The Supermicro SC836TQ-R800V specs holds 16ea. 3.5" SATA-II hard drives, has a dual redundant 800W hot-swap power supply, and provides for best-in-class storage density in a 3U rackmount chassis.

Start with a moderate number of drives, then add more drives down the road to expand your RAID array(s). Or, fill it up with sixteen drives from the get-go for a TON of protected storage space.

We recommend the dual-socket 940 Opteron platform for large storage arrays. The socket 940 platform is economical, efficient, and offers solid performance-perfect for storage applications.

Recommended configuration:

-Tyan S3892G3NR dual-socket 940 eATX motherboard, w/dual-gigabit LAN, 16ea. DIMM slots, dual-x16 PCI-Express, USB2, 4-port SATA-II RAID controller, ATI ES1000 video

-2ea. AMD Opteron 275 2.2Ghz 1M L2 dual-core Socket 940 Processors for QUAD CPU configuration

-16ea. 512M Supertalent PC2700 ECC/Registered DDR SDRAM, w/Samsung modules, lifetime warranty, 8G installed

-2ea. Seagate ST3160815AS 160G SATA-II hard drives in RAID-1 mirror, for OS and applications

-14ea. Seagate ST3500630AS Barracuda 10 500G 16M SATA-II hard drives for data storage, for approximately 3.25TB of protected, fast storage in RAID 0+1 configuration

-3WARE 9650SE-16ML 16-port PCI-E SATA-II RAID Controller

--Mitsumi slim floppy drive, black

-Supermicro SC836TQ-R800V 3U rackmount chassis, w/16ea. hot-swap SATA hard drive bays, dual-redundant 800W hot-swap power supply, slim DVD, 5ea. 80mm hot-swap fans

-Assembled, tested, and burned-in; thorough attention to every detail

-2-Year parts/labor warranty

 

Please email us with your needs and specifications, and we will provide you with a personalized custom quote.