My NAS setup currently.

8 8TB drives (the NAS is like 6 years old) in RaidZ2.

Edit: The scribbled spot is a SSD that had the barcodes visible. The SSD is a 1TB drive for VM installs and other stuff that isn’t deep storage.

Edit2: The SSD isn’t anchored because it has no moving parts and it was placed like that for testing… 4 months ago… It’s just temporary I swear!

Edit3: For those curious the case is a Darkrock Classic Storage Master

  • sudo@programming.devEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago
    • How do you still have open SATA ports on your motherboard?
    • Where are all those neatly tied SATA cables going? I think I can peek them behind and above the CPU?
    • What is the card between the GPU and the SSD? Is it some RAID controller?
  • ElectroLisaEnglish
    6·
    13 hours ago

    Is there any point in censoring a barcode on an SSD? Privacy reasons?

    • GormadtOPEnglish
      5·
      13 hours ago

      The warranty code and serial numbers are on the bottom, so I figured better safe than sorry

  • GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    11·
    18 hours ago

    Seconded on asking what case this is.

    Also, can I ask you why you have the CPU fan pulling air off the GPU and creating turbulence in this otherwise beautiful NAS? I know the cooling is probably perfectly adequate even with that, but ahhhhhh lol.

    • GormadtOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      The case is a Darkrock Classic Storage Master

      The CPU cooler is in that orientation because it’s the only way it’d mount on the board. The good news is that the GPU is a blower style GPU so the CPU isn’t really affected.

    • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      18 hours ago

      Now that you point it out I’m surprised the cooler even goes that way, most of the time they’re pretty locked into the horizontal direction.

      • GrundlButter@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        17 hours ago

        I’ve had something similar due to the limitations of a narrow ILM vs square ILM board, but I think my solution was to rig/butcher it until it pointed the cooler correctly, that or I bought a mounting adapter or something. Either way, I remember that I viscerally hated it and wouldn’t let it sit like that despite being 45w CPUs, and this post reminded me of it haha.

    • GormadtOPEnglish
      3·
      13 hours ago

      Going to take awhile before I fill those

    • GormadtOPEnglish
      4·
      6 hours ago

      I literally set them to 100% speed and forget about them they’re so quiet, and they move hella air.

      The Dockrock fans that are in the front of the case stock are also quiet AF.

      Edit: Spleling

    • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      Not OP but I use Noctuas in both my server cases, and they’re fantastic. Super quiet and efficient.

    • GormadtOPEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Mine didn’t start like this, mine initially had only 3 drives and was run in RAIDZ1.

      It was a couple years before I got to 8.

      NGL though I kinda wish I lived with 3 for longer and went with bigger drives when I upgraded, but I’m happy with my ~42TB of space and 2 redundant disks.