This is The [H]ard Forum Storage Showoff Thread
Anyone can post here regardless of system specs, and I will maintain an Top 20 rankings post based on the most total storage and most storage in one chassis.
I'll also try to have some "featured" systems that stand out for what ever reason so if you don't have enough space to crack the top 20, you still have reason to post. Things like
Top 20 Rankings
Drive expanders and all external storage can count towards your total amount, but not towards the chassis ranking. Think of that as the most hard drives in one case.
See croakz's system as an example. His Lightning "system" has 28.4TB of space. However, 12TB of that is in a drive expander, outside of the main system chassis. So that counts towards his total amount, but the most he has in one chassis is 16.4 TB. Also, this is a great example of a neatly formatted post.
If you want your name on the board, the following are required.
Once you are ready to be considered for a spot on the board, make a post and send me a PM with the link.
Make sure you have the storage amounts in bold text and at the front of your post
Your post should include the following information. Try to keep it in the same order.
Then post a few pictures somewhere that has decent hosting. If your pictures go down, you get dropped from the board.
I recommend http://imgur.com/
FAQ
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Anyone can post here regardless of system specs, and I will maintain an Top 20 rankings post based on the most total storage and most storage in one chassis.
I'll also try to have some "featured" systems that stand out for what ever reason so if you don't have enough space to crack the top 20, you still have reason to post. Things like
- Unique setups
- Clean systems
- Detailed, nicely formatted posts with good photos
Top 20 Rankings
Drive expanders and all external storage can count towards your total amount, but not towards the chassis ranking. Think of that as the most hard drives in one case.
See croakz's system as an example. His Lightning "system" has 28.4TB of space. However, 12TB of that is in a drive expander, outside of the main system chassis. So that counts towards his total amount, but the most he has in one chassis is 16.4 TB. Also, this is a great example of a neatly formatted post.
If you want your name on the board, the following are required.
- Pictures of your actual systems (not a screenshot of disk management)
- Full system specs
- Post format must follow the example post
- Obviously you must have more storage than #20 on the list
Once you are ready to be considered for a spot on the board, make a post and send me a PM with the link.
Make sure you have the storage amounts in bold text and at the front of your post
Your post should include the following information. Try to keep it in the same order.
Amount of total storage (if posting multiple systems)
Amount of storage in the following system
Case
PSU
Motherboard
CPU
RAM
GPU (if discrete)
Controller Cards (if any)
Optical Drives
Hard Drives (include full model number)
Battery Backup Units (if any)
Operating System
(A short paragraph here describing what you use your storage for and how you handle backups and organizing would be nice.)
Then post a few pictures somewhere that has decent hosting. If your pictures go down, you get dropped from the board.
I recommend http://imgur.com/
FAQ
The sum of the manufacturer stated capacity for all your drives. Ignore RAID, formatting, etc.Is the "advertised" space before or after raid? Suppose I have 10 1TB drives in raid6 for 8TB of "advertised" space after raid, does this count? I think the intended meaning in the thread is "sum advertised space of drives in your system" (e.g., 10 * 1TB => 10TB), but it could mean "compensate for advertising overhead on the amount of usable space you have" (e.g., 7.6TB because drives are smaller than 1TB each => 8TB).
Home unless you own the business, but if not, feel free to post, it just won't count towards the rankings.Clarification,
at home or work?
And
Paid for by personally or by work?
Originally I said update your post, but I think it would be better to make a new post, that way more people will see it. If your ranking changes, send me a PM and I'll update the list.n1ce_hat said:I think this might be obvious, but I feel like asking. When the storage of our servers inevitably increases as we get more drives, we edit our original posts in the thread and change the amount? That seems like the cleanest way to do it. Then maybe pass on the info to you to change the top 10.
CorrectAlso, are we only counting one system per person for the top chassis list?
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