Netgear ReadyNAS 4200 v2 (12 hot swap 3.5" drive bays) (Supermicro OEM)
Redundant dual 1U PSUs replaced with SFF PSU that just squeezes in. (It's very quiet.)
I've added an 80 mm fan at the rear of the case to compensate for the lack of an external facing PSU fan.
OEM Supermicro X8SIE-F
No Realtek RTL8201N PHY / WPCM450 Server BMC IPMI 2.0
Firmware flashed to plain Supermicro
Xeon X3450 (No VMs for me.)
32 GB ECC memory (4x8 GB, 32 GB max)
LSI 2008 embedded SATA/SAS controller flashed to IT mode - 8 ports
6 Intel SATA ports
Dell H200 SATA/SAS controller flashed to IT mode - 8 ports
Boot drives: mirrored 2 x 16 GB Apacer SSDs
Internal bays:
17 TB usable: 12x2 TB RAIDz3
Two external 4x hot swap cages using a separate PSU:
8 TB usable: 6x2 TB RAIDz2
Usage: Backup of primary server with single vdev pools.
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Lenovo ThinkServer TS140
Intel C226 server chipset (5 x SATA, Gb NIC, USB3, ECC)
Intel AMT 9 remote management
Intel Core i3-4330 (Specified as a 4130, but who I am I to complain about a free upgrade?)
16 GB ECC memory (4x4 GB, 32 GB max)
# LSI SAS3041E-R PCIe 4x SATA/SAS controller flashed to IT mode (2 TB HDD limited)
# Vantec UGT-ST310R PCI SATA controller as needed. (Hey, sometimes you gotta use what you have laying around.)
Storage: 2 x 8 TB, 5 TB, 2 x 3 TB all as single vdev pools.
Usage: Backups, Personal files and Media.
Notes:
- Lenovo's drive cages are grossly overpriced and ruin the value proposition of the TS140. I wouldn't bother with them as you can easily hack three drives into the upper drive area.
- To use the out of band remote admin features (Intel's AMT, not IPMI) you have to have a Xeon CPU.