Project: Rackmount Overkill

Cookieman00x · 06-19-09, 08:40 AM

Overkill is an understatement... holy crap...

thideras · 06-19-09, 08:40 AM

Hehe, thank you

Adragontattoo · 06-19-09, 08:51 AM

If you dont want to leave that Optie HS on, you might want to look at the AC freezer LP.

IT NEEDS LAPPING FIRST! but it is a 2u HS that doesnt do too bad on the Phenom X3 I have it on (NON OCed though).

If you end up deciding on a second Perc5i, drop me a PM I can forward you the link to the Ebay seller I just bought my Perc5i, with cables and 512 of memory from for 150 shipped.

thideras · 06-19-09, 09:01 AM

I will need a second Perc 5/i, but I do not need cables, I actually have 2 extra ones.

Adragontattoo · 06-19-09, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by thideras

I will need a second Perc 5/i, but I do not need cables, I actually have 2 extra ones.

There is a guy on Ebay that every few months puts up like 100 Perc5i's for 75 with free shipping

thideras · 06-19-09, 11:08 AM

Sure, send me the link, I'll need it eventually. That is pretty cheap.

thideras · 06-19-09, 02:25 PM

Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I got everything back up online. I ended up figuring out that once a disk goes "foreign", you can just hit the import button. I had no idea that the tab existed and ended up wiping out my RAID array and had to rebuild it >.<

SuperMiguel · 06-19-09, 02:32 PM

nice work!

Adragontattoo · 06-19-09, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by thideras

Sure, send me the link, I'll need it eventually. That is pretty cheap.

get it to ya tonight if i can find it. I have seen him twice and neither time have I added him to favs.

Ben333 · 06-22-09, 04:30 PM

Thideras, that case is sick! Good luck sorting out the issues. Are you sure it's ok to run every drive on just two cables? A power supply cable usually only has two or three molex connectors on it but you have 6 connectors on each cable. Are you sure thats safe? I'd imagine it is but I'd be worried if you had all the bays filled.

thideras · 06-22-09, 04:41 PM

Yes, the cables are lower gauge for the power draw. Assuming 1 amp per drive (which I believe is WAY over what they actually are) at startup, that is only 10 amps power draw per cable. I have a little room left

neonblingbling · 06-22-09, 07:03 PM

What are your hard drive temps? I see the 5 (80mm?) fans, but I don't see how the air flows over the actual hard drives.

thideras · 06-22-09, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by neonblingbling

What are your hard drive temps? I see the 5 (80mm?) fans, but I don't see how the air flows over the actual hard drives.

When the case is closed, it pulls it through the front of the case, over the drives. I'm not sure what the temps are, my Perc 5 isn't reporting it.

thideras · 06-29-09, 08:42 AM

After wrestling with the server for days, I finally got it over to CentOS instead of Solaris. Solaris was a PITA to use from a command line, the commands were different from "normal" linux distros and they were bass akwards.

SO! After some stupid moments, I finally got the folders shared and everything is functioning correctly.

I also learned that fdisk can NOT work with disks larger than 2tb and you need to use parted to make the partition then format with a 4kb block size (EXT3) to use the entire array. To anyone that has an array this large and wishes to use EXT3, DO NOT forget the '-j' flag (journal), it takes over 1.5 hours to format the disk just to find out you formatted as EXT2 >.<

SuperMiguel · 06-29-09, 08:42 AM

no freebsd??

gangaskan · 06-29-09, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by thideras

After wrestling with the server for days, I finally got it over to CentOS instead of Solaris. Solaris was a PITA to use from a command line, the commands were different from "normal" linux distros and they were bass akwards.

SO! After some stupid moments, I finally got the folders shared and everything is functioning correctly.

I also learned that fdisk can NOT work with disks larger than 2tb and you need to use parted to make the partition then format with a 4kb block size (EXT3) to use the entire array. To anyone that has an array this large and wishes to use EXT3, DO NOT forget the '-j' flag (journal), it takes over 1.5 hours to format the disk just to find out you formatted as EXT2 >.<

a rather long mistake

CentOS is pretty fun to play with its been good to me atleast.

thideras · 06-29-09, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperMiguel

no freebsd??

I'd rather start with something I'm familiar with first

Quote:

Originally Posted by gangaskan

a rather long mistake

CentOS is pretty fun to play with its been good to me atleast.

That it is. I finally got the server setup with no GUI and I just SSH into the box. I can work on it from work and it just makes it a ton easier than dedicating an entire 24" monitor to the server.

SuperMiguel · 06-29-09, 08:55 AM

no more zfs?

thideras · 06-29-09, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperMiguel

no more zfs?

I wasn't using it to its full potential. Combine that with the command line being a PITA made me want to switch.

SuperMiguel · 06-29-09, 09:09 AM

:
u were my only zfs buddy

:

06-19-09, 08:40 AM	#161
Cookieman00x Registered Join Date: Jun 2009	Overkill is an understatement... holy crap...
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06-19-09, 08:40 AM	Thread Starter #162
thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	Hehe, thank you __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	I will need a second Perc 5/i, but I do not need cables, I actually have 2 extra ones. __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	Sure, send me the link, I'll need it eventually. That is pretty cheap. __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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06-19-09, 02:25 PM	Thread Starter #167
thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I got everything back up online. I ended up figuring out that once a disk goes "foreign", you can just hit the import button. I had no idea that the tab existed and ended up wiping out my RAID array and had to rebuild it >.< __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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06-19-09, 02:32 PM	#168
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06-22-09, 04:30 PM	#170
Ben333 Folding for Team 32! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New Hampshire	Thideras, that case is sick! Good luck sorting out the issues. Are you sure it's ok to run every drive on just two cables? A power supply cable usually only has two or three molex connectors on it but you have 6 connectors on each cable. Are you sure thats safe? I'd imagine it is but I'd be worried if you had all the bays filled.
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06-22-09, 04:41 PM	Thread Starter #171
thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	Yes, the cables are lower gauge for the power draw. Assuming 1 amp per drive (which I believe is WAY over what they actually are) at startup, that is only 10 amps power draw per cable. I have a little room left __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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06-22-09, 07:03 PM	#172
neonblingbling Member Join Date: Aug 2004	What are your hard drive temps? I see the 5 (80mm?) fans, but I don't see how the air flows over the actual hard drives. __________________ [HEAT] - ~~Sony SZ650 /// T7500 /// 3 GB ram /// 8400M GS /// OCZ Vertex 2 60GB~~ ded :(
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06-29-09, 08:42 AM	Thread Starter #174
thideras Banned Neckbeard Moderator Premium Member #3 Join Date: May 2006 Location: South Dakota	After wrestling with the server for days, I finally got it over to CentOS instead of Solaris. Solaris was a PITA to use from a command line, the commands were different from "normal" linux distros and they were bass akwards. SO! After some stupid moments, I finally got the folders shared and everything is functioning correctly. I also learned that fdisk can NOT work with disks larger than 2tb and you need to use parted to make the partition then format with a 4kb block size (EXT3) to use the entire array. To anyone that has an array this large and wishes to use EXT3, DO NOT forget the '-j' flag (journal), it takes over 1.5 hours to format the disk just to find out you formatted as EXT2 >.< __________________ Desktop: Gigabyte Z77X-UD5H \| 3570k 4.6 GHz \| 32 GB GSkill Ares \| GTX 570 \| 180 GB Intel & 2 TB total \| Arch Linux and Windows 7 Main server: 37 TB raw disk \| 2x Opteron 6134 \| Asus KGPE-D16 \| 48 GB RAM \| LSI 8708EM2 \| CentOS 6.2 VM Server 1: Dell R510 \| 2x E5645 \| 128 GB RAM \| 4x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) VM Server 2: Dell R710 \| 2x E5645 \| 288 GB RAM \| 8x 300 GB Velociraptor \| Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) "That's not overkill, or a lot. That's just thiderastic." -txus.palacios Current projects: Rackmount Overkill (New) \| 30/45 hard drive server Articles: Rack Mounting 101 \| Dell Perc 5/i Throughput Benchmarks Past projects: Software RAID \| The Dragon Case My Website *Want to talk directly to all* the moderators at once? Call the Mod Hotline!**
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