Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video covers the hardware choice and plans for this 12 bay used supermicro X9DRi 2x xeon 2630L V1 32GB server. Raid Z 36TB usable 72TB total capacity with 12gbit SAS drives
OS will be FreeNAS.
Why an old obsolete server? it was $380 shipped without drives. $1000 in hard drives new.
IPMI. network based KVM. you never need to plug in a keyboard or mouse to control any facet of the system.
redundant 80 plus platinum power supplies
low power consumption. these 2630L Xeons are 60W processors. plug power under load is under 250 watts fully loaded.
refurb 6TB SAS HDDs for under $100 a pop amzn.to/374cCgE
This video covers the hardware choice and plans for this 12 bay used supermicro X9DRi 2x xeon 2630L V1 32GB server. Raid Z 36TB usable 72TB total capacity with 12gbit SAS drives
OS will be FreeNAS.
Why an old obsolete server? it was $380 shipped without drives. $1000 in hard drives new.
IPMI. network based KVM. you never need to plug in a keyboard or mouse to control any facet of the system.
redundant 80 plus platinum power supplies
low power consumption. these 2630L Xeons are 60W processors. plug power under load is under 250 watts fully loaded.
refurb 6TB SAS HDDs for under $100 a pop amzn.to/374cCgE
