First, huge shoutouts to everyone who ha helped me out during the shopping, building, and troubleshooting phase of this endeavor. Ya’ll are great!
Ok, onto the good stuff.
Specs:
120GB Storage (with lots of room for growth)
128GB of RAM
12 cores @ 2.6Ghz
Technically there is a GPU in there
| Part | Description | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Motherboard | 7pesh2 | $178.00 |
| Cases | 2x Rosewill L-4500 | $200.00 |
| RAM | 8x 16GB Samsung 1066 EEC | $156.00 |
| 120mm Fans | 10x Arctic F12 PST | $54.00 |
| 80mm Fans | 5x Arctic F8 PST | $23.00 |
| External SAS Expander | LSI 9201-16e | $40.00 |
| Internal SAS Cables | 6x sas to 4x sata | $42.00 |
| Power Supplies | 2x EVGA 850 G3 | $160.00 |
| CPU Coolers | 2x Arctic Freezer 12 | $44.00 |
| HDD Power Cables | 7x 4-way Splitters | $55.00 |
| Internal SAS Expander | HP SAS Expander + 2x SAS Cables | $26.00 |
| Processors | 2x E-2630 v2 | $50.00 |
| External SAS Cables | 4x Mini SAS to 4x Sata Cables | $64.00 |
| Thermal Paste | ? | Already Owned |
| Drives | 4x 3TB | Already Owned |
| 8x 8TB | ||
| 4x 6TB | ||
| 4x 5TB | ||
| 2x 256GB SSD | ||
| Stand | Ikea Lack Coffee Table | $40.00 |
| 4x 80lbs casters | $20.00 | |
| 8’ 2x2 Lumber | $2.00 | |
| Screws | $6.00 | |
| Washers | $3.00 | |
| Glue | $3.00 | |
| Total - Table/Rack | $74.00 | |
| Total - Servers + DAS | $1092.00 | |
| Total cost of project | $1166.00 |
What was being replaced
Puppy knew her little den wasn’t long for this world
Drilled out the fiberboard on the foot of each leg to reinforce the leg
The rack mounts were just too wide for the table, they had to come off
Each piece was measured, cut, and glued into place, then screws with washers to make sure the legs weren’t going anywhere
All assembled, technically there is a little sag in the selves. I’m not super worried about it, but I am certainly keeping an eye on it
Now onto the purpose of all this
Part check
Testing outside of the case. This proved to be invaluable because I misread the manual about the ram configuration, amounts other things that I had to spend additional time on.
DAS went together easily enough, not a lot to figure out there. Bring power and data to the cables. Apparently me leaving out the fan wall was unacceptable so that was fixed.
The wife helped with putting some duct tape around the I/O port on the enclosure to make sure the SAS cables didn’t get cut up.
Finally put all the cards, ram, checked, double checked, removed the board and re-checked the risers. made sure everything received power and did what it was supposed to. Special thanks to @seanho and @felixthekitten and everyone else who helped make sense of all of this.
And the finished product (don’t worry, the plastic around the locks has since been removed)
