Meet the Black Dwarf, a custom network-attached-storage device from the mind of video editor Will Urbina, packing 16TB of RAID 5 magnetic media and a 1.66GHz Atom N270 CPU into a completely hand-built Lexan, aluminum and steel enclosure. Urbina says the Dwarf writes at 88MB per second and reads at a fantastic 266MB per second, making the shuttlecraft-shaped 12.7TB array nearly as speedy as an SSD but with massive capacity and some redundancy to boot.
Full description and build video
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We have several TB's coming in next week on a case that need expedited processing, hmmmm….
I don't know that I'd be happy having 8 drives touching each other like that. Seems like you're inviting noise and possible vibration caused wear / damage.
Heat would be my biggest concern. While there appears to be ventilation, given the close proximity of the drives, those in the middle will radiate their heat into the other drives.
Whatever the design flaws, the man's got skills…
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We have several TB's coming in next week on a case that need expedited processing, hmmmm….
It's pretty scary that I saw the same article and started thinking the same thing (except the part about having the TB's coming in next week p)….
Tom
I note the drives being used are WD Green. I have tried 1TB drives without any cooling, and they stay cool.
However, adequate cooling is VERY important.
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Mmmm, shiny … I agree !
Heat would be my biggest concern. While there appears to be ventilation, given the close proximity of the drives, those in the middle will radiate their heat into the other drives.
Gah.
There's always a realist there to ruin it!
With my luck we'll seize it next week. 16tb, 1gb per minute…