WEBVTT 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:08.960 They're finally here. Just 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:23.890 wait. I got my 24 PCIe SSDs for my new storage 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:33.600 server. Come on, let's go build it. 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:40.600 If you haven't seen Nerd Sports yet, check it out. All the episodes are 00:00:38.160 --> 00:00:45.680 available now for free over at youtube.com/ channels 00:00:43.239 --> 00:00:52.760 superfund. But before we begin, we are going to need some supplies. First, a 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:57.200 barebones server from Super Micro, the 00:00:52.760 --> 00:01:00.259 SSG 2028 AR NR48N. 00:01:00.480 --> 00:01:03.840 I guess we'll just roll it 00:01:05.320 --> 00:01:15.360 there. Quad 10 GB network 00:01:08.840 --> 00:01:17.680 card, 64 gigs of RAM, dual 2699 V422 00:01:15.360 --> 00:01:23.280 core CPUs. Time for boring inventory 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:29.720 reconciliation. Oh, I've had that in the wrong field. Damn it. I was scanning the 00:01:26.759 --> 00:01:35.360 wrong barcodes. And time for fun again. 00:01:32.240 --> 00:01:37.360 Everybody on board the insane train. 00:01:35.360 --> 00:01:45.040 What better place to build this new machine than our shiny new B-roll set. 00:01:42.079 --> 00:01:51.000 All I'll need is a screwdriver and maybe a table. Time for my favorite 00:01:48.360 --> 00:01:56.320 activity. Shocking drives. Oh, this is going to take a 00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:56.320 while. 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:07.720 24 NVMe PCIe 00:02:01.399 --> 00:02:11.520 SSDs, each rated at a theoretical up to 00:02:07.720 --> 00:02:14.480 250 with another zero, 2500 megabytes 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:18.160 per second reads and 1,200 megabytes per second writes. And we are going to take 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:25.239 all these bad boys and we're going to put them in a gigantic RAID 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:25.239 array. Oh no. 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:39.040 cut. But how on earth do you run NVMe 00:02:33.640 --> 00:02:42.239 drives in RAID? The answer is this very 00:02:39.040 --> 00:02:46.800 special barebones machine from Super 00:02:42.239 --> 00:02:52.160 Micro. In fact, this box can handle not 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:55.040 just 24, but 48 NVMe drives, giving us 00:02:52.160 --> 00:03:02.480 the capacity to, without changing the model of drives that we're using, have 00:02:57.760 --> 00:03:08.120 up to about 50 terabytes of solidstate 00:03:02.480 --> 00:03:12.000 storage in a single box. And did I even 00:03:08.120 --> 00:03:14.319 mention that it's all in a 2U form 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:18.640 factor? Now that we've got everything we need for assembly, it's time to open 00:03:16.239 --> 00:03:24.080 this sucker up, peel off the oh so satisfying protective plastic, and take 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:27.599 a closer look. At the back are expansion 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:29.840 slots, a 1,000W 80 Plus titanium power 00:03:27.599 --> 00:03:34.720 supply with an extra in case the first one dies, and a couple regular SATA 2 00:03:32.720 --> 00:03:39.040 and 1/2 in drive bays cuz you know you're a badass when all of your drives 00:03:36.640 --> 00:03:47.040 don't fit in the front of your case. Back at the front, we've got 24 NVMe 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:51.920 slots, but this machine supports 48. 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:54.720 Where do the other 24 go? Ah, that right 00:03:51.920 --> 00:04:01.519 there is the secret of Super Micros simply double enclosures, a whole 00:03:58.080 --> 00:04:04.400 additional bank. But how do you feed 48 00:04:01.519 --> 00:04:08.720 PCI Expressbased drives? Here's where the magic happens. One of the three 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:16.959 expansion slots that runs off of the second CPU is occupied by a PCIe x16 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:19.199 quad U.2 card. And there are four native 00:04:16.959 --> 00:04:24.800 ports that use a different connector on the motherboard itself that run off the 00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:28.880 first CPU. Then both of these go to back 00:04:24.800 --> 00:04:30.639 planes behind the banks of drives. 00:04:28.880 --> 00:04:34.880 Since we're in here, this seems like a good time to show how the quad 10 GB 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:39.280 network card that we showed before goes in. This can be upgraded in the future, 00:04:37.280 --> 00:04:45.120 though I don't see myself needing anything like that for a while. And we 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:48.800 can throw in our 22 core CPUs and our 00:04:45.120 --> 00:04:50.639 relatively pedestrian 64 gigs of DDR4 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:55.280 RAM. I think I'll have to steal some memory from the server this is 00:04:52.759 --> 00:04:59.840 replacing. And that's pretty much it for assembly. Time to install the drives. 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:05.759 Oh, there go all the drives. Well, who didn't see that one 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:23.720 coming? Finally done. Why is every single one of these 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:25.320 attached with four 00:05:23.720 --> 00:05:31.800 screws? Anyway, let's take it over to the test 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:35.639 bench. So, I have all the SSDs plugged 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:38.280 into this card right now, which means a 00:05:35.639 --> 00:05:46.800 theoretical 16 gigabytes per second of total bandwidth 00:05:42.320 --> 00:05:46.800 using 16x PCIe Gen 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:55.000 3. Let's go find out how that theoretically translates into the real 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:59.759 world. Oh, it's heavy. 00:05:56.520 --> 00:06:03.840 Okay, let's get some network connections 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:06.680 here. Let's get some Oh, yeah. VGA. You 00:06:03.840 --> 00:06:10.639 know it's performance when it has VGA connectivity. Got this all set up. You'd 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:15.039 think I plug in servers here every once in a while, right? All right, let's 00:06:12.880 --> 00:06:21.930 press the button and listen for the sweet sound of performance. 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:28.960 That's not bad for a 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:36.960 2U. So, fast forward half an hour. We 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:43.319 have got everything set up. So, disc management, we have created a RAID zero. 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:49.440 You're going to device manager disc drives. Oh, look. Look at 00:06:46.400 --> 00:06:51.840 them all. Obviously, we would never run 00:06:49.440 --> 00:06:56.240 a RAID zero. I am still looking into what will be the best way to configure 00:06:54.560 --> 00:07:02.039 them all with a good balance of performance and redundancy. But this 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:08.800 video is all about taking it to the extremes. So, we're going to run ADO 00:07:04.400 --> 00:07:13.479 with a QEP of 10 on our Z drive here and 00:07:08.800 --> 00:07:17.680 find out just how fast it can 00:07:13.479 --> 00:07:21.759 go. Whoa. So, now we're talking. That's 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:24.599 like 2800 megs per second, right? It's 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:32.280 like play by play. Wow. Oh, it's over 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:38.720 9,000. We did it. We cracked 10 00:07:32.280 --> 00:07:38.720 gigabytes per second right speeds at 00:07:38.759 --> 00:07:50.319 512K. Wow. Of a theoretical 16 or 15 or so. 00:07:46.720 --> 00:07:53.120 Look at that. Over 11 gigabytes per 00:07:50.319 --> 00:07:59.199 second rights. Over 1 Gigabyte per second reads for 8 megs. I can't imagine 00:07:56.479 --> 00:08:04.800 it getting much higher than that. So there you have it folks. Past 4 to 8 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:10.479 megabytes. We're looking at read and write speeds in the neighborhood of 10 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:13.759 GB per second with our highest peak at 00:08:10.479 --> 00:08:17.400 around 12.7 coming close to the 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:22.000 theoretical maximum of our PCI Express 00:08:17.400 --> 00:08:24.000 X16 link here. Pretty freaking bananas 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:29.280 if you ask me. And we should be able to easily, even once we work some par or 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:34.560 redundancy into the equation, saturate our four 10 GB network connections at 00:08:32.640 --> 00:08:37.279 the back here once we get all of those bonded 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:46.160 together. Oh, hey, it's another Blue Apron spot and it's a new year. Maybe 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:51.120 eating healthy and cooking in more instead of eating out is a resolution 00:08:48.640 --> 00:08:55.760 for you. 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