Rafal Lukawiecki
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I made the error of buying a new, top-spec HPE MicroServer Gen10 a few days ago, which won't boot FreeNAS/FreeBSD, see here: https://forums.freenas.org/index.ph...nds-on-a-microserver-gen10.56809/#post-399023
I am now considering two options. Buying MicroServer Gen8 with a Xeon E3 (but I dislike the 16GB RAM limit) or, reluctantly, a custom build, but I am a bit lost in choice. Having read the useful detailed hw recommendations/FAQs/resources here, I still have too many non-matching options. Would anyone be able to suggest, please, a case and a fitting motherboard (SuperMicro?) that would have the following:
PS. I wrote to iXSystems about buying a FreeNAS Mini but I have not heard back, and it does not look like they retail in Europe. Import from US is customs/tax-prohibitive for me.
PPS. Could I retrofit a sensible board into an old MicroServer Gen7?
I am now considering two options. Buying MicroServer Gen8 with a Xeon E3 (but I dislike the 16GB RAM limit) or, reluctantly, a custom build, but I am a bit lost in choice. Having read the useful detailed hw recommendations/FAQs/resources here, I still have too many non-matching options. Would anyone be able to suggest, please, a case and a fitting motherboard (SuperMicro?) that would have the following:
- Small case, basically looking like a HPE MicroServer or similar.
- 4 x 3.5" HDD, ideally hot-plug, or at least not requiring unscrewing cages/trays. Like https://www.supermicro.nl/products/chassis/tower/721/SC721TQ-250B maybe? It will house a mirror of 2 x WD Red 10TB initially, later 4 of those.
- Perhaps space for a small boot SSD, but I can live with a pair of USBs.
- Xeon E3 v5 support (several jails, one video grabbing/analysis, rest small backoffice functions and sync to AWS S3, might need to run one VM/bhyve).
- 32 GB ECC RAM support.
- Space for one PCI-E video capture card.
PS. I wrote to iXSystems about buying a FreeNAS Mini but I have not heard back, and it does not look like they retail in Europe. Import from US is customs/tax-prohibitive for me.
PPS. Could I retrofit a sensible board into an old MicroServer Gen7?
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