MrKambo
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Welcome to the OC3D Home Sever Thread!
In recent days there's been an increase on the forum of people with home
servers and looking to invest in home servers. This thread is for talking about
specifications and possible configurations, if you have any problems specifically
to your setup, you need to make a separate thread. Obviously make sure you
follow all forum rules!
Please use the following template to post your server details:
Code:
[B]Hardware:[/B]
CASE:
PSU:
MB:
CPU:
HS:
RAM:
RAID CARD:
SSD:
HDD 1:
[B]Software & Config:[/B]
-What OS
-Configuration of Storage
-Extra Software
[B]Usage:[/B]
-Primary Use
-Secondary Use
[B]Other:[/B]
-Anything else you need to add, such as backup or benchmark numbers
[B]Pictures:[/B]
-No thread is complete without pictures==================================================
Hardware:
CASE: Bitfenix Shinobi
PSU: Corsair CX 430
MB: Asus Maximus V Formula
CPU: Intel i3-3225
HS: Stock Heatsink
RAM: Corsair Vengence Pro 8GB 1600mhz @ XMP
RAID CARD: LSI MegaRAID 9260-16i
SSD: Kingston value 30GB
HDD 1: Seagate 1.5TB
HDD 2: WD Red 2TB
HDD 3: WD Red 2TB
HDD 4: WD Red 2TB
HDD 5: WD Red 2TB
HDD 6: WD Red 2TB
Software & Config:
Windows Server 2008 R2
The SSD is stricly for OS and software installation only, the Seagate acts as
a temporary/dump drive for files that need to be worked on and added to the
RAID array. The WD Reds are setup in RAID 6 (2 drive parity) and give a 5.5TB
usable storage capacity.
Server runs headless, just sits connected to the router, all maintenance is
carried out via RDP
Usage:
Primary use for this is just a file server for my HTPC which is a RaspberryPI
running XBMC. I may in the near future setup the printer and playing around
with virtualbox on it, but for now just a file server.
Other:
Most of the parts in the server came from my old gaming build, and when I
was first building it i really wanted to get a Xeon for it, but meant id need a
video card and stuff and essentially would of ended up costing more so went
with the i3
Pictures:
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