Coolermaster Stacker modified to fit 47 HDD, total of 12 Terabyte

jmke · 19th August 2007, 13:07

Controllers I'm using to fill the pci slots, bottom 2 are 3ware 6800 8 ports, 8x200 gig drives each. Middle controller is a 3ware 9500s, 12x500 gig sata, 4th controller is a promise sx6000, top controller is a 3ware 7500 series 12 port, 6 and 12 320 gig drives respectively. I've had a ton of ide drives from a variety of servers i wanted to piss off to one machine, and building this consolidates most of the ide drives into one box, the satas are a recent addition just for this server. i have to make some extra grilles for the front of the machine, apart from that, its wiring, and moving data around. Weighs 53kg, should be 12.3 TB of raid 5 arrays. It's taken 3 months of work, acquiring bits like controllers etc etc has taken 12 months, don't want to know what I've spent on. (remote link requires registration to view, check attachments on this newspost for a sneak peek)

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=602130

easypanic · 19th August 2007, 13:37

Wireless case?

19th August 2007, 14:07

I hope he lives near the arctic circle, most of those drives are going to get rather toasty!

jmke · 19th August 2007, 14:28

Check out the fan setup, I think airflow is no issue

19th August 2007, 16:48

Can't view the thread without signing up. Even if there are fans infront of those drives, all those IDE cables are going to pretty solidly block airflow. Doesn't look to be like there is any cooling for the drives on the bottom of the case either, they won't get any case airflow with all the IDE controller cards and IDE cables above them...

Sidney · 19th August 2007, 16:56

How do you like to have an IT guy like him to work for you?

I once have an employee in IT department trying to repair an old printer with duct tape, a good guy in nature. I asked him to get a new printer and spend his time in making sure the Barracuda spam filter was working.

jmke · 19th August 2007, 17:40

Kougar I attached this pic in the first post: http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/a...erabyte-29.jpg shows the bottom cooling

and in front of the front array of HDDs there are fans too, I see no thermal issues here, the cables behind the HDDs can be as airflow restrictive as can be, don't matter much, the HDDs will have fresh air pushed over them straight from outside the case

Sidney · 19th August 2007, 17:44

Should those fans be blowing in or pulling out?

jmke · 19th August 2007, 17:47

ideal config should be blowing air INSIDE the case, from bottom and front, blowing outside, top and rear.

I remember howto by Lazyman "lift case to let air flow in" was that blowing in our out

20th August 2007, 04:11

And what power supply will be powering all those drives? If you need that much storage wouldn't it make more sense to sell off the IDE drives and buy some 1TB sata's?

19th August 2007, 13:07	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Coolermaster Stacker modified to fit 47 HDD, total of 12 Terabyte Controllers I'm using to fill the pci slots, bottom 2 are 3ware 6800 8 ports, 8x200 gig drives each. Middle controller is a 3ware 9500s, 12x500 gig sata, 4th controller is a promise sx6000, top controller is a 3ware 7500 series 12 port, 6 and 12 320 gig drives respectively. I've had a ton of ide drives from a variety of servers i wanted to piss off to one machine, and building this consolidates most of the ide drives into one box, the satas are a recent addition just for this server. i have to make some extra grilles for the front of the machine, apart from that, its wiring, and moving data around. Weighs 53kg, should be 12.3 TB of raid 5 arrays. It's taken 3 months of work, acquiring bits like controllers etc etc has taken 12 months, don't want to know what I've spent on. (remote link requires registration to view, check attachments on this newspost for a sneak peek) http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=602130 Attached Thumbnails __________________

19th August 2007, 14:28	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Check out the fan setup, I think airflow is no issue __________________

19th August 2007, 16:56	#6
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	How do you like to have an IT guy like him to work for you? I once have an employee in IT department trying to repair an old printer with duct tape, a good guy in nature. I asked him to get a new printer and spend his time in making sure the Barracuda spam filter was working. __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

19th August 2007, 17:40	#7
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	Kougar I attached this pic in the first post: http://www.madshrimps.be/vbulletin/a...erabyte-29.jpg shows the bottom cooling and in front of the front array of HDDs there are fans too, I see no thermal issues here, the cables behind the HDDs can be as airflow restrictive as can be, don't matter much, the HDDs will have fresh air pushed over them straight from outside the case __________________

19th August 2007, 17:44	#8
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	Should those fans be blowing in or pulling out? __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

19th August 2007, 13:37	#2
easypanic Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,823	Wireless case?

19th August 2007, 14:07	#3
Kougar Posts: n/a	I hope he lives near the arctic circle, most of those drives are going to get rather toasty!

19th August 2007, 16:48	#5
Kougar Posts: n/a	Can't view the thread without signing up. Even if there are fans infront of those drives, all those IDE cables are going to pretty solidly block airflow. Doesn't look to be like there is any cooling for the drives on the bottom of the case either, they won't get any case airflow with all the IDE controller cards and IDE cables above them...

19th August 2007, 17:47	#9
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	ideal config should be blowing air INSIDE the case, from bottom and front, blowing outside, top and rear. I remember howto by Lazyman "lift case to let air flow in" was that blowing in our out __________________

20th August 2007, 04:11	#10
slugbug Posts: n/a	And what power supply will be powering all those drives? If you need that much storage wouldn't it make more sense to sell off the IDE drives and buy some 1TB sata's?

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