{"id":707,"date":"2019-08-02T19:22:19","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T22:52:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=707"},"modified":"2019-08-22T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T20:21:49","slug":"summer-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Summer Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, adding the door to the rack has taken the back burner. Not quite as interesting as I want. However, I think I will need to replace the rack posts with the &#8220;square hole&#8221; type. I thought that having the telco-style rails &#8211; tapped screw holes &#8211; would be best but it turns out, and I should have known better &#8211; that most equipment rails now come configured for square holes. It is easier &#8211; quicker &#8211; to mount rails into square holes as you don&#8217;t have to, well, screw anything in. :-S<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those four rails cost $100&#8230; \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the summer project is&#8230; A new NAS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I have posted about over the past number of years, I have three NASes. The old Synology DS211j that I use for iSCSI storage for my VMware ESXi server, a Synology DS216+II for documents and photos and a Qnap TS-219P II for movies and music. Even for me, three NASes is a little excessive. Two deficiencies that I have are: 1) each of these units only has two drive bays &#8211; that obviously limits expandability and 2) each of the units only has one network port &#8211; which means that to share DLNA services (movies, music) I have to use IGMP proxying to go across subnets. Since I use DLNA, I need good trascoding ability. I also use Docker for the Synology controller and have some more ideas of things to do with Docker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, this has arrived:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"722\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Server-Gear-Aug-2-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Server-Gear-Aug-2-2019.jpg 710w, https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Server-Gear-Aug-2-2019-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the bottom is a <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supermicro.com\/products\/system\/2U\/6027\/SYS-6027R-3RF4_.cfm\">Supermicro YS-6027R-3RF4+<\/a> chassis<ul><li>8 x 3.5&#8243; hotswap drive bays<\/li><li>2 x 3.5&#8243; internal drive bays<\/li><li>2 x 740 watt Platinum Power Supplies<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Supermicro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supermicro.com\/products\/motherboard\/Xeon\/C600\/X9DR3-LN4F_.cfm\">X9DR3-LN4F+<\/a> motherboard<ul><li>2 x Intel Xeon E5-2630 V1 Hex (6) Core 2.3GHzRAM<\/li><li>32GB DDR RAM<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.broadcom.com\/products\/storage\/host-bus-adapters\/sas-9210-8i\">LSI 9210-i8<\/a> HBA<\/li><li>4 x Intel 1 Gbit\/s onboard NICs<\/li><li>Onboard IPMI with KV<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Phase 1 is to install FreeNAS. I have been messing around with ZFS, jails, etc. for the past month or so. I need to get some more disks; I have two 4 TB WD Reds, err&#8230;, ready. I need two more. Once that is done I can start removing the disks from the old Synology and Qnap NASes. But for now, I need to do some more experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top are two Quanta S98J QSSC 1U rackmount server cases with 4 x 3.5 hotswap nays. They don&#8217;t have power supplies yet. They will be phase 2 of my plan. I will be adding another LSI HBA with two external (or more) SFF ports. On each of the Quanta&#8217;s I will be adding an external SFF port (like <a href=\"https:\/\/ebay.us\/77lUAt\">this<\/a>) with a 4 cable SATA breakout. Of course, I have to find some <em>affordable<\/em> power supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once more note &#8211; Supermicro IPMI with KVM is <em>awesome<\/em>. Right up there with HP iLO or Dell PERC. It lets me sit in a comfortable recliner and watch TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, adding the door to the rack has taken the back burner. Not quite as interesting as I want. However, I think I will need to replace the rack posts with the &#8220;square hole&#8221; type. 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