OiD
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Hello!
After not posting anything since just over a year ago (wow, time flies!) I'm back with my new plan for building a FreeNAS!
My current plan will be to use my i5 8GB PC to host 8 2TB 3.5" drives (2.5" made for a nice small box but the difference in price no longer seemed worth using the hot swap drive cages as I HOPE not to be needing more space... ever).
I will get a dual x5650 with 24GB ECC RAM running (can pickup the RAM and the second CPU for under 100€) and use it as my main PC for a while until I've finished playing around with the old i5 8GB non ECC FreeNAS playground.
I'll then move on to a server as my main PC (still looking for a good deal on RAM, less than 140€ for 64GB and a suitable GPU that fits and can be adapted to the case airflow path) and use the dual xeon for FreeNAS. Then the old i5 PC will be a dedicated Linux box for home automation/CNC controller/comand line server!
I hate wasting old hardware, but the i5 and 8GB of RAM is over 6 years old and I can really feel the lack of performance for my daily tasks :( I will need some elbow grease to get the xeon fitted to a standard case and a good deal of sound proofing for the jet... i mean the server. Granted that using the server as a work PC is overkill it's better than not using it!
Anyway, ramblings aside, the main specs would be;
Dual xeon x5650
24 GB ECC RAM (6x4GB)
2 Dell 6/iR (need to be flashed)
8 2TB Toshiba 7200RPM 64MB drives
1 1000tx link (will try dual link over network or direct 10Gb if needed)
Nice workstation PSU
Pure sine wave converter to take over from a comercial UPS
The main uses will be data storage for raw photo and video editing, video streaming and download server.
Any input is welcome!
Edit: Link to previous thread. https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hello-freenas-simple-server-build.39755/
After not posting anything since just over a year ago (wow, time flies!) I'm back with my new plan for building a FreeNAS!
My current plan will be to use my i5 8GB PC to host 8 2TB 3.5" drives (2.5" made for a nice small box but the difference in price no longer seemed worth using the hot swap drive cages as I HOPE not to be needing more space... ever).
I will get a dual x5650 with 24GB ECC RAM running (can pickup the RAM and the second CPU for under 100€) and use it as my main PC for a while until I've finished playing around with the old i5 8GB non ECC FreeNAS playground.
I'll then move on to a server as my main PC (still looking for a good deal on RAM, less than 140€ for 64GB and a suitable GPU that fits and can be adapted to the case airflow path) and use the dual xeon for FreeNAS. Then the old i5 PC will be a dedicated Linux box for home automation/CNC controller/comand line server!
I hate wasting old hardware, but the i5 and 8GB of RAM is over 6 years old and I can really feel the lack of performance for my daily tasks :( I will need some elbow grease to get the xeon fitted to a standard case and a good deal of sound proofing for the jet... i mean the server. Granted that using the server as a work PC is overkill it's better than not using it!
Anyway, ramblings aside, the main specs would be;
Dual xeon x5650
24 GB ECC RAM (6x4GB)
2 Dell 6/iR (need to be flashed)
8 2TB Toshiba 7200RPM 64MB drives
1 1000tx link (will try dual link over network or direct 10Gb if needed)
Nice workstation PSU
Pure sine wave converter to take over from a comercial UPS
The main uses will be data storage for raw photo and video editing, video streaming and download server.
Any input is welcome!
Edit: Link to previous thread. https://forums.freenas.org/index.php?threads/hello-freenas-simple-server-build.39755/
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