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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