Black Dwarf Video Worklog Pt. 2

This is the Black Dwarf. The idea was to squeeze as many terabytes possible into a case no bigger than a shoebox. The case was built entirely from scratch and you can find the full description at:
http://www.willudesign.com/BlackDwarfTop.html

Special thanks to my sponsors:
Newegg.com
LogicSupply.com
Crucial Technologies
TTI Group

Music By Phil Lehman-Brown
http://www.myspace.com/eightieseducation

System Specifications
•Quanmax Industrial KEEX-2030 Atom 3.5" Mainboard (Intel Atom N270)
•2GB Crucial DDR2 PC2-5300 SODIMM
•Highpoint RocketRAID 2680
•Serener 120w DC-DC PSU
•8x 2TB Western Digital Caviar Green 3.5" HDD
•320GB Western Digital Scorpio Black 2.5" HDD
•30GB OCZ Vertex Series SSD

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Black
• Dwarf
• Mod
• Case
• pc
• modding
• hdd
• storage
• server
• willudesign
• custom
• computer
• Newegg
• LogicSupply
• Crucial
• TTI

[Crimedave1987]

hey man i really admire your work but i have a question the power of the drives what did you use to power 8 drives are you using a regular power supply because ill be in shock if you could power 8 drives plus the motherboard with just a brick if you know what i mean?

[UnknownLobster]

@Crimedave1987 I was worried as well. I got the highest power DC-DC 12v adaptor logic supply had - 120watts. I suspected when building I would be cutting it close - Under load it only sucks about 80 watts measured with a kill-a-watt. Been running almost 24/7 for over a year now. Zero problems. 

[FictitiousMe]

Will, in the Newegg video you mentioned about the latching switch to turn HDDs on/off, Can you give more details about it? Can it be used when the system/NAS is running?

[UnknownLobster]

@FictitiousMe You can go and "dismount" the raid by going into the rocketraid utility, but honestly the main reason it's there is if I want to leave the machine on but am going on a long vacation or something - just to save a little power / hard drive life. The once time I've done it I just rebooted.

[bladedush]

hey Will have you had any problems with running that many hard drives so close together for a 24 hr comp?

[UnknownLobster]

@bladedush Nope, everything has been running great and temps are just fine.

[graphicsgod]

Can someone get this guy a show or something on G4!?!?! It could be like the "powerblock" but for nerds :)!!!

[JustineBieberxoxo]

@michals91 Explain.

[unseenowsgc]

Props man!! 

[addemufc]

Unbelievably epic

[dkbjvb1]

I would like to buy this great machine!!!

[caffienefueled]

This is truly amazing. Fantastic craftsmanship! So what do you use it for?

[pixelharmony]

I just wanted to say I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very impressive custom build, and I love how you showed all the detail in the fabrication process.

[michals91]

hard drives shouldn't be tilted, they will die quickly ;/

[Fallencomrade182]

So much porn



[LDWz]

What is that for?

[MyDogIsMyWife]

that will suck when defraging