It's A Digital Disease!

The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/radraze2kx on 2024-10-05 01:16:16.

I would just like to thank the homelab, datahoarder, and unRAID communities for the treasure trove of information.

I've finally expanded my homelab with an unRAID server, and it'll be ready for data hoarding right after this 24 hour format. I look forward to the rollercoaster we ride together in the future!

Current Homelab:

Custom Z10PE-D16 WS Tower Server:

• Form Factor: Phanteks Enthoo Pro E-ATX Tower
• Processors:
  • 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2640 v4 (10 cores each, 2.4GHz)
• Memory:
  • 256GB DDR4 (ECC) (8 x 32GB)
• Expansion Slots:
  • 4 x PCI-E 3.0 x16
  • 2 x PCI-E 3.0 x 8 (both seating 2.5Gbps NICs)
• Networking:
  • 2 x Intel 1Gbps
  • 2 x 2.5Gbps PCI-E cards
• Storage:
  • 2 x 1TB WD Blue SATA (RAID1), soon to be 2 x 4TB NVMe OS/Hyper-V VMs
  • 1 x 4TB WD Black SATA for local image backups
• Cooling:
  • 2 x Noctua NH-D15S w/ dual fans
• Power Supply:
  • PC Power & Cooling 1200W Silencer
• Rack Mounting:
  • It's just sitting on the bottom full-depth shelf of the rack
• Role: VM Host, mainly games with dedicated server capabilities, some internal servers and some automation scripts

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Added to Homelab with the knowledge provided by the aforementioned communities:

Supermicro SuperServer 6028U-TRTP+ 12-Bay LFF 2U Rackmount:

• Form Factor: 2U Rackmount

• Drive Bays:

  • 12 x Hot-swap 3.5" drive bays
  • Optional 2 x 2.5" hot-swap SSD rear drive bays
  • Storage included: Supermicro SSD-DM032-SMCMVN1 32GB SATA DOM (removed for unRAID)
  • Storage:
    • 8 x WD DC HC550 18TBs (144TB Total)
    • 2 x Seagate Exos 18TBs (Parity 1 & Parity 2)
    • 2 x WD Blue 1TB SATA (Cache 1 & Cache 2)
    • Shout out to Josh from FB Marketplace for being a solid seller in a world of scammers. 10 x 18TB Enterprise drives, with 50-2500 Hours each, for $10/TB. You the MAN!

• Processors:

  • 2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650 V4 (12 cores each, 2.2 GHz)

• Memory:

  • 128GB DDR4 (ECC)
  • 24 DIMM slots, 8 open DIMM slots

• Expansion Slots:

  • 1 x PCI-E 3.0 x16 (Full Height, 10.5” L)
  • 6 x PCI-E 3.0 x8 (4 Full Height, 10.5” L, 1 Low Profile, 1 Internal Low Profile)

• Networking:

  • 4 x 10GBase-T ports

• Storage Controller:

  • 10 SATA3 ports by default
  • Optional support for 12 SAS3 ports

• Additional Storage:

  • Supermicro AOC-SLG3-2M2 card for 2 x M.2 drives

• Cooling:

  • 4 x Heavy-duty fans with fan speed control

• Power Supply:

  • 1000W High-Efficiency Redundant PSU (96% efficiency)

• Rack Mounting:

  • Includes Supermicro sliding rack rails (left rail does not lock properly but slides and holds well)

Role: unRAID Data storage

Shout out to Chris from OfferUp for the solid server setup minus the drives, works beautifully! And at $400, I feel like I robbed you. If you ever see this, come get fed. I owe you bigtime!

Rack: NetApp NAC-0501

Shout out to Ray and his Wife from OfferUp for selling the rack for $50 (yea, fifty bucks!) and the 24U that will soon be home for the redundancy server at my office.

Pipes: 2Gbps Up/Down Fiber, 2.5Gbps Network Equipment throughout (including in the server). Getting ~2.2Down/2Up when testing

Shout out to my Cox rep for locking me into a 2-year 2Gbps up/down with unlimited data for $100/month. You the real MVP, Suzie <3

Pics:

Gorgeous 42U rack. Future expansions will most likely be relegated to 4U Disk Array Servers... this 2U is loud enough as it is :) I will eventually replace the NetApp acrylic with a custom one but that's after my gf gets her 3D printer setup working

Tiny little shelf with the network equipment. I kinda hate Ubiquiti for not making it easier to mount their smaller equipment in a full-width rack, but this is tempory. There's a NICGIGA 2.5Gbps switch connected to a Unifi UXG-Max. The house was pre-wired for Cat5e and hasn't had any issues with transfer speeds. The Unifi 150W PoE Switch is fed by the NICGIGA. Both will be replaced with dual Unifi Flex 2.5Gbps switches once they're available for purchase again.

The full-depth rack shelf is not pictured. I also have a bunch of RGB lights I need to add to the NetApp rack because RGB adds horsepower ;)

Went with these ORICO 2.5"-to-3.5" drive adapters based on Amazon reviews

Super excited :)

144TBs of Storage, 18TB of Parity, 1TB of Cache

Adding the drives in accordance with the serials in the above sticker so I can easily locate them

Formatting the parity and storage drives.

Future Plans:

Ray and his Wife sold me a 24U rack I'm going to put at my office and I will load a second unRAID server over there which will backup all the data from this server in an identical fashion. The primary server is here at my house for the 2Gbps pipe, we could only get 300Mbps fiber at the office.

I can't wait for tomorrow. I haven't been this excited about tech since AMD released their first dual-core processors and Unreal Tournament 2004 came out ;)