earth! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonez Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 best psu make out there swear by the Corsair PSU range, and that 650W will be fine with all that! the most Harddrives ive ever seen though hahha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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