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i'm 110% certain i'm not the first person to think of this or post something about it online, but a few minutes of googling didn't turn up any step-by-step diagrams of this little process, so i figured i'd snap a few pictures and make a helpful how-to that others could use. if anyone has connections with the hackaday site, feel free to put it online there (someone in the past posted my beer can lockpicking shim guide to that site)
many of us here on the forums are the type of individuals who have a desire for a high-grade server machine but not all of us have the budget which would allow for the purchase of proper rack system server components. a large allotment of disk drives in a tall tower case can do the trick if you need a ton of storage, but power consumption can become an issue when you add too many internal devices in a standard home computer. while large servers often support multiple power supplies, it's not a typical feature on the type of box you'd find available for the home user market. a simple hack job can allow you to craft such a solution, however, very cheaply.
a long time ago, when i setup my first RAID box at home, i crafted a real simple dual power supply type arrangement. it involved just jamming an AT power supply inside of a tall ATX tower and running the power controls for this second unit up to a large switch that i installed in the front of the case. it worked, but it was clearly a 30-minute quick solution. when my array went down recently and i was spending time rebuilding the box, i decided to do things properly and actually put two interconnected ATX power supplies in the server.
here is a step-by-step guide on how i did it
it's hosted on my simple cable modem, like everything else i put online... so if you click to view any of the larger images expect a little lag.
enjoy!
many of us here on the forums are the type of individuals who have a desire for a high-grade server machine but not all of us have the budget which would allow for the purchase of proper rack system server components. a large allotment of disk drives in a tall tower case can do the trick if you need a ton of storage, but power consumption can become an issue when you add too many internal devices in a standard home computer. while large servers often support multiple power supplies, it's not a typical feature on the type of box you'd find available for the home user market. a simple hack job can allow you to craft such a solution, however, very cheaply.
a long time ago, when i setup my first RAID box at home, i crafted a real simple dual power supply type arrangement. it involved just jamming an AT power supply inside of a tall ATX tower and running the power controls for this second unit up to a large switch that i installed in the front of the case. it worked, but it was clearly a 30-minute quick solution. when my array went down recently and i was spending time rebuilding the box, i decided to do things properly and actually put two interconnected ATX power supplies in the server.
here is a step-by-step guide on how i did it
it's hosted on my simple cable modem, like everything else i put online... so if you click to view any of the larger images expect a little lag.
enjoy!
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