Build a SAN Howto – Multi-Protocol Storage Area Network
Custom SAN, SAN Hardware How-To, VMware SAN, Hyper-V SAN, iSCSI SAN, NFS SAN, NAS, DIY SAN. Full Article At: www.itechstorm.com How-to build Storage Area Network (SAN) for less than 00. This SAN was designed to be quiet, moderately sized, and have multi-protocol capabilities so that it could be used for any purpose such as streaming home videos, backup server, supplemental block-level storage for servers or clients, VMware SAN, Database SAN for clustering or anything along those lines. The Hardware aspect of building the SAN is discussed in this video. The following components were used to build the SAN: Motherboard: SUPERMICRO MBD-C2SBA+ SATA Enclosure: SUPERMICRO CSE-M35T-1B RAID Controller: ARECA ARC-1260 Server Case: LIAN LI PC-A17B Hard Drives: Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS Power Supply: Any Quality 600W+ PSU Performance Results: Using Iometer: www.youtube.com Max IOps: 16500 – 100% Read, 100% Sequential Max Throughput: 105 MB/s, 16 Queue Depth, 100% Read, 100% Sequential
WD Green drives are proven to be very bad for RAID arrays as it spins the HDD down when it’s not used.
@UltimateArco I selected the WD Green Series drives to reduce power consumption and heat as much as possible. I agree they are not ideal for RAID configurations. In my case I’m hosting this SAN box in a bedroom and want to avoid a lot of heat emanating from the system. I has worked out quite nicely and I got better performance than expected.