I have an obsolete Seagate Black Armor 220 NAS that I am seeking to replace. I also have a pair of identical Dell R720s, one of which I have tested TrueNAS on. They have:
2x Xeon E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz
128GB RAM
Dual internal SD card reader
4x 1TB SATA drives
PERC H710 Mini D1 revision controller
Integrated BRCM GbE 4P 5720-t rNDC + BRCM GbE 4P 5719-t Adapter (8 1Gbps ports total)
I have instructions and software for reflashing the controller. My plan is to transfer two drives from the second R720 and create a 6-drive Z2 array. My questions are:
Assuming I get a pair of suitable SD cards such as Kingston SDCIT2, am I better off booting from these and leaving a drive bay free? Or, does the recommendation for an SSD boot drive always supersede that?
Is there a straightforward way to aggregate some or all of the Ethernet ports?
Briefly, I'm looking to get some local storage outside our ESXI/vSAN environment.
Thanks
2x Xeon E5-2620 v2 @ 2.10GHz
128GB RAM
Dual internal SD card reader
4x 1TB SATA drives
PERC H710 Mini D1 revision controller
Integrated BRCM GbE 4P 5720-t rNDC + BRCM GbE 4P 5719-t Adapter (8 1Gbps ports total)
I have instructions and software for reflashing the controller. My plan is to transfer two drives from the second R720 and create a 6-drive Z2 array. My questions are:
Assuming I get a pair of suitable SD cards such as Kingston SDCIT2, am I better off booting from these and leaving a drive bay free? Or, does the recommendation for an SSD boot drive always supersede that?
Is there a straightforward way to aggregate some or all of the Ethernet ports?
Briefly, I'm looking to get some local storage outside our ESXI/vSAN environment.
Thanks
