New x58 storage system

[MongGrel]

I do not have the bucks these days to rebuild the old x58 x5680 rig these days and the the 4TB storage system on the old P6T7 in the Antec 1200 in getting a decade + old.

I still want to keep the rig running, and will be ripping out the current RE3's and rebuilding it again, have been contemplating losing the Areca 1210 and putting some a least one hot swap x4 cage in the front.

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EA0WMOS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DGZ42SM/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EHBERSE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I'm not sure about the Rosewell cages, but would fit in the case about perfect I guess, just a matter of gutting things and rebuilding things here and there again.

I need to test the RE3's, but they are all old and even the live ones probably about end of life, I need to rip em out as I think I'm getting conflicts over a couple atm.

 

[XavierMace]

What's your budget? I'd go with a surplus LSI controller. That Rosewill cage looks like poo, but admittedly all the add-in cages I've used have been. I stopped using them and just went with cases that have easy internal access to the 3.5" bays/trays. Is this a Windows storage system or something else?

 

[MongGrel]

I have a Sata 3 slot open to begin with, I think I might just say screw it to the second RAID array an slap one of these brand new in here for a spinner.

https://www.amazon.com/3-5-Inch-7200rpm-128MB-Internal-WD6002FFWX/dp/B01CHP20MG/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1488612033&sr=1-2&keywords=wd+red&th=1

I could get fancy later I guess, but a brand new big faster spinner would probably make more sense these days.

Crap, just saw the ships in one or two months thing, wave off

 

[MongGrel]

Screw it I need a large storage disk, I can rip the other things out an just slap this in there, an analyze things later.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CL6R7QU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I just ordered one of those, I'm going to rip some old stuff out an simplify things on the main rig.