A Silentium Windows Home Server
Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 2:05 am
My Windows Home Server was built in an Arctic Cooling Silentium T2 case [ SPCR-review: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article216-page1.html ] based on a full ATX-mobo by Asus. All parts left over from the first edition [ viewtopic.php?t=29112 ] of my Ultimate Amplifier PC [ viewtopic.php?t=47722 ]. At the moment I'm running this machine with an evaluation copy of WHS PP1.
Here are the specs:
Arctic Cooling Silentium T2; 350w Seasonic PSU; Asus A8N-SLI Premium; AMD 4000+; Scythe Ninja Mini; Geil 2Gb pc3200c2; WD GP 500gb; 2*WD GP 1Tb; Asus 6200LE; Arctic Cooling 2*80mm rear-fans; Arctic Cooling 2*80mm front-fans; Sharkoon 140mm mobo-fan; Coolermaster 80mm CPU-fan; mCubed T-Balancer SL-4 + miniNG; Windows Home Server Power Pack 1; WHS Toolkit; Lightsout Power Management
The 2 1Gb Western Digital Caviar Green storage drives are mounted in the top front of the case with Nexus disk-silencers-coolers. The 500Gb Western Digital Caviar Green system drive is mounted in the suspended aluminum harddisk-cage of the AC-case just behind the Seasonic PSU.
The 80mm case-out fans in the back and the 80mm PSU-fans in the front are controlled by a mCubed miniNG fan-controller. The 80mm CPU-fan on top of the Ninja Mini and the 140mm mobo-fan are controlled by the Qfan-controller of the motherboard.
The temperatures and rpm's are:
idle at 19C:
â—‹ case top: 31C;
â—‹ case out: 28C;
â—‹ psu in: 41C;
â—‹ storage disks: 34C;
â—‹ system disk: 35C;
â—‹ motherboard: 34C;
â—‹ CPU: 38C;
â—‹ GPU: 43C;
â—‹ cpu-fan: 727rpm;
â—‹ mobo-fan: 508rpm;
â—‹ case-out fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
â—‹ psu-in fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
after backup session at 20C:
â—‹ case top: 34C;
â—‹ case out: 31C;
â—‹ psu in: 45C;
â—‹ storage disks: 38C;
â—‹ system disk: 37C;
â—‹ motherboard: 36C;
â—‹ CPU: 41C;
â—‹ GPU: 46C;
â—‹ cpu-fan: 898rpm;
â—‹ mobo-fan: 541rpm;
â—‹ case-out fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
â—‹ psu-in fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
The machine resides in a corner of the livingroom and is exceptionally quiet. With the Lightsout Power Management add-in the server wakes itself at 22:30H in the evening and then makes a backup of the Ultimate Amplifier PC. After the backup the UAPC hibernates itself and then when the server sees it has no more clients to serve it hibernates itself too with the aid of the Lightsout Power Management add-in. A wealth of information about WHS and add-ins can be found at: [ http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/ ]
The on-site backup is fully automated this way.
A few pictures:
T-Balancer SL-4 by which the miniNG can be configured through software.
miniNG controller. At the right the suspended box of the Silentium T2 with the WHS system disk.
80mm rear case-fans with an analog temp-sensor on the left one.
Analog temp-sensors on one of the heatsinks of the Seasonic PSU.
T-Balancer SL-4 in a former floppy-housing and the 5.25 inch bays for the storage disks.
A 1Tb Western Digital Caviar Green storage disk with Nexus HDD-cooler/silencer.
The 2 1Tb storage disks mounted with Nexus HDD-cooler/silencers.
Scythe Ninja Mini with a Coolermaster 80mm fan blowing up.
The 2 1Tb storage disks seen from the rear. At the left a filtered intake.
Here are the specs:
Arctic Cooling Silentium T2; 350w Seasonic PSU; Asus A8N-SLI Premium; AMD 4000+; Scythe Ninja Mini; Geil 2Gb pc3200c2; WD GP 500gb; 2*WD GP 1Tb; Asus 6200LE; Arctic Cooling 2*80mm rear-fans; Arctic Cooling 2*80mm front-fans; Sharkoon 140mm mobo-fan; Coolermaster 80mm CPU-fan; mCubed T-Balancer SL-4 + miniNG; Windows Home Server Power Pack 1; WHS Toolkit; Lightsout Power Management
The 2 1Gb Western Digital Caviar Green storage drives are mounted in the top front of the case with Nexus disk-silencers-coolers. The 500Gb Western Digital Caviar Green system drive is mounted in the suspended aluminum harddisk-cage of the AC-case just behind the Seasonic PSU.
The 80mm case-out fans in the back and the 80mm PSU-fans in the front are controlled by a mCubed miniNG fan-controller. The 80mm CPU-fan on top of the Ninja Mini and the 140mm mobo-fan are controlled by the Qfan-controller of the motherboard.
The temperatures and rpm's are:
idle at 19C:
â—‹ case top: 31C;
â—‹ case out: 28C;
â—‹ psu in: 41C;
â—‹ storage disks: 34C;
â—‹ system disk: 35C;
â—‹ motherboard: 34C;
â—‹ CPU: 38C;
â—‹ GPU: 43C;
â—‹ cpu-fan: 727rpm;
â—‹ mobo-fan: 508rpm;
â—‹ case-out fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
â—‹ psu-in fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
after backup session at 20C:
â—‹ case top: 34C;
â—‹ case out: 31C;
â—‹ psu in: 45C;
â—‹ storage disks: 38C;
â—‹ system disk: 37C;
â—‹ motherboard: 36C;
â—‹ CPU: 41C;
â—‹ GPU: 46C;
â—‹ cpu-fan: 898rpm;
â—‹ mobo-fan: 541rpm;
â—‹ case-out fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
â—‹ psu-in fans: 35% of 1800max = 630rpm;
The machine resides in a corner of the livingroom and is exceptionally quiet. With the Lightsout Power Management add-in the server wakes itself at 22:30H in the evening and then makes a backup of the Ultimate Amplifier PC. After the backup the UAPC hibernates itself and then when the server sees it has no more clients to serve it hibernates itself too with the aid of the Lightsout Power Management add-in. A wealth of information about WHS and add-ins can be found at: [ http://www.wegotserved.co.uk/ ]
The on-site backup is fully automated this way.
A few pictures:
T-Balancer SL-4 by which the miniNG can be configured through software.
miniNG controller. At the right the suspended box of the Silentium T2 with the WHS system disk.
80mm rear case-fans with an analog temp-sensor on the left one.
Analog temp-sensors on one of the heatsinks of the Seasonic PSU.
T-Balancer SL-4 in a former floppy-housing and the 5.25 inch bays for the storage disks.
A 1Tb Western Digital Caviar Green storage disk with Nexus HDD-cooler/silencer.
The 2 1Tb storage disks mounted with Nexus HDD-cooler/silencers.
Scythe Ninja Mini with a Coolermaster 80mm fan blowing up.
The 2 1Tb storage disks seen from the rear. At the left a filtered intake.