User:Rocketshiporion/Storage Area Network

I am in the process of building my own Storage Area Network head out of commodity components. After hunting for a while for a small-scale SAN head which would provide DDR InfiniBand host-connectivity, and finding only one InfiniBand SAN product - the DDN S2A9900 (which takes up an entire rack and provides 1.2 petabytes of capacity!), I decided to build my own. I drew up a initial list of components in 2010 for a theoretical configuration, but ended up buying an entirely different set of components later on. And I decided to use 8Gb Fiber Channel instead of DDR InfiniBand, as InfiniBand needs more management, is more expensive, and is too much bother for something that can be done with Fiber Channel, although the SAN head will be equipped with one QDR InfiniBand port.

Storage Area Network: 2010 Theoretical Configuration

 * Antec 2U26EPS600 Rackmount 2U Chassis (UPC: 0761345-94246-1)
 * Antec Rackmount 26” Slide Rails (UPC: 0761345-77067-5)
 * Antec TruePower Quattro 1200 1200W PSU (UPC: 0761345-27120-2)
 * two units of Intel STS100P Thermal Solution (BPC: BXSTS100P)
 * one Chieftec CTM-1322S Trayless 2x2.5” Drive Backplane
 * one Chieftec SST-2131SAS 3x3.5” Drive Backplane
 * Intel S5520URT Server Board (UPC: 735858214100)
 * Intel ASR26XXFHR 3-Slot Passive PCIe Riser (UPC: 735858206488)
 * two Intel Xeon Quad-Core X5667 3.06GHz/12MB Processors
 * four units of Kingston 16GB 1066MHz DDR3 ECC CL7 4R x4 RDIMM with Thermal Sensor (KVR1066D3Q4R7S/16G)
 * Intel AXXRMS2AF040 SAS RAID Module (UPC: 00735858215756)
 * Mellanox Dual 4X QSFP DDR InfiniBand Card (MHRH29B-XTR)
 * Hewlett-Packard StorageWorks LTO-5 Ultrium 3000 SAS Internal Tape Drive (EH957A), (as Tape Drive B)
 * two units of Kingston SSDNow V+ 512GB 2.5” SATA II SSD (SNVP325-S2/512GB), in a RAID 1 Array (as Boot Drive C)
 * Teac DV-W524GSBKEUBT Internal SATA DVD±RW Drive (as Drive D)
 * three units of Seagate Constellation ES 2TB 3.5" 7200rpm SAS 6Gbps HDD (ST31000444SS), in a RAID 5 Array (as Data Drive E)