Hi All,
After building my own FreeNAS build not to long ago, which has been rock solid and fast, my friend has requested my help in getting a 24 bay monster going.
Right now my friend has 2 NAS's, a Netgear ReadyNAS which is giving him performance problems and a old FreeNAS server which he pieced together with standard desktop components (non ECC ram, yes my friend likes to live on the edge)!
He has about 24TB of data to store and its growing, we are thinking that a 24bay system with 6TB drives should last him a while at least.
I've done some initial component selection and costing, but I do have some questions in regards to some of the components I've picked.
What I have picked so far:
MotherBoard: Supermicro X10SRi-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3 (3.5Ghz 4 Core)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DX i4 (Replace fan with a Noctua NF-12 Industrial PCC 120mm 3000RPM PWM)
Memory: (64GIG in total to begin with, add more later as we add more hdd's) Crucial Memory Crucial 16GB DDR4 2133 MT/ s (PC4-2133) CL15 DR x4 ECC Registered DIMM 288pin [CT16G4RFD4213]
Raid Card: (3x) IBM ServeRAID M1015
Chassis: Norco RPC-4224 4U Rack Chassis
Optional Additional Network Card: Intel I350T2 Gigabit Network Adapter - 2 port
Fans: Noctua NF-F12 Industrial PPC 120mm 3000RPM PWM
or
Delta QFR1212GHE-PWM 120mm Case cooler (Haven't seen anything come close to it in PWM)
HDD Type: SATA
Redundant Power Supply: Zippy MRG-5800V4V
Question 1: Redundant Power Supplies, this is an area I have no idea about, I started looking at brands and prices and I just don't know what is considered bang for buck. Being its important as without power the server will sit there and do nothing, can anyone recommend a list of brands / model range / prices to look at?
Seems the zippy I've specified is a common brand in Australia, the model is also recommended by the supplier website for the norco case.
Question 2: In regards to the X10SRi-F motherboard fan control, does anyone know from experience if this is the same set up as the X10SL7-F where if you use the the setting for Heavy IO, the FAN-A port will be the one that is controlled by the system temperature which I found to be best for the HDD fans and the rest of the fan ports are determined based on the CPU temperature ?
There doesn't seem to be any decent documentation on what the zones are and I ended up working it out on the X10SL7-F by trial and error. I'm hoping there is no differences between the two motherboards so I don't have to do any experimentation on the new motherboard!
At this stage I'm going to assume the thermal zone arrangement is the same between the two motherboards, why would Supermicro do anything different!
Question 3: Can anyone see a problem using the Reverse Breakout cable for the motherboard sata ports to connect to two of the SFF-8087 backplane ports (will be using SATA hdd's only)? I choose this option to save some cash and heat by only having 2 IBM ServeRAID cards vs 3
Friend is happy to go with 3x IBM ServerRAID cards so not going to bother with the reverse breakout cables!
Question 4: In regards to the (120mm) Noctua NF-F12 3000 PWM fans I have chosen, I have the 140mm version on my own server which I find are great for a warm room, but my friends server will be sitting in a garage so he could probably handle something a bit noisier, can anyone recommend any 120mm PWN fans that run a bit faster with more air flow and pressure for about the same value ?
I'm thinking Noctua iPCC fans should suffice, the 140mm version run well in my server and the case I use probably has worse airflow than the norco when comparing the designs
Alternative the Delta fan would leave nothing to chance!
Question 5: Can anyone see any obvious incompatibilities with the hardware I have picked ?
Many thanks,
Craig
After building my own FreeNAS build not to long ago, which has been rock solid and fast, my friend has requested my help in getting a 24 bay monster going.
Right now my friend has 2 NAS's, a Netgear ReadyNAS which is giving him performance problems and a old FreeNAS server which he pieced together with standard desktop components (non ECC ram, yes my friend likes to live on the edge)!
He has about 24TB of data to store and its growing, we are thinking that a 24bay system with 6TB drives should last him a while at least.
I've done some initial component selection and costing, but I do have some questions in regards to some of the components I've picked.
What I have picked so far:
MotherBoard: Supermicro X10SRi-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E5 1620 v3 (3.5Ghz 4 Core)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12DX i4 (Replace fan with a Noctua NF-12 Industrial PCC 120mm 3000RPM PWM)
Memory: (64GIG in total to begin with, add more later as we add more hdd's) Crucial Memory Crucial 16GB DDR4 2133 MT/ s (PC4-2133) CL15 DR x4 ECC Registered DIMM 288pin [CT16G4RFD4213]
Raid Card: (3x) IBM ServeRAID M1015
Chassis: Norco RPC-4224 4U Rack Chassis
Norco 120mm FAN Wall
6x Norco Mini-SAS(SFF-8087) to Mini-SAS(SFF-8087) cable
6x Norco Mini-SAS(SFF-8087) to Mini-SAS(SFF-8087) cable
Fans: Noctua NF-F12 Industrial PPC 120mm 3000RPM PWM
or
Delta QFR1212GHE-PWM 120mm Case cooler (Haven't seen anything come close to it in PWM)
HDD Type: SATA
Redundant Power Supply: Zippy MRG-5800V4V
Question 1: Redundant Power Supplies, this is an area I have no idea about, I started looking at brands and prices and I just don't know what is considered bang for buck. Being its important as without power the server will sit there and do nothing, can anyone recommend a list of brands / model range / prices to look at?
Seems the zippy I've specified is a common brand in Australia, the model is also recommended by the supplier website for the norco case.
Question 2: In regards to the X10SRi-F motherboard fan control, does anyone know from experience if this is the same set up as the X10SL7-F where if you use the the setting for Heavy IO, the FAN-A port will be the one that is controlled by the system temperature which I found to be best for the HDD fans and the rest of the fan ports are determined based on the CPU temperature ?
There doesn't seem to be any decent documentation on what the zones are and I ended up working it out on the X10SL7-F by trial and error. I'm hoping there is no differences between the two motherboards so I don't have to do any experimentation on the new motherboard!
At this stage I'm going to assume the thermal zone arrangement is the same between the two motherboards, why would Supermicro do anything different!
Question 3: Can anyone see a problem using the Reverse Breakout cable for the motherboard sata ports to connect to two of the SFF-8087 backplane ports (will be using SATA hdd's only)? I choose this option to save some cash and heat by only having 2 IBM ServeRAID cards vs 3
Friend is happy to go with 3x IBM ServerRAID cards so not going to bother with the reverse breakout cables!
Question 4: In regards to the (120mm) Noctua NF-F12 3000 PWM fans I have chosen, I have the 140mm version on my own server which I find are great for a warm room, but my friends server will be sitting in a garage so he could probably handle something a bit noisier, can anyone recommend any 120mm PWN fans that run a bit faster with more air flow and pressure for about the same value ?
I'm thinking Noctua iPCC fans should suffice, the 140mm version run well in my server and the case I use probably has worse airflow than the norco when comparing the designs
Alternative the Delta fan would leave nothing to chance!
Question 5: Can anyone see any obvious incompatibilities with the hardware I have picked ?
Many thanks,
Craig
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