New archive server project! (Patreon)

Objective:  Purchase a new server for the archive.

Reason:     Our current server has run out of usable space, we have to rely on others and on unsafe cloud storage at the moment to continue to archive.

Server Brand:   Quantagrid

Model:          D51PH-1ULH

Bays:           12x 3.5" bays, 4x 2.5" bays.

CPU:            Dual E5-26xx V3 / V4 (Will probably use Dual E5-2603, Six cores, 12 threads. 1.6Ghz)

RAM:            16 Slots x 2400/2133/1866/1600/1333 MHz DDR4 RDIMM (Will probably have 4x 8GB sticks for 32GB ram.)

Power Supply:   700W Redundant

SAS Controller: LSI 3008, 12GB SAS (both SAS and SATA)

Price:          $1750 ~ with Dual E5-2603, 32GB Ram.  - Better deals may be available at time of purchase.

NOTE: The current server uses a C2750D4I motherboard, 32GB of DDR3 ram, and has an Intel Atom C2750 (8 cores, no hyperthreading. 2.4Ghz)

Hard disks:     12x HGST 3.5" 12TB HDDs.  (Will choose SAS or SATA accordingly)

Price:          $450 per disk, $5400 for all 12. - Disk prices vary, will look around.

NOTE: We will try to make sure to get drives that have the proper manufacturers warranty.  HGST has a 5 Year warranty policy against dead drives.

Extras:         

A 2.5" SSD for a boot drive, $60

A 2.5" HDD for a backup of boot drive, Free

A USB 3.0 thumb drive for always-plugged-in recovery, Free

Total storage:  144TB *not counting boot drives or extra 2.5" disks / flash drives / USB 3.0 externals.

Total usable:   90TB~ (1 ZFS-3 array) 12 drives, 3 drive failure over all, 25% failure acceptable.

Note: The current server uses 3 x 8TB drives without raid, for a total capacity of 24TB, 21TB usable.  No redundancy, and 0% failure acceptable.

Total price for parts: $1750 + $5400 + $60 = $7210 USD

Already donated to the new server project:

ZizzyDizzyMC:       $1000 (Set aside, more may be available pending dental work.)

Anonymous:          $1000

Donations pledged / made outside of a fundraising website are not subject to that site's fees, which means more of it ends up in the server directly.

Patreon helps cover the monthly expenses of running the archive. We currently have enough (projected) to pay for the monthly hosting cost of both servers. This may change pending a new quote from my colocation provider.

If you would like to donate / pledge before an GoFundMe / Indiegogo is set up please contact me.

On a personal note, I'd really like to take a moment to thank everyone along the road who've made this archive possible.  It's a really wonderful learning experience for myself while I get to help so many others.  Really couldn't have done it without you guys.   Can't really believe how far we've come in 3 years.  

A different personal note: I have a tooth ache, and it really hurts.  Thank goodness for the comfort of plushies!