wraith
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Hi All,
I'm in the process of planning to move my server innards from a desktop case to a rackmount. I'm trying to consider all my options before making a purchase.
At the moment I see myself as having two options:
1) Purchase a chassis [4U?] that has everything inbuilt. I'm currently considering the Norco 4220. Details here. Cost is around AUS$500 [~US$400]. This should give me enough room for my current drives [10 in total] plus room for expansion. I've read @Stux build and he appears to speak rather well of Norco.
2) Purchase a smaller [1U?] chassis and connect an enclosure to it [if such an option is possible and practicable]. Someone is selling a second hand Supermicro 813M-M for around AUS$100 [~US$80]. Details here. Supermicro appears to be the duck's proverbials all over the forum. Plus the seller literally lives in the same suburb as myself. Getting a 4U Supermicro chassis in Western Australia is difficult and/or expensive. Plus it's cheap enough to work as a learning curve for rackmounts.
As such, I'm seeking feedback from the community as to any pro's, con's, feedback/advice etc for each option.
If I purchase the Norco 4220 is there any other potential issues I need to consider and resolve to ensure it fits into my rack?
Would the power supply from my desktop fit into a chassis or is this an item that is chassis specific? Looking at the Spec's for the Corsair RM550x in my case, and that the Norco accepts a standard ATX power supply, I currently understand I should be able to transfer the PS straight across. I'd imagine the 813M, being 1U, would have a custom power supply.
I've done some hutning for enclosures on ebay but can't find much. Or I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Everything appears to be for external USB hard drives
For those on Tapatalk my current system hardware is:
BOARD: Supermicro X10SL7-F [microATX]; BIOS v3.0; LSI 2308 f/w v 20.00.04
CPU: Pentium G3260
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit (2x 8Gb) PC3-12800 ECC UDIMM [Model: CT102472BD160B]
HDD: vdev1: 2 x WD Red 1.0Tb [Mirror]
vdev2: 8 x WD Red 3.0Tb [RaidZ2]
PSU: Corsair 550W [Model: RM550x]
CASE: Fractal Design R4
FANS: 4 x Noctua NF-A14 PWM 140mm
2 x Fractal Define R3
Boot: 2 x Corsair 16Gb USB [Mirror]
Thanks in advance for your feedback
I'm in the process of planning to move my server innards from a desktop case to a rackmount. I'm trying to consider all my options before making a purchase.
At the moment I see myself as having two options:
1) Purchase a chassis [4U?] that has everything inbuilt. I'm currently considering the Norco 4220. Details here. Cost is around AUS$500 [~US$400]. This should give me enough room for my current drives [10 in total] plus room for expansion. I've read @Stux build and he appears to speak rather well of Norco.
2) Purchase a smaller [1U?] chassis and connect an enclosure to it [if such an option is possible and practicable]. Someone is selling a second hand Supermicro 813M-M for around AUS$100 [~US$80]. Details here. Supermicro appears to be the duck's proverbials all over the forum. Plus the seller literally lives in the same suburb as myself. Getting a 4U Supermicro chassis in Western Australia is difficult and/or expensive. Plus it's cheap enough to work as a learning curve for rackmounts.
As such, I'm seeking feedback from the community as to any pro's, con's, feedback/advice etc for each option.
If I purchase the Norco 4220 is there any other potential issues I need to consider and resolve to ensure it fits into my rack?
Would the power supply from my desktop fit into a chassis or is this an item that is chassis specific? Looking at the Spec's for the Corsair RM550x in my case, and that the Norco accepts a standard ATX power supply, I currently understand I should be able to transfer the PS straight across. I'd imagine the 813M, being 1U, would have a custom power supply.
I've done some hutning for enclosures on ebay but can't find much. Or I'm not sure what I'm looking at. Everything appears to be for external USB hard drives
For those on Tapatalk my current system hardware is:
BOARD: Supermicro X10SL7-F [microATX]; BIOS v3.0; LSI 2308 f/w v 20.00.04
CPU: Pentium G3260
RAM: Crucial 16GB Kit (2x 8Gb) PC3-12800 ECC UDIMM [Model: CT102472BD160B]
HDD: vdev1: 2 x WD Red 1.0Tb [Mirror]
vdev2: 8 x WD Red 3.0Tb [RaidZ2]
PSU: Corsair 550W [Model: RM550x]
CASE: Fractal Design R4
FANS: 4 x Noctua NF-A14 PWM 140mm
2 x Fractal Define R3
Boot: 2 x Corsair 16Gb USB [Mirror]
Thanks in advance for your feedback