I am a newbie to FreeNAS and this is my first FreeNAS build. I’m currently using a NAS Server I built several years ago using Windows Server 2012 Storage Spaces to serve up storage for datastores in ESXi as well as file shares for my movies being streamed via KODI. I can provide more details on this setup if needed.
I would like your opinion on the components being used in the FreeNAS build. These are components I acquired over the years and was just laying around the house. Here is the list:
Chassis/Enclosure: Supermicro SC836 series 16 bay with redundant 1000 watt power supply
Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD
CPU: 2x E5-2650 v2
Memory: 128GB DDR3 ECC
SAS HBA: Onboard LSI SAS 2308 flashed in IT Mode, PCIe LSI 9211-8i flashed in IT Mode. All 16 drives are connected to the HBAs.
Network Adapters: 1x IPMI, 4x 1G NICs, 1x 10G Intel x520-da2 (two 10G ports)
Boot Drive: 2x Intel SSD 530 120G (mirrored)
L2ARC Drive: 1x Micron SSD M500DC 800GB
ZIL/SLOG Drive: 1x Intel SSD DC S3700 200GB
Hard Drives: 4x 1TB drives (various manufacturers), 4x 8TB WD White label drives (255MB cache, 5400RPM – same as 8TB WD Red), 4x 6TB WD Gold label enterprise datacenter drives (128MB cache, 7200RPM)
Please provide some feedback on the components and any suggestion for improvements. As I stated before, I’m not sure what I going to use the new NAS for, but I welcome ideas. Additionally, as I learn more about zvol, vdev, storage pool, ISCSI zvol, RAIDZ, etc., I will probably have some setup questions.
I would like your opinion on the components being used in the FreeNAS build. These are components I acquired over the years and was just laying around the house. Here is the list:
Chassis/Enclosure: Supermicro SC836 series 16 bay with redundant 1000 watt power supply
Motherboard: Supermicro X9DRD-7LN4F-JBOD
CPU: 2x E5-2650 v2
Memory: 128GB DDR3 ECC
SAS HBA: Onboard LSI SAS 2308 flashed in IT Mode, PCIe LSI 9211-8i flashed in IT Mode. All 16 drives are connected to the HBAs.
Network Adapters: 1x IPMI, 4x 1G NICs, 1x 10G Intel x520-da2 (two 10G ports)
Boot Drive: 2x Intel SSD 530 120G (mirrored)
L2ARC Drive: 1x Micron SSD M500DC 800GB
ZIL/SLOG Drive: 1x Intel SSD DC S3700 200GB
Hard Drives: 4x 1TB drives (various manufacturers), 4x 8TB WD White label drives (255MB cache, 5400RPM – same as 8TB WD Red), 4x 6TB WD Gold label enterprise datacenter drives (128MB cache, 7200RPM)
Please provide some feedback on the components and any suggestion for improvements. As I stated before, I’m not sure what I going to use the new NAS for, but I welcome ideas. Additionally, as I learn more about zvol, vdev, storage pool, ISCSI zvol, RAIDZ, etc., I will probably have some setup questions.
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