Chronopolis:Potential Grid Bricks
From Adapt
Summary of prices: (These are from 2006)
| Description | Dollars per Tb | Total Price |
| 48-bay, 1raid (5.2Tb)** | $2,020.00 | $10,499.75 |
| 48-bay, 3raids (15.6Tb) | $1,206.00 | $18,811.75 |
| 24-bay, 1 raid (3.6Tb)* | $1,763.00 | $6,344.40 |
| 24-bay, 2 raids (7.2Tb) | $1,324.00 | $9,531.40 |
- not a real choice since we need > 5 tb.
- Chosen configuration, with 32-bay upgrade available
48-Bay brick (Chosen)
First brick is a 1-3 raid brick holding up to a maximum of 3 x 16-drive raids in a raid-6 + 1 configuration. This gives each raid a usable capacity of 5.2Tb.
| Description | Vendor link | Price | Quantity | Total Price |
| RAID Components | ||||
| RAID Controller - Areca ARC-1160ML 16pt MultiLane SATA RAID Controller | [1] - topmicrousa | $978.00 | 3 | $2934.00 |
| RAID Battery - Areca ARC-6120 Battery Backup Module | [2] - topmicrousa | $138.00 | 3 | $414.00 |
| RAID Disks - 400Gb disks | [3] - newegg | $190.00 | 48 | $9,120.00 |
| Subtotal | 1 raid (5.2Tb) | $4,156.00 | 3 raids (15.6Tb) | $12,468.00 |
| Base-system | ||||
| Case (48-bay)- AIC RMC5D2-RI-XPSM 5U Rack Mount w/SATA Multi-Lane Backplane, Rail Sets & 1400W (3+1) Redundant PS | [4] - monarch | $4,985.00 | 1 | $4,985.65 |
| CPU - Intel Xeon EM64T 3.0 800MHz FSB Socket 604 Processor | [5] | $267.00 | 2 | $534.00 |
| Motherboard - Thunder i7520 (S5360) | [6] - provantage | $394.78 | 1 | $394.78 |
| Memory - pc2700 2x512 | [7] - crucial | $95.99 | 2 | $191.98 |
| Root drives - HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 80GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive | [8] - newegg | $50.00 | 2 | $100.00 |
| Root disk raid - 3ware 80062LPKIT PCI SATA Controller Card - Retail | [9] - newegg | $137.99 | 1 | $137.99 |
| server subtotal | 1 cpu | $6,076.75 | 2 cpu | $6,343.75 |
| Total (2cpu): | $ per TB | 3 raids | $1,206 | $18,811.75 |
| 1 raid | $2,020 | $10,499.75 | ||
24-Bay brick
The second raid is similiar to the NARA raid at AI. It's 2x12 drive raids in a raid 6 + 1 configuration. Total usable space per raid is 3.6Tb.
| Description | Vendor link | Price | Quantity | Total Price |
| Raid Components | ||||
| RAID Controller - Areca ARC-1130ML 12pt SATA RAID Controller | [10] - topmicrousa | $768.00 | 2 | $1,536.00 |
| RAID Battery - Areca ARC-6120 Battery Backup Module | [11] - topmicrousa | $138.00 | 2 | $276.00 |
| RAID Disks - 400Gb disks | [12] - newegg | $190.00 | 24 | $9,120.00 |
| Subtotal | 1 raid (3.6Tb) | $3,186.00 | 3 raids (7.2Tb) | $6,372.00 |
| Base-system | ||||
| Case (48-bay)- AIC RMC5D2-RI-XPSM 5U Rack Mount w/SATA Multi-Lane Backplane, Rail Sets & 1400W (3+1) Redundant PS | [13] - monarch | $1,799.65 | 1 | $1,799.65 |
| CPU - Intel Xeon EM64T 3.0 800MHz FSB Socket 604 Processor | [14] | $267.00 | 2 | $534.00 |
| Motherboard - [[15][Thunder i7520 (S5360)]] | [16] - provantage | $394.78 | 1 | $394.78 |
| Memory - pc2700 2x512 | [17] - crucial | $95.99 | 2 | $191.98 |
| Root drives - HITACHI Deskstar 7K80 80GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive | [18] - newegg | $50.00 | 2 | $100.00 |
| Root disk raid - 3ware 80062LPKIT PCI SATA Controller Card - Retail | [19] - newegg | $137.99 | 1 | $137.99 |
| server subtotal | 1 cpu | $2,891.40 | 2 cpu | $3,158.40 |
| Total (2cpu): | $ per TB | 2 raids | $1,324.00 | $9,531.40 |
| 1 raid | $1,763.00 | $6,344.40 | ||
Per-Gig pricing on various drives
| Drive | price per GB | Total Price |
| Seagate 500GB | $0.57 | $285.00 |
| Western Digital 400GB | $0.47 | $190.00 |
-- Main.MikeSmorul - 20 Mar 2006
