ShuG Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Flashed BIOS for 3Gb on ODD and multi port on the back esata connector Samsung MMCRE28G8MXP-0VB 128 Gb SATA-300 SSD running Win7 connected to the ODD sata connector taped to the bottom of the chassis behind blue lightRocket 2720 SGL Non-Raid controller runningchannel 12 x 3Tb WD Reds (striped)1 x 3Tb WD Green1 x 2Tb WD Green channel 24 x 320 Gb 2.5 Hitachi sata6Gb drives (striped) ORICO PCI 2.5 inch SATA HDD SSD Hard Drive Rack Mount BracketMotherboard SAS connectorIcybox IB-2226StS 2x 2.5-inch SATA Mobile Rack (Pic 31)2 x 500 Gb 2.5 Hitachi sata 3Gb drives (striped) mounted on 2 Mecanno strips fixed to the casing above the Icybox (Pic 34 the RH fixing point is the screw behind the USB connections2 Port Low Profile USB 3.0 USB3.0 PCI-E card (no additional power connector needed) (Etron Technologies Ltd)Startech eSATA USB DUAL SATA HARD DRIVE ENCLOSURE S252U2ERR,2 x 2.5 drives connected to rear eSATA port for working multiport access. For a total of 15 drives 1 x SSD, 4 x 3.5" drives and 10 x 2.5" drives (4 removable) Went for NON Raid as all my backups are on external USB drives 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cskenney Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Is this anything like the challenge how many people can we cram into a phone booth? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Somebody should contact gstarks and let him know. There have got to be a number of people @ HP who would love to see this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShuG Posted December 22, 2013 Author Share Posted December 22, 2013 (edited) Update.. I had to modify the 2nd HDD bracket so both would fit into the case it was too tall. Edited December 22, 2013 by ShuG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAbdel Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Nice ! This Will be my next project! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShuG Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Update on drive temps using Acronis drive monitor. 2 x 500 Gb 2.5" drives 27 & 28 º C 4 X 320 2.5" drives 29 º C 3Tb Reds 33 & 36 º C 2Tg Green 30 º C 3Tb Green 35 º C 4 X 320 2.5" drives 29 º C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted January 5, 2014 Share Posted January 5, 2014 Those temps are great; should be no worries about heat issues... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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