Storage Box - Corralling the Streaming Horde (part 1 of ?)
By the gods are there so many options these days for streaming and yet never enough places that actually keep the ones I want to continue watching or their ever growing prices and ever arcane licensing models.
The only subscription worth money is dropout.tv
For everything there are 'Seagate EXOS drives', lol
For starters, I'm a bit of a linux nerd (yes I've used Arch). I keep things, horde things like a dragon when it comes to my little data bits. So to keep my horde mostly safe, in an opinionated way, I've constructed a server to handle all my needs and hopefully future needs.
The operating system will be OpenMediaVault with plugins for mergerfs and snapraid for hosting the media contents.
The Build
Server Build Components
Motherboard
- Model: Supermicro X11SCA-F
- Official Site
- eBay Listing
CPU
- Model: Intel Core i5-8500T SR3XD 2.1GHz Processor
CPU Cooler
- Model: SilverStone NT07-115X
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RAM
- Model: Crucial 32GB (2x 16GB) PC4-21300 ECC UDIMM DDR4 2666MHz 2Rx8 CL19 CT16G4WFD8266
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HBA / Expansion Card
- Model: LSI 9300-16i 12Gb/s SAS/SATA HBA IT Mode 16.00.12.00
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PSU
- Model: Corsair 750W RM750e Fully Modular Low-Noise Power Supply – ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0
Chassis
- Model: Rosewill RSV-L4500U 4U
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Accessories
Internal HDD Cable
- Type: Mini SAS SFF-8643 to 4 SATA (1 meter)
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Server Rails
- Model: iStarUSA TC-RAIL-26 (compatibility pending confirmation)
- Discussion & Compatibility
- Newegg Listing
Fan Controller
- Model: Noctua NA-FH1
- Amazon Listing
Fans
80mm Fans (5-pack)
- Model: ARCTIC P12 PWM
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120mm Fans (5-pack)
Extension Cables
- Model: Noctua NA-SEC3 4-pin Extension Cables
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SATA Power Cable
- Type: Corsair Modular SATA Power Cable
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Post Notes
This build will allow for 16 drives, with the case natively supporting 15.
I reversed the flow of the fans to push out from the back to the front as the bigger fans will help to draw more air across things. This was probably one of the most time consuming changes.
I did some additional labeling across the drive bays to try to tag things so that as I add drives I can assist future-me with finding the right drive should one go bad in the future.
I have ended up in the belief that the right-most drive bay will only house parity drives as to keep some line in the sand about where and what things are and will be in the future.
I still have a lot of SATA slots available on the motherboard itself. I'm considering a bank of 2.5" SSDs as separate set of "scratch drive(s)" for anything that might need it.