To make one thing clear. This is not a SAN.
Quoting wikipedia:
"A SAN typically has its own network of storage devices that are generally not accessible through the local area network (LAN) by other devices."
I'd use the slow (5400rpm) drives for bulk storage, black/7200rpm drives for...
Looks like cables are out of the way of airflow and reasonably well laid out given the limitations you're working with. Good work :D
Some of the elitists around here go all "OMFG WHAT IS THIS SHIT" as soon as someone posts a rig that isn't clinically clean. They need to go smell the flowers...
"special needs"?
On some other forums, like SA, you get infracted and set read-only for a few days if you post table-breaking images. They also have a timg tag that auto-resizes the images and makes them clickable for zoom, so there's really no excuse. This archaic forum software probably...
Save resized image as copy, use a proper image host, not dropbox?
Update to my fileserver pics posted above, I finshed my hardware swap today.
Tried to make the power wiring better, not sure if it's a success though.
Because ASUS are a bunch of retards, I had to swap the the...
Undergoing fileserver upgrades, moving from ancient 3ware card to newer SAS based controllers...
New card gets hot. Temporary fix...
Tomorrow, I'll be doing some brain surgery on this box to swap motherboards and add another SAS controller, cabling should be a fair bit tidier...