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[Redeemed]

40TB of storage!!! What can use up all that space?

YOU CRAZY, Slawter.

[slaWter]

40TB of storage!!! What can use up all that space?

YOU CRAZY, Slawter.

It's not full already My first array nearly was however, so I had to get the remaining 10 disks. But this upgrade should last for years

[MangaSpawn64]

It's not full already My first array nearly was however, so I had to get the remaining 10 disks. But this upgrade should last for years

Blu-Ray rips ? I have about 1 TB of "personal" files (pics, MP3 rips, backgrounds). Can't imagine needing 40 TB

[Roadhog]

40TB of storage!!! What can use up all that space?

YOU CRAZY, Slawter.

Porn, lots and lots of porn.

[Razeus]

Jesus.

[Redeemed]

40TB... daaaayum! I'm having a hard time wrapping my mind around that volume of data. Sure... backups for NASA or the DoD or whatever- 40TB is probably nothing.

But personal use? 40TB... you got me curious.

[BababooeyHTJ]

Porn, lots and lots of porn.

Weird fetish porn no doubt.

[CurrentlyPissed]

I use 86GB of my SSD, and 600GB of my 1TB. How do you need 40TB? You are like a digital pack-rat.

[Redeemed]

I use 86GB of my SSD, and 600GB of my 1TB. How do you need 40TB? You are like a digital pack-rat.

Honestly I think it's awesome.

How long ago was 40GB considered inconcievably huge? What do you think we'll be saying about 40TB in 15 years?

If I had the money I'd have a setup like Slawter's. Why not? I'm gonna' hazzard a guess and say that he isn't using all 40TB for one specific thing. It's like a redundant backup. Let's say he's got 250GB in pictures, 4TB in movies, and another 250GB in music. That's only 4.5TB of data. One backup of that becomes 9TB. A redundant backup, depending on how it's configured, could become 18TB now. That's almost half of his storage right there.

Very simple example but it shows that much space, though it is a low, can get filled relatively quickly if your backup implementation has enough redundancy.

[Ristogod]

The only issue with such sizes is that I find it hard to have a working solution for off-site backup.

[slaWter]

The only issue with such sizes is that I find it hard to have a working solution for off-site backup.

True. I only save the most important data on an off-site backup.
The real issue is not the required storage but the current connection, especially upload, speeds here. I can't sync it online. So I have to sync it manually about once a month.

[logical]

True. I only save the most important data on an off-site backup.
The real issue is not the required storage but the current connection, especially upload, speeds here. I can't sync it online. So I have to sync it manually about once a month.

So whats all the space for? Dont keep us in suspense.

[DigitalDemon]

True. I only save the most important data on an off-site backup.
The real issue is not the required storage but the current connection, especially upload, speeds here. I can't sync it online. So I have to sync it manually about once a month.

I also manually sync, well backup. Call me crazy, I no longer use RAID for my 20TB server. I have 12 drives on the server, 12 backup drives, 1 nightly drive and 4 floating drives. Once a month I see which drives have new files needed for backup, lets say drives 2,3 and 7. The floater drives backup the needed drives, and then the original drive backups becomes the floaters, and so on. This way I still have a good backup in case the server drives or the floaters fail to verify. The nightly drive is a backup drive that stays in the server to hold a copy of new data between monthlies, its cleared after the monthly backups have been completed.

Critical data that's too large for online services, like my photos, get perma storage. Once the collection gets big enough to fill an entire drive, example drive 2 is one of my full photo drives, another backup is made and sent off-site. That drive set, live/backup/storage, is now frozen until the live drive dies.

[Redeemed]

I also manually sync, well backup. Call me crazy, I no longer use RAID for my 20TB server. I have 12 drives on the server, 12 backup drives, and 4 floating drives. Once a month I see which drives have new files needed for backup, lets say drives 2,3 and 7. The floater drives backup the needed drives, and then the original drive backups becomes the floaters, and so on. This way I still have a good backup in case the server drives or the floaters fail to verify.

Critical data that's too large for online services, like my photos, get perma storage. Once the collection gets big enough to fill an entire drive, example drive 2 is one of my full photo drives, another backup is made and sent off-site. That drive set, live/backup/storage, is now frozen until the live drive dies.

"Frozen" as in, put in the freezer frozen? Why?

[slaWter]

So whats all the space for? Dont keep us in suspense.

Part backup, part media server. Media files are shared for the HTPC but I also run a few streaming services in the background, for example for playback on iOS.

It also acts as a big network share. I don't use a backup software that uses its own, compressed file format. The files are "open" on the server and shared in my LAN. So all computers have access to everything if needed. And can sync to their own local disk easily.

[DigitalDemon]

"Frozen" as in, put in the freezer frozen? Why?

Frozen as in, the drive set state is frozen. Since the drive is full and no data on it changes, new backups are no longer made, the drives sit where they currently are until the active drive in the server goes bad. I currently have 2 drives sets in the frozen state, eventually they will all become that way once they are full.

[AdamK47]

Intel Core i7 3960X @ 4.5GHz
ASRock Extreme11 @ 45 x 100MHz
32GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z @ 2133 DDR
Three HD7970s in Tri-Fire @ 1000/1500
256GB Vertex 4 SSD
Six 512GB Vertex 4 SSDs in RAID-0
4TB Deskstar 7K4000 HDD
Pioneer BDR-206 BD-RW
Cooler Master HAF-X case
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme cooler
Corsair AX1200 power supply
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard
CST LaserTRAC 2545W trackball
DoubleSight DS-307W monitor
Shure SRH840 headphones

[oasked]

Wow that's a crazy setup! Any particular benefits from running 6 SSDs in RAID0? Surely you've more than maxed out the controller?

[slaWter]

Lovely SSD setup AdamK47! Is it used for your extensive game collection?

[mullet]

Adam super job dude, looks amazing!!!!

[Redeemed]

Wow! THAT is awesome! Why the 6 SSDs? Gonna' go along with what somebody else already said and hazzard that it's for a large Steam and Origin library, maybe?

Those add up to what- 1.5TB? Gotta' wonder if you ever even see any loading screens.

[slaWter]

Wow! THAT is awesome! Why the 6 SSDs? Gonna' go along with what somebody else already said and hazzard that it's for a large Steam and Origin library, maybe?

Those add up to what- 1.5TB? Gotta' wonder if you ever even see any loading screens.

Don't you remember? AdamK47 used to post his impressive game collection at nVn. Back then, close to 500 installed games all at once!

[Redeemed]

Don't you remember? AdamK47 used to post his impressive game collection at nVn. Back then, close to 500 installed games all at once!

You're right! So it's got to be that gaming collection. I don't know how many individual titles I have but it's no where near 500, and I'm already pushing 500GB... just counted and I have about 79 games apparently. Add in the few titles I have on Origin and I'm just over 500GB worth.

500 games... yeah he likely needs all those 512GB SSDs.

[caveman-jim]

Wow that's a crazy setup! Any particular benefits from running 6 SSDs in RAID0? Surely you've more than maxed out the controller?

The LSI SAS 2308 controller is built in to the motherboard, not sure of the clockspeed on the PPC 440 (800MHz stock) and if it has NVcache (doesn't look like it), but ASRock claim up to 3.8GB/s with 8 SSD's.

[AdamK47]

851 games now. About 300GB left on the array.



Here's a shot at an initial benchmark I've done. I've seen people getting higher with some tweaking to the controller, but I'm more than happy with this performance.

[jimmt]

Case


Inside



Complete setup. Nothing spectacular

[lmchv]

[OverclockN']

Decided I'd try something a bit different and see if I like it. I've been considering mounting my 37" 1080P TV to the wall in front of my desk and using that as a primary monitor. Then use the 24" as a secondary display. I wasn't sure if I would be sitting too close or how it might look...figured I'd give it a shot. Couldn't hurt anything. My entertainment center is narrow and fit in the gap between the wall and desk. I stacked books until it was the right height and hooked it all up. Going to use it like this for a little bit and see if it's worth doing. If I like it, this opens up the opportunity to get a new extremely thin LED tv and then I'll mount the speakers on the wall to the left and right and center in the middle of course. This makes for a cleaner look and a LOT more desk space. Especially when I finish my new build and get the PC off the desk.

Anyway, here it is.


First impressions...not sure yet. It's not as clear as the 24" monitor quite obviuosly, and I actually have to move my head just a tiny bit to see the full screen...but just barely. I can always move my desk back a bit as well. I have a ton of room to do so. Hell, I'd actually be able to get behind it easier if I did anyway. This might not be bad with the desk back another foot or so. Going to try some gaming this way.

What do you guys think?

EDIT: It got dwarfed in the photo...it doesn't look that big. But it seems overly huge in person sitting in front of it. Will take some getting use to I think.

[demo]

Set the TV to its PC profile if it has one, it should be nice and clear then, just like a large monitor. By default it will have TV post processing enabled, which is good for TV, but not for text or pc images. What model is it?

I have a 40" LED connected to my PC too and like to use it occasionally.

[OverclockN']

Set the TV to its PC profile if it has one, it should be nice and clear then, just like a large monitor. By default it will have TV post processing enabled, which is good for TV, but not for text or pc images. What model is it?

I have a 40" LED connected to my PC too and like to use it occasionally.

The TV isn't anything too great, but it does have decent IQ. It's a Toshiba Regza display, though I'm not sure which model at the moment. I just played BF3 on it, and it was outstanding. Like an IMAX almost it's so big. Need to see what kind of fatigue I'll get with it before I make any long term decisions.

EDIT: It was on "Preference" for the picture mode, but I had already been using this as a PC display to play games using a controller. There was no difference in image going from "Preference" to "PC".

[methimpikehoses]

Threw a new card in to rev up the old jalopy. Thought about going ivy bridge, and possibly a SFF case, but I'll wait till Haswell comes along.

i7 920
EVGA x58 SLI
16GB GSkill Ripjaws
EVGA GTX 680 SC
Corsair HX1000
Corsair H50
Silverstone TJ09

Crappy phone pics, but you get the idea.

[mullet]

Very nice Meth!!!! Love the case.

[methimpikehoses]

Very nice Meth!!!! Love the case.

thanks mullet. i do love how the case looks, but it's not exactly the most user friendly, especially with all the cable routing features of newer cases. and it weighs more than my kock. but it does have that sleek look that you can't deny.

plus, i do everything i can to emulate your wife.

[logical]

Intel Core i7 3960X @ 4.5GHz
ASRock Extreme11 @ 45 x 100MHz
32GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z @ 2133 DDR
Three HD7970s in Tri-Fire @ 1000/1500
256GB Vertex 4 SSD
Six 512GB Vertex 4 SSDs in RAID-0
4TB Deskstar 7K4000 HDD
Pioneer BDR-206 BD-RW
Cooler Master HAF-X case
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme cooler
Corsair AX1200 power supply
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard
CST LaserTRAC 2545W trackball
DoubleSight DS-307W monitor
Shure SRH840 headphones

How do you like that monitor?

[Sazar]

Threw a new card in to rev up the old jalopy. Thought about going ivy bridge, and possibly a SFF case, but I'll wait till Haswell comes along.

i7 920
EVGA x58 SLI
16GB GSkill Ripjaws
EVGA GTX 680 SC
Corsair HX1000
Corsair H50
Silverstone TJ09

Crappy phone pics, but you get the idea.

Looks like you instagrammed an instagram and then instagrammed it.



Looks nice and clean

[bob saget]

Very nice Meth!!!! Love the case.

yea looks very nice. it was about time for an upgrade...

[aviphysics]

Just thinking we need another thread for what people's computer desks really look like before they clean them up to take a shot for this thread .

[jimmt]

Just thinking we need another thread for what people's computer desks really look like before they clean them up to take a shot for this thread .

LOL true, but my desk looks like it does in the picture. No cleaning

EDIT: Next upgrade I will def go Water cool. I am digging the water cool setups you guys have here.

[jimmt]

Intel Core i7 3960X @ 4.5GHz
ASRock Extreme11 @ 45 x 100MHz
32GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z @ 2133 DDR
Three HD7970s in Tri-Fire @ 1000/1500
256GB Vertex 4 SSD
Six 512GB Vertex 4 SSDs in RAID-0
4TB Deskstar 7K4000 HDD
Pioneer BDR-206 BD-RW
Cooler Master HAF-X case
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme cooler
Corsair AX1200 power supply
Razer BlackWidow Ultimate keyboard
CST LaserTRAC 2545W trackball
DoubleSight DS-307W monitor
Shure SRH840 headphones

I like your desk. Where did you get it?

[CurrentlyPissed]

New desk. Atlantica Gaming Desktop.

Built in Gamepad holder
Built in Headphone Holder
Built in speaker stands on the sides
Built in Cup holder, yes, a cup holder.
Cable management system including a Surge protector tray under the desktop
And a place to set your phone/wallet and it has slots for your charger.

Desk is incredibly well thought out for it's overly simplfied design. Has a neat "faux carbon fibre" top as well. Very solid construction.