Home Server Upgrade - More drives, more problems?

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0:00 Intro
1:05 the new setup
10:04 Let's actually put it together
11:16 How did it turn out?

[RaidOwl]

Guys my 1U servers are at the proper angle according to the builders code here in Texas. It is to prevent snow, ammunition, and Whataburger build up on the top which could cause the servers to collapse. I truly expected better out of you guys...smh

[greenprotag]

Dual PSUs are not only for separate circuits. Dual PSUs can run in redundant mode OR in load balanced mode. I would advise keeping both of them in. I am especially fond of load balanced mode because it will distribute the draw between the 2 PSUs and you can have some nice efficiency AND enjoy LOWER load on a single power port of your PDU or Standard power strip/bar. Plus, if a single PSU fails in a long-term deployment, you will have fail over to the other working PSU so that you will have zero downtime. This paired with a nice battery back up and you will have an EXCELLENT power set up.

[BrunodeSouzaLino]

The Oculink vs SAS explanation helps clarify one detail people often miss, which is Oculink is not a protocol. Oculink is just a PCIe lane/s in cable form.

[juniornunes]

those 3 tilted 1U servers hurt my OCD soul haha

[Gastell]

8:23 - I would still try and look at what kind of connection they have, and also simply try if it works with minisas, it pretty much looks like a standard dual path sas setup for two slots that would have 4 electrical sas connections, which is exactly what single minisas provides - i.e. it shoudl work with sata just fine while directly connected with minisasa cable

[questionablecommands]

A word of caution about backplanes that support both SaS and SATA: _apparently_, SaS drives use a lower voltage than SATA drives and the power is negotiated with the drive spins up. This means that if you mix-and-match SaS with SATA on the same HBA, you might end up dumping too much power into the SaS drives. In this instance, the expander throws a lot of unanswered questions into the mix.

I learned this from just a passing comment on a podcast where the speaker wasn't particularly technical so I wouldn't count on the above being entirely correct, but I had 16 SaS drives fail at the same time for what seemed like mysterious reasons, but the 4 that were on their own HBA were fine. So my experience aligns.

[kyootfox]

For the Redundant Power, may consider one to the house circuit, the other to a UPS with a 'Auto-shutdown' script at power loss, since you are not HA at home.

[CPPRODUCTIONS]

Redundants aren't just for separate circuits. PSUs fail, especially for servers. Having spare isnt the worst thing in the world

[elmestguzman]

It is in fact a beautiful server. But please some rails for the cluster!!!!

[hagak]

Why did you install the drives BEFORE racking the server? 4U chassis is heavy and awkward enough without all those front loaded drives!

[Djw]

glad to see someone use some inwin hardware, I've been using their mini itx case for a while and have been really happy with it. Looking to upgrade to one of their pedestal cases since I don't have space for a rack

[videowatcher]

I'd love a follow up video on the fans.

[hashdankhog]

how did you get a hold of this chassis, the website doesnt even let you get a quote.

[raywatters]

You should plug in and use both PSU's. They balance out the load. As long as you don't take a massive spike or overload the PSUs, they should outlast cockroaches. If you only have single circuit, plug one into a UPS and the other into a Surge Protector. Many UPS's have protected and battery sockets, one plug in each type. Just remember to use the UPS software to monitor the UPS. As single PSU will draw extra drawing down the battery extra fast.

[oliverzimmermann]

this Chassis IW-RS424-07 is quieter then HL15 - 15-Bay Storage Server from 45Drives? i'm looking for a new Chassis for my Storage Server TrueNas Scale this sounds very exciting as well as looking great. Thanks for your Video.

[juancarlosavalos]

Which website that you buy this case love it please let me know

[drkavnger]

Not a bad use of $1600 for just the chassis.... Sad to hear you weren't able to take advantage of some of the more fun stuff on it though. Maybe time for a motherboard upgrade? :D

[robertj]

nice setup. i am working on starting the same kind of setup.

[xellaz]

I thought of something like this before but then I thought of the noise and power consumption... plus I don't really need it... then I lost interest. 😅 That still looks cool though! 👍

[hashdankhog]

How did you get a hold of this chassis? I am looking for a 2u version and the website doesnt give a price.