InfoHole A blog by Gordon Page

3May/110

Supermicro SC846TQ-R900B Photos

I just received my Supermicro SC846TQ-R900B server chassis, which I'm going to use to build a 72TB file server (or maybe more, I'll only load in 8x 3TB drives at first, then add more as needed). The chassis has 24 hot-swap drive bays, easily swappable fans, and a hot-swap redundant power supply unit. I won't be using any sort of RAID as my own very simple file storage system duplicates data on multiple drives/servers. You can rent a 72TB server with 100mbit - 4gigabit dedicated bandwidth from Incero.

24 Hot-Swap Drive Bays In 4U

24 Hot-Swap Drive Bays In 4U

Dummy Drives Pre-Installed To Keep Trays From Bending

Dummy Drives Pre-Installed To Keep Trays From Bending

 

SATA Backplane

SATA Backplane

Easily Swappable Fans

Easily Swappable Fans

Air Flow Control

Air Flow Control

Hot-Swap Redundant Power Supply

Hot-Swap Redundant Power Supply

Back Of Chassis

Back Of Chassis