Highlights

• 12 terabytes raw disk space, 8.25 terabytes usable in multiple RAID arrays
• 20 hot swap 3.5″ SATA drive bays
• Ext4/LVM on Linux Software RAID 1 and 5
• 64-bit Ubuntu Linux

Hardware

Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400 2.7GHz w/2MB Cache and VT
ASUS P5BV Motherboard
8 GB DDR2 800MHz RAM
320 GB 16 MB Cache 7200 RPM SATA boot drive
2x 1.5 TB SATA drives
4x 1 TB SATA drives
2x 750 GB SATA drives
7x 500 GB 16 MB Cache 7200 RPM SATA hard drives
Corsair HX520 Power Supply
Antec Twelve Hundred Case

Drive Layout

(left to right, top to bottom)

1. 320 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 3.0 Gbps 16MB Cache OS drive (MJ1)
2. 1 TB Samsung EcoGreen F2 32MB Cache 5400RPM drive (729)
3. 1 TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B 16MB Cache 7200RPM drive (TPB)
4. 1 TB Samsung EcoGreen F2 32MB Cache SATA 5400 RPM drive (161)
5. 750 GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 16MB Cache 7200RPM drive (918)
6. 500 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 16MB Cache drive (TLX)
7. 500 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 16MB Cache drive (0YS)
8. 500 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 16MB Cache drive (0TC)
9. 750 GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 16MB Cache 7200RPM drive (503)
10. 500 GB Western Digital Caviar SE16 16MB Cache drive (406)
11. 1 TB Western Digital AV Green Power EVCS 16MB Cache SATA 5400 RPM drive (336)
12. empty
13. 500 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 16MB Cache drive (QQ0)
14. 500 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 16MB Cache drive (ABL)
15. 500 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 21 16MB Cache drive (1QA)
16. 1.5 TB Western Digital Green 64MB Cache 5400RPM drive (557)
17. 1.5 TB Western Digital Green 64MB Cache 5400RPM drive (247)
18. empty
19. empty
20. empty

Software

Ubuntu Linux 10.04 (Lucid Lynx, 64-bit)