William Kenworthy wrote: > > On 11/11/23 05:15, Dale wrote: >> the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >>> >>> Thelma >>> >>> On 9/17/23 23:17, Dale wrote: >>>> Howdy, >>>> >>>> This is a work in progress and may take some time, financially if >>>> nothing else. With hindsight, I wish I had done this before the price >>>> of everything went up but some things are getting more reasonable. My >>>> first task, a case. At this point, I may build a new system in the >>>> new >>>> case, or, I might build the new system in my current case. It depends >>>> on which case I buy. A cube shape wouldn't work for my main >>>> system. It >>>> would take up to much space, it would however make a great NAS >>>> box. My >>>> current case is a Cooler Master HAF-932 with those huge 200mm >>>> fans. It >>>> has a top fan and that thing removes a lot of warm air. A top fan >>>> really improves heat removal. After all, heat naturally rises. So >>>> any >>>> case that has a top fan gets extra points with me. >>>> >>>> I've found a few cases that peak my interest depending on which way >>>> I go >>>> with this. One I found that has a lot of hard drive space and would >>>> make a descent NAS box, the Fractal Design Node 804. It's a cube >>>> shaped >>>> thing but can hold a LOT of spinning rust. 10 drives plus I think >>>> space >>>> for a SSD for the OS as well. 10, 16 or 18TB drives, is a lot of >>>> space, >>>> even if in a RAID setup. I might add, the price ain't bad either, >>>> cheaper than some full tower type cases. It also has space for 10 >>>> fans. That includes several top ones. The downside, only micro ATX >>>> and >>>> mini ITX mobo. This is a serious down vote here. I was hoping to >>>> turn >>>> my current rig into a NAS. The mobo and such parts. This won't be a >>>> option with this case. Otherwise, it gives ideas on what I'm looking >>>> for. And not. ;-) >>>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> I am most likely too late but as for case I have two of these: >>> https://www.newegg.ca/white-ssupd-meshlicious-mini-itx/p/2AM-030R-00005 >>> >>> They are mesh type cases, run very cool no heat at all; planning on >>> getting two more. >>> >>> Thelma >>> >>> >> >> The case I got holds I think 18 3.5" hard drives. Eventually, I'll run >> out there if I keep downloading stuff. I got plenty of entertainment >> tho. lol The case you linked to wouldn't even be a start. It does >> look nice tho. I bet that mesh does allow a lot of air to flow even >> without fans. >> >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) >> >> >> > If your handy with some tools, you could do one of these ... > "https://www.backblaze.com/blog/open-source-data-storage-server/"; > > BillK
Now imagine using 16, 18 or 20TB drives instead of 4TB ones in that thing??? That is really, really nice tho. I've thought of building a rig on a piece of plywood. Then I can add hard drives to my hearts content by just adding some sort of drive cages, my own making if needed. I could take a 2 foot by 4 foot piece of plywood and have room for TONS of drives. I've seen several cages that hold 4 or 5 drives each. The mobo, power supply and such would only take a small amount of space really. Lots of room to mount drive cages. Cooling wouldn't be a real issue either since everything is wide open. I'm thinking of building a small storage building, maybe a 8 foot by 12 foot to put my deep freezer and my backup system in, along with some other electronic stuff. I could have it far enough away that if something happened to my main house, it wouldn't affect where my main system is. After finding that ethernet to fiber converter thingy, that helped. I could have a small A/C and heater to keep the temps reasonable. I would build it well insulated of course. Well, at least the water heater is done with. Shouldn't have to worry about it for 15 or 20 years. May be the last one I buy. o-O Oh, my 770T NAS box setup was acting weird. Sometimes it wouldn't come up right. It acted like something was not posting correct at power up. I bought a 4 pack of Nvidia NVS 510 with 4 outputs. I replaced the video card that was on there and after a couple boot ups, it seems to be working better. I guess that old card was a bit flakey. I hope ti stays that way. Dale :-) :-)
