ASUS Z10PA-U8 maximum storage limit question

[kib0rg1337]

Hey everyone.

I want to create some video surveillance archive based on this ASUS Z10PA-U8 motherboard.

But I can't find any info about storage capacity limits, i want to setup 90 TB storage (9x10 TB SATA3 HDD).

Will it work or not?

 

[kanewolf]

90TB is a lot. Have you done the sizing calculations to determine if that is necessary? X #cameras * Y Bits/Second * duration for save == Amount of space required.

 

[Satan-IR]

Hi there!

According to Asus website here:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/Socket2011-R3/Z10PA-U8_10G-2S/Manual/e9738_z10pa-u8_series_ug_for_web_only.pdf?_ga=2.116282948.339653406.1511478475-241936498.1506362026

The motherboard has 10 SATA ports all supported by the Intel C612 chipset. SATA ports are mentioned on page 2-29.

 

[kib0rg1337]

Well, yes, we make calculations as we need to store archive for more than a year and we really need that 90 TB storage.

On Asus website no info about max capacity, only raid/speed related things.

Still to info, may be someone get any luck to run big storage on C612?

 

[USAFRet]

90TB?
Trivially done. A lot of $$$, but easy.

Obtain a NAS box like this one:
https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/tvs-1282t3
https://www.amazon.com/TVS-1282T3-i7-64G-US-Ultra-High-Thunderbolt-Thunderbolt3-10Gbase-T/dp/B071DG3MYC

Fill it with the drives of your choice.

If necessary, add a 5 bay expansion box: https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/tx-500p
Or 8 bay expansion: https://www.qnap.com/en-us/product/tx-800p

 

[kib0rg1337]

I don't want to use NAS, I need to know can we use 90 TB storage on that 10 SATA ports with this motherboard.

 

[USAFRet]

I don't want to use NAS, I need to know can we use 90 TB storage on that 10 SATA ports with this motherboard.

Assuming that board can manage that many drives, how many cameras is this, and how are you getting the video into the PC?
What sort of connection bandwidth are you looking at?

 

[USAFRet]

Also, you might be thinking "NAS = crappy file storage box"

No...the thing I linked is an uber PC, in a small case.
i7 CPU, 10GBe LAN, multiple Thunderbolt 3 ports, HDMI, etc, etc..
Can natively talk to the amount of drive space you need, easy expansion, RAID level whatever...

 

[kib0rg1337]

40 cameras, 4mbits/sec and we need to store video as long as we can.

In first place we want to try use native storage in MB without NAS.

But still we don't have info can Intel C612 and this MB use 90 TB storage in its SATA ports.

 

[USAFRet]

40 cameras, 4mbits/sec and we need to store video as long as we can.

In first place we want to try use native storage in MB without NAS.

But still we don't have info can Intel C612 and this MB use 90 TB storage in its SATA ports.

And how, exactly, are you getting 40 camera feeds into one PC?
Via what type of connections?


Since the data for that system does not mention a max drive size, presumably any SATA compatible drive would work.
https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z10PAU8/overview/
https://www.asus.com/us/Commercial-Servers-Workstations/Z10PAU8/specifications/

 

[USAFRet]

2 other investigative paths:

1. Ask ASUS. The people who make the thing. Ask them directly.
or
2. Since you presumably already have this system...buy a single 10TB drive.
Does it work? If so, then multiple 10TB drives would work.

 

[kanewolf]

40 cameras, 4mbits/sec and we need to store video as long as we can.

In first place we want to try use native storage in MB without NAS.

But still we don't have info can Intel C612 and this MB use 90 TB storage in its SATA ports.

I just did the math. Your 40 cameras will get LESS than 60 days with 90TB.
40 cameras
4 Mb/s
160 Mb/s
86400 Seconds / day
13824000 Mb/day
1728000 MB/day
1687.5 GB/day
1.647949219 TB/day
365.25 Days in a Year
601.9134521 TB/year

98.87695313 TB in 60 days.

 

[USAFRet]

Can we discover what the actual application is here?
40 cameras, constantly recording, and needing to keep the video for a year is a pretty intensive operation.

What are you actually doing here?
There are obviously prebuilt solutions for this, instead of you winging it.