hardware for home use large storage

[Dan Langille]

Dmitry Morozovsky wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010, Dan Langille wrote:
> 
> DL> I'm looking at creating a large home use storage machine.  Budget is a
> DL> concern, but size and reliability are also a priority.  Noise is also a
> DL> concern, since this will be at home, in the basement.  That, and cost,
> DL> pretty much rules out a commercial case, such as a 3U case.  It would be
> DL> nice, but it greatly inflates the budget.  This pretty much restricts me to
> DL> a tower case.
> 
> [snip]
> 
> We use the following at work, but it's still pretty cheap and pretty silent:
> 
> Chieftec WH-02B-B (9x5.25 bays)

$130 http://www.ncixus.com/products/33591/WH-02B-B-OP/Chieftec/ but not 
available

$87.96 at http://www.xpcgear.com/chieftec-wh-02b-b-mid-tower-case.html

http://www.chieftec.com/wh02b-b.html

> filled with
> 
> 2 x Supermicro CSE-MT35T 
> http://www.supermicro.nl/products/accessories/mobilerack/CSE-M35T-1.cfm
> for regular storage, 2 x raidz1

I could not find a price on that, but guessing at $100 each

> 1 x Promise SuperSwap 1600
> http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?product_id=169
> for changeable external backups

$100 from 
http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Promise-SuperSwap-1600-Drive-Enclosure/2639699/product.html

So that's $390.  Not bad.

Still need RAM, M/B, PSU, and possibly video.

> and still have 2 5.25 bays for anything interesting ;-)

I'd be filling those three with DVD-RW and two SATA drives in a gmirror 
configuration.

> other parts are regular SocketAM2+ motherboard, Athlon X4, 8G ram, 
> FreeBSD/amd64

Let's say $150 for the M/B, $150 for the CPU, and $200 for the RAM.

Total is $890.  Nice.