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Hello folks,
I'm looking at putting together a new box, mostly for storage. But it will probably run some virtual machines, and be used for some regression testing of backup software and for developing various website. The box will be sitting in my basement, not in a data center.
I've been looking at the components, I'm looking to order within the next week or two. The system will be running FreeBSD 9. The main OS will be installed on two SSDs and the main storage will be spread across 8x2T HDDs clustered together into a raidz2 ZFS array.
Here are the components I'm considering. The links below are all Newegg, and I like dealing with them.
* SUPERMICRO MBD-H8SGL-O ATX Server Motherboard : $224.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182240
* AMD Opteron 6128 Magny-Cours 2.0GHz 8 x 512KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache Socket G34 115W 8-Core Server : $259.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266
* Kingston 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 Server Memory : 4 x $59.99 = $239.96
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239230
* PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK III 600W power supply : $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703036
* Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB : 8 x $114.99 = $919.92
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834
* Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR60GB 2.5″ 60GB SATA III Asynchronous MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) : $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226247
* Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F60GBGT-BK 2.5″ 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) :$89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233193
* LIAN LI PC-A70F USB3.0 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case : $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112342
Not listed above is the disk controller. The controller will be used in pass-through mode (i.e. JBOD), not RAID. I've considered these cards:
* SYBA SD-PEX40054 PCI-Express 2.0 x4 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) HyperDuo 4-port RAID Controller Card $41.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124056
* SUPERMICRO AOC-USAS2-L8i PCI Express SATA / SAS Eight-Port Internal RAID Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101334
* HighPoint Rocket 640L PCI-Express 2.0 x4 Low Profile SATA III (6.0Gb/s) RAID Controller Card : 2 x $69.99= $149.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115114
* Intel RAID Controller Card 6G SAS PCI-E x8 8 internal ports (RS2WC080)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117171&Tpk=rs2wc080 $257.99
Any comments on the selection? Thanks.
I'm looking at putting together a new box, mostly for storage. But it will probably run some virtual machines, and be used for some regression testing of backup software and for developing various website. The box will be sitting in my basement, not in a data center.
I've been looking at the components, I'm looking to order within the next week or two. The system will be running FreeBSD 9. The main OS will be installed on two SSDs and the main storage will be spread across 8x2T HDDs clustered together into a raidz2 ZFS array.
Here are the components I'm considering. The links below are all Newegg, and I like dealing with them.
* SUPERMICRO MBD-H8SGL-O ATX Server Motherboard : $224.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182240
* AMD Opteron 6128 Magny-Cours 2.0GHz 8 x 512KB L2 Cache 12MB L3 Cache Socket G34 115W 8-Core Server : $259.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819105266
* Kingston 8GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM ECC Registered DDR3 1600 Server Memory : 4 x $59.99 = $239.96
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239230
* PC Power and Cooling Silencer MK III 600W power supply : $99.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703036
* Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM001 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB : 8 x $114.99 = $919.92
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148834
* Mushkin Enhanced Chronos MKNSSDCR60GB 2.5″ 60GB SATA III Asynchronous MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) : $59.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226247
* Corsair Force Series GT CSSD-F60GBGT-BK 2.5″ 60GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) :$89.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233193
* LIAN LI PC-A70F USB3.0 Black Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case : $189.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112342
Not listed above is the disk controller. The controller will be used in pass-through mode (i.e. JBOD), not RAID. I've considered these cards:
* SYBA SD-PEX40054 PCI-Express 2.0 x4 SATA III (6.0Gb/s) HyperDuo 4-port RAID Controller Card $41.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124056
* SUPERMICRO AOC-USAS2-L8i PCI Express SATA / SAS Eight-Port Internal RAID Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101334
* HighPoint Rocket 640L PCI-Express 2.0 x4 Low Profile SATA III (6.0Gb/s) RAID Controller Card : 2 x $69.99= $149.98
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816115114
* Intel RAID Controller Card 6G SAS PCI-E x8 8 internal ports (RS2WC080)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816117171&Tpk=rs2wc080 $257.99
Any comments on the selection? Thanks.