Zombie Twiglet
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After buying a 24 bay 4u chassis impulsively I though I should probably do some actual research into the rest of the parts I need to setup a decent FreeNAS box. After spending a few hours a night researching this over the last few nights by reading the fantastic guides/info throughout the forums I've come up with what I think will serve my needs.
Already have:
Chassis: X-Case RM424
Boot Drive(s): Corsair Force LS 60GB
Still to buy:
MOBO: Supermicro X10SRL-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620 V4
PSU: Corsair RM1000X
RAM: Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) DDR4-2400 RDIMM
HBA(s): LSI SAS 9207-8i [x2]
HDD(s): 8TB WD Red WD80EFZX [x4]
SLOG: Intel SSD DC P3700 [400gb PCIx]
Future:
I'll probably be upgrading to 10gb networking gear in the next 12 months
Use Case:
NFS Target for ProxMox (moderate use, yes I've read the warning, I'm willing to put the time in tuning)
Media Storage
No VMs/Containers on the NAS
Setup/Expansion Plans:
I'm planning on running 2 disk vdevs then adding more as I need the space (upgrading the RAM as I go if/when I need to) as my usage is pretty linear over time. I have 5x 4tb (~12TB data) drives in a Synology NAS at present the plan is to get the 4x 8TB drives above, migrate the data, get a 6th 4TB drive and add them in as 3 more mirrored vdevs. NAS will be hooked up to a
Questions:
1. Is this a sensible plan with the 2disk mirrors? It seems like the easiest way to add capacity as I need it and from my understanding should be quicker to upgrade the disks in individual vdes in the future rather than shelling out for 20odd drives from the get go which will sit unused (space wise) for ages.
2. Is having different sized vdevs in a pool a bad idea? Can't seem to find much info on this anywhere other than "It's ideal to have similar sized ones".
3. Any suggestions on a redundant PSU? I have dual UPSes so would like to have redundant power but my I don't know much about PSUs and my googling hit a wall (I'm a liunx sysadmin but haven't touched hardware in about 7 years!)
Already have:
Chassis: X-Case RM424
Boot Drive(s): Corsair Force LS 60GB
Still to buy:
MOBO: Supermicro X10SRL-F
CPU: Intel Xeon E5-1620 V4
PSU: Corsair RM1000X
RAM: Crucial 64GB Kit (2 x 32GB) DDR4-2400 RDIMM
HBA(s): LSI SAS 9207-8i [x2]
HDD(s): 8TB WD Red WD80EFZX [x4]
SLOG: Intel SSD DC P3700 [400gb PCIx]
Future:
I'll probably be upgrading to 10gb networking gear in the next 12 months
Use Case:
NFS Target for ProxMox (moderate use, yes I've read the warning, I'm willing to put the time in tuning)
Media Storage
No VMs/Containers on the NAS
Setup/Expansion Plans:
I'm planning on running 2 disk vdevs then adding more as I need the space (upgrading the RAM as I go if/when I need to) as my usage is pretty linear over time. I have 5x 4tb (~12TB data) drives in a Synology NAS at present the plan is to get the 4x 8TB drives above, migrate the data, get a 6th 4TB drive and add them in as 3 more mirrored vdevs. NAS will be hooked up to a
Questions:
1. Is this a sensible plan with the 2disk mirrors? It seems like the easiest way to add capacity as I need it and from my understanding should be quicker to upgrade the disks in individual vdes in the future rather than shelling out for 20odd drives from the get go which will sit unused (space wise) for ages.
2. Is having different sized vdevs in a pool a bad idea? Can't seem to find much info on this anywhere other than "It's ideal to have similar sized ones".
3. Any suggestions on a redundant PSU? I have dual UPSes so would like to have redundant power but my I don't know much about PSUs and my googling hit a wall (I'm a liunx sysadmin but haven't touched hardware in about 7 years!)
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