8 Bay ITX Server

Small update..

PSU has been ordered FSP400-701UH --- 85PLUS 1u 400 Watt £80 delivered. Looks to be the best 1u PSU I can find.

Also Ye has sent the missing 2nd OS tray for the case, it's currently in France already as they sent it Tuesday. Fair play to them for fast work.

Last 2 Western Digital Red 3TB have also been ordered.

May also have a steel on a IBM M1000 Key for the raid card for advanced features.

I will hopefully now tonight get some photos of the case and bits I have so far sorry it's been manic. :)
 
ZXSpectrum said:
Ooooh.. If you are hoping its going to be quiet, I don't like your chances. If they are the same FSP

400w psu that we use then they are pretty noisey..
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To be honest the FSP 270W I got in the 4 bay I can hear. All thanks to the 40mm fans. I might change them. The Aska Vipers are

loud too when system kicks in load wise.

PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS PHOTOS

SORRY THEY ARE IPHONE AND LIGHTING IS BAD

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The clear plastic sheet goes behind the mobo to insulate it from the case.

Here is my 4 bay version currently

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Once again sorry photos are crap, I'm too tired to make any effort. You can see some of the parts. I got a nice 4 pin pwm cable splitter which is going to be good and make things easy.

Night
 
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Hmm I like it. It would have saved me nearly £30 on the SFF leads I bought. Though mine are a nice red colour :-)

Just need to hope that psu is nearly silent.

I have just got a fanless psu. . . so that may sway me to the node 304 chassis.

What would have been really kewl is if the case was 2cm taller with a pci-e riser and split it to 2 ports so you could add a 2x or 4x gig port cart on there and team it. 2gbit throughput would be nice.
 
Looks good matey. Unfortunately quiet and 1u don't really come into the same phrase. The closest we have is a custom FSP Unit and that is the loudest item in our product under full load. I will say though that they seem to work a lot better and are a lot quieter if the cold air from outside is pulled through the psu rather than expelled. If you can, try and reverse the fans :)

Is there any dampening on the HDDs? I have a Proliant Microserver and, although its a great bit of kit, when its populated with 7200Rpm disks there are a lot of vibrations and when using the drives it can get annoying.
 
Thanks so much for this forum. I was pondering this buy for some time but having confirmation from you has pushed me over the edge and I ordered one today. I am hoping I don't get any tax or import duty surprises.

Thanks again for this forum and all the info.
 
darknite said:
Hmm I like it. It would have saved me nearly £30 on the SFF leads I bought. Though mine are a nice red colour :-)

Just need to hope that psu is nearly silent.

I have just got a fanless psu. . . so that may sway me to the node 304 chassis.

What would have been really kewl is if the case was 2cm taller with a pci-e riser and split it to 2 ports so you could add a 2x or 4x gig port cart on there and team it. 2gbit throughput would be nice.
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You can use a PCI-e splitter as was thinking of using my 4 port gig card.

ZXSpectrum said:
Looks good matey. Unfortunately quiet and 1u don't really come into the same phrase. The closest we have is a custom FSP Unit and that is the loudest item in our product under full load. I will say though that they seem to work a lot better and are a lot quieter if the cold air from outside is pulled through the psu rather than expelled. If you can, try and reverse the fans :)

Is there any dampening on the HDDs? I have a Proliant Microserver and, although its a great bit of kit, when its populated with 7200Rpm disks there are a lot of vibrations and when using the drives it can get annoying.
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Nothing on the HDD's. The case is soild and they lock in tight and well. PSU has arrived and tested it revs up then goes silent seams ok.

ReaperZN said:
Thanks so much for this forum. I was pondering this buy for some time but having confirmation from you has pushed me over the edge and I ordered one today. I am hoping I don't get any tax or import duty surprises.

Thanks again for this forum and all the info.
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Did you got for a 4 bay or 8? I'm going to list my 4 bay on auction with PSU to cover this upgrade.

PSU has arrived and so has my last 2 drives



I need to pull the 4 bay apart now. I'm off to a wedding tonight and unsure of what the weekend will be like so wait and see. Really wanting to measure the space for CPU Cooling more than anything.

Also the missing 2nd SSD/2.5'' OS tray arrived today from China. Fedex again

Cheers
 
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I've found the answer to my network speed limit issue, GA-H77N-WIFI. Dual links on board :-) Too bad ocuk don't stock it :-(

Don't need the Z77 version, this isn't for overclocking.
 
darknite said:
Where would you install a 4 port card though? No slot on the case
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File, saw blade, dremel i would mount it under the raid card. I'd make a bracket to stack them. Managed switch for the link nice

mrbell1984 said:
Are you selling the 4 bay in the MM by any chance ?

What are the name/model of these cases ?
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Don't had MM access but i have sent you some info via trust

darknite said:
I've found the answer to my network speed limit issue, GA-H77N-WIFI. Dual links on board :-) Too bad ocuk don't stock it :-(

Don't need the Z77 version, this isn't for overclocking.
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LOL

deFiniLoGy said:
I like the case... :eek:
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Me too
 
you might just have saved me some cash, I have been very seriously looking at the 8 or 10 bay drobo, more in desperation than anything else, this could be a viable alternative
Off to research case, raid card? mounting options, psu etc
 
Hmm that heatsink height limit is an issue. I intend to use this kind of setup as a htpc. With the node 304 i could use a hydra h60, maybe. I'll keep watching and see how this goes!
 
darknite said:
Hmm that heatsink height limit is an issue. I intend to use this kind of setup as a htpc. With the node 304 i could use a hydra h60, maybe. I'll keep watching and see how this goes!
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The CPU cooler height is an issues but then again it's not 100% ment for the likes of an I series really. I have been toying with the idea of leaving the IO plate off for the mobo and fitting a H100i externally on the back or making something custom up.
 
darknite said:
I've found the answer to my network speed limit issue, GA-H77N-WIFI. Dual links on board :-) Too bad ocuk don't stock it :-(

Don't need the Z77 version, this isn't for overclocking.
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Does that Gigabyte board with dual NIC's support teaming to you know? IE use both links to supply a 2GB connection assuming you have a network switch that can support this?

Otherwise its coming along nicely :)
 
coolamasta said:
Does that Gigabyte board with dual NIC's support teaming to you know? IE use both links to supply a 2GB connection assuming you have a network switch that can support this?

Otherwise its coming along nicely :)
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Yes the gigabyte with dual nics supports teaming. I'm not sure all switches support link aggression (teaming) Though I have vague idea that they do. I'm not sure!
 
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