Up until now, I’ve talked at length about the various factors dictating what I will be buying and why. In this post which is meant to be a high level overview of all the posts previous, I’m going to give you a shopping list of all of the components needed to make the build tick so that if you want to embark on your own project you can get a head start if you chose to go down the same route yourself.
Up until now, I’ve talked at length about the various factors dictating what I will be buying and why. In this post which is meant to be a high level overview of all the posts previous, I’m going to give you a shopping list of all of the components needed to make the build tick so that if you want to embark on your own project you can get a head start if you chose to go down the same route yourself.
This series will consist of the following posts. I will update the table of contents links in each post as I produce and publish the articles.
- Project Home Lab: Goals
- Project Home Lab: Existing Infrastructure
- Project Home Lab: Hardware Decisions
- Project Home Lab: Network Decisions
- Project Home Lab: Shopping List
Common Infrastructure
- Server Rack: X-Case X-Cab 22U
http://www.xcase.co.uk/rack-cabinets/free-standing-rackmount-cabinets/x-case-x-cab-free-standing-rackmount-cabinets-flat-pack.html - TP-Link TL-SG3424 24 Port Gigabit Switch
http://uk.tp-link.com/products/details/?categoryid=222&model=TL-SG3424 - [Not Confirmed] APC 1500VA UPS
http://www.apc.com/products/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=SUA1500RMI2U&total_watts=50 - 2 APC Basic Rack PDU
http://www.apc.com/products/family/?id=30
Storage Server
- X-Case 3U RM 316 Pro Rack Mount Case
http://www.xcase.co.uk/rackmount-cases/3u-rackmount-server-cases/x-case-rm-316-pro-16-x-6gb-hotswap-caddy-mini-sas-backplane-120mm-temperature-controlled-fans.html - Seasonic SS600-H2U 2U 600W Power Supply
http://www.xcase.co.uk/power-supply/2u-rackmount-power-supply-s/seasonic-ss-600h2u-2u-80-psu-85-00-dynatron.html - Supermicro X8DTH-6F Extended ATX Motherboard
http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTH-6F.cfm - Intel Xeon L5630 2.13GHz Quad Core Processor
http://ark.intel.com/products/47927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-L5630-12M-Cache-2_13-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI - Supermicro SNK-P0037P Processor Passive Heatsink
http://www.supermicro.nl/support/resources/Thermal/#HS?CFID=19161399&CFTOKEN=7e7099169e7b07c7-BB4CFD8C-A1E4-FB19-B84E98D22CB3FAF4 - 3 Samsung 4GB PC3L-10600R Memory Modules
- LSI SFF-8087 Multilane SAS Cable
http://store.lsi.com/scripts/action.basket.cfm?productid=CBL-SFF8087-05M
Disks for the server I’ve yet to purchase or confirm as these are pretty much a commodity item. I’ll update this post when I do select these but expect it to be a mixture of SSD and SATA disk.
With the SAS Multilane cables for connecting to the on-board SAS SFF-8087 ports, do make sure you get the cable with Sideband support, provided by an extra wire or two and an extra pin connection in the cable otherwise you won’t get the SGPIO disk failure and status indication through the disk backplane.
Hyper-V Server
- X-Case 2U RM 208 Pro Rack Mount Case
http://www.xcase.co.uk/rackmount-cases/3u-rackmount-server-cases/x-case-rm-316-pro-16-x-6gb-hotswap-caddy-mini-sas-backplane-120mm-temperature-controlled-fans.html - Seasonic SS600-H2U 2U 600W Power Supply http://www.xcase.co.uk/power-supply/2u-rackmount-power-supply-s/seasonic-ss-600h2u-2u-80-psu-85-00-dynatron.html
- Supermicro X8DTH-6F Extended ATX Motherboard http://www.supermicro.nl/products/motherboard/QPI/5500/X8DTH-6F.cfm
- Intel Xeon L5630 2.13GHz Quad Core Processor http://ark.intel.com/products/47927/Intel-Xeon-Processor-L5630-12M-Cache-2_13-GHz-5_86-GTs-Intel-QPI
- Supermicro SNK-P0037P Processor Passive Heatsink http://www.supermicro.nl/support/resources/Thermal/#HS?CFID=19161399&CFTOKEN=7e7099169e7b07c7-BB4CFD8C-A1E4-FB19-B84E98D22CB3FAF4
- 6 Samsung 8GB PC3L-10600R Memory Modules
- LSI SFF-8087 Multilane SAS Cable
http://store.lsi.com/scripts/action.basket.cfm?productid=CBL-SFF8087-05M
Disks for the server I’ve yet to purchase or confirm as these are pretty much a commodity item. For the Hyper-V server, the disks need not be large or pretty as they will be used primary just for getting the host operating system online. A pair of SSDs in a RAID1 Mirror will be the most likely suspect.
With the SAS Multilane cables for connecting to the on-board SAS SFF-8087 ports, do make sure you get the cable with Sideband support, provided by an extra wire or two and an extra pin connection in the cable otherwise you won’t get the SGPIO disk failure and status indication through the disk backplane.
Next Up
With the shopping list crossed off and most of the hardware now ordered and some of it already in my hands, it’s time to get building. The next posts will show some of the builds, enjoy.