2012-07-21, 19:28
I used to be pretty heavily involved with computer tech, and while I still spend most of my days on the computer it's mostly spent programming and such. I started with my own storage servers back in 1998 (been doing it for a LONG time) and made my way up to a 40 HDD server build , then later downgraded to a 20 drive build. The last machine I built was a dual core amd in 2008-2009 on a workstation motherboard with 12 SATA ports. With Windows 8 around the corner and large drive capacities getting larger and larger (expecting 5TB *sometime* this year I hope), I'm looking to possibly re-build into a highly energy efficient platform. The current dual core intel atoms and AMD e-350's can pull little to no power consumption.
I'll still need a fair amount of disks though, so I'd like to keep with a total of 20 possible disks and re-use my existing Antec 1200 case and supermicro hot swap bays (I hope the controllers on those don't add too much to power consumption). I'm also hoping that I can get away with a Wake-On-Lan solution with Windows 8 so that the server can power itself down when it's not used, I'll be ditching MS Home Server 2008. My current build uses $300-400 in electricity annually when it's running 24/7.
I figure I'll need to get some port multipliers and a 4-6 port sata card addon (one which supports port multiplication) to whatever solution I choose for a motherboard.
Anyhow I was wondering if anyone here has build a scalable ultra energy efficient storage server and could maybe provide some tips / insight.
I'll still need a fair amount of disks though, so I'd like to keep with a total of 20 possible disks and re-use my existing Antec 1200 case and supermicro hot swap bays (I hope the controllers on those don't add too much to power consumption). I'm also hoping that I can get away with a Wake-On-Lan solution with Windows 8 so that the server can power itself down when it's not used, I'll be ditching MS Home Server 2008. My current build uses $300-400 in electricity annually when it's running 24/7.
I figure I'll need to get some port multipliers and a 4-6 port sata card addon (one which supports port multiplication) to whatever solution I choose for a motherboard.
Anyhow I was wondering if anyone here has build a scalable ultra energy efficient storage server and could maybe provide some tips / insight.