Intel SS 4200, intel blurb page http://www.intel.com/products/server/storage/ss4200/index.htm
About a year and a half old. I picked this unit up for its relatively low power use, small footprint and ability to modify. I added a db9 serial port so I didn't have to add a video card and upgraded the CPU to a E4300 (1.8ghz celeron). Replaced the built in DOM module with an IDE hard drive and happily ran freebsd + zfs on it until I had reason to upgrade. Includes 4x 1.5tb seagate 7200.11 drives (4.5tb raidz1/raid5 storage, 6tb total), 80gb IDE drive, the original software DOM module (that i used for about an hour and never used again) and a spare cf module that i considered using as a boot drive. All said and done I probably spent around ~600 or so when this was all new but I built myself a new monster storage machine and this has been sadly sitting around wanting a new home. This unit also works with newer 2tb/3tb drives. When I was doing most of my research I got most of my information from the following pages, please note you will either need a serial cable or a riser card and a low profile video card to console the device, most people do a 'blind install' of windows home server or linux, but FreeBSD isn't quite so friendly in that regard so I had to get serial console output to do the installation.
http://ss4200.pbworks.com/w/page/5122751/FrontPage
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/30482-intel-entry-storage-system-ss4200e-review
and a thread I participated in while working on everything
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=1142
I'm trying to avoid ebay so im trying here first, shipping would vary, but Id be shipping from Chicago IL. Local would be even better if possible, but such is life. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
About a year and a half old. I picked this unit up for its relatively low power use, small footprint and ability to modify. I added a db9 serial port so I didn't have to add a video card and upgraded the CPU to a E4300 (1.8ghz celeron). Replaced the built in DOM module with an IDE hard drive and happily ran freebsd + zfs on it until I had reason to upgrade. Includes 4x 1.5tb seagate 7200.11 drives (4.5tb raidz1/raid5 storage, 6tb total), 80gb IDE drive, the original software DOM module (that i used for about an hour and never used again) and a spare cf module that i considered using as a boot drive. All said and done I probably spent around ~600 or so when this was all new but I built myself a new monster storage machine and this has been sadly sitting around wanting a new home. This unit also works with newer 2tb/3tb drives. When I was doing most of my research I got most of my information from the following pages, please note you will either need a serial cable or a riser card and a low profile video card to console the device, most people do a 'blind install' of windows home server or linux, but FreeBSD isn't quite so friendly in that regard so I had to get serial console output to do the installation.
http://ss4200.pbworks.com/w/page/5122751/FrontPage
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/nas/nas-reviews/30482-intel-entry-storage-system-ss4200e-review
and a thread I participated in while working on everything
http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=1142
I'm trying to avoid ebay so im trying here first, shipping would vary, but Id be shipping from Chicago IL. Local would be even better if possible, but such is life. Feel free to contact me with any questions.
