One of my drives died on me yesterday (what a pain). However, this did make me stop putting off building that file server. So, I went ahead, caught up on research, and did the deed today. If you’re interested, you can compare what I ended up with and what I spec’d out back in February.
| Qty | Component | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SuperMicro SC733T-450 (black) | $245 | 1 | Panasonic 3.5″ FDD (black) | $7 |
| 1 | SuperMicro SUPER X5DPA-TGM (MBD-X5DPA-TGM-O) | $191 |
| 1 | Intel Xeon 2.4GHz (533MHz bus) | $165 |
| 1 | Vantec CCK-7015 1U Heat Sink/Fan | $17 |
| 2 | Crucial 256MB DDR PC2100 ECC | $134 |
| 1 | LSI Logic MegaRAID SATA 150-6 | $360 | 4 | Western Digital 250GB SATA Caviar w/ 8MB cache (WD2500JD) | $972 | 1 | APC Smart-UPS 700VA | $286 |
The final result, will either be about 700GiBs of RAID 5, or about 475GiBs of RAID 1 storage. Actual cost w/ shipping, tax, etc: $2,515; about $3.50/GiB or $5.30/GiB respectively.
The case was probably not the best idea for future expandability, but the Enermax I was looking at had been discontinued, and the SC942s were just way too expensive… Hmm, now that I’m looking, the SuperMicro SC742T-550 might have been a good idea for future epandability ($352 @ GGS). Well, not going to worry about it too much.