diff --git a/content/blog/2024/large-storage-custom-nas/index.md b/content/blog/2024/large-storage-custom-nas/index.md index 5dace40..ceabcb0 100644 --- a/content/blog/2024/large-storage-custom-nas/index.md +++ b/content/blog/2024/large-storage-custom-nas/index.md @@ -138,3 +138,18 @@ and then with the PCB in place As you can see, it kind of fits ? So in my wisdom I thought I could fit more connectors on the PCB, so I went for 14 drives per PCB Two rows of 7, I would have two port expanders underneath and using some method not determined find a location for a 3rd one. If I have 9 slots, 14 x 9 = 126 , so I get to my goal with a few to spare! + +{{< image src="images/IMG_2780 (1).jpg" width="150x" class="is-pulled-right" height="200x" title="">}} +{{< image src="images/IMG_2779 (1).jpg" width="150x" class="is-pulled-right" height="200x" title="">}} + +So a completed PCB + +It is a very simple design, two locations to power the drives and then pass through connectors for SATA + +{{< image src="images/IMG_2762 (1).jpg" width="150x" class="is-pulled-right" height="200x" title="">}} + +Then I wired it up with the SATA cables I had + +It looks pretty, and did work, 20 drives and a boot drive, so 21 drives. + +At this point, which was quite a bit of work, I realized with much distress, it was slower than a snail, at one point I was getting an underwhelming 10Mb/s !!!