Comments on: 16 TB Storage in a System No Bigger Than a Shoebox

By: Jason K

Jason K — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:13:14 +0000

How about the Serener 120W DC-DC Power Converter since it’s no longer available what is the best alternative for the same application? I’m looking to build something similar and need to power 8 to 16 drives.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:37:05 +0000

@Mike> The problem isn’t the angle its running at, its changing from one angle to another and using them, meaning, if you install with the drive horizontally, it could cause drift if moving to vertical. If the data is loaded when the drive is on an angle, gravity doesn’t change so the heads will still be on par with where they’re supposed to be.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:25:25 +0000

I thought that you weren’t supposed to operate hard drives oriented like that? Maybe I am wrong, but what I have always heard is that running them while they are perfectly vertical or horizontal is fine, but not running them while they are at an angle. The issue was something about the forces applied to the drive as it spins.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 07 May 2010 12:30:06 +0000

Since it’s headless, he could consider running Open Solaris with the zfs file system.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:29:36 +0000

@ Benjamin,
He’s running Windows 7 right now, but is looking into running other OS’s as well.