Network Attached Storage/Workstation
(Hardware Raid)

Component Brand Price($) Specs Research
Case Supermicro SC743T-645/ 645W PS 8 sata hot swap bays 400  
Motherboard Supermicro H8DAE Audio/Dual GB-LAN/2 PCI-X/Dual-Core 940 370  
CPU Two AMD Opteron 246 2GHZ Retail /w 3 Yr Warr 368  
Memory 4 Corsair 1GB PC-3200 392  
Sata Raid Controller 3ware 9550SX-8LP PCI-X SATA II Raid Controller 520  
Hard Drive 5 Western Digital RE2 WD4000YR SATA hard drive (Raid 5 approx. 1.6TB) 935  
DVD-RW drive NEC 3520A -- 16x DVD+R,8x DVD+RW,4x DVD+R DL DVD RW drive 47  
Assemble and Test 12 Hrs @ $40/hour($0 if TSA coupons can be used*) 480
  Total 3512

NOTES
OS is Redhat Linux Fedora Core 4.
This system is really a NAS(Network Attache Storage) box, but because it also has dual socket 940 Opterons, it is also a good number cruncher etc.
Many components can be upgraded(Opterons, Hard drives(up to 8, 500GB), RAM (up to 16GB))

* TSA coupons can be used for labor, if department is Physics, Chemistry or Geology and is approved.)
Please email ebylund@uoregon.edu or call (x4689) if you want to order,have questions or comments. Last modified: 12-Nov-2005